A SCHOOL MUSEUM 



By WILLIAM H. HUSE 

 Manchester, N. H. 



The city of Manchester, N. H., is not as well supplied with 

 museums as are some cities, in fact, there is no public museum at 

 present in the city worthy of the name. It was partly because 

 of this fact and partly because of the feeling that a museum for 

 school use should be in the school itself, that a few years ago the 

 Hallsville grammar school set about collecting specimens for the 

 illustrating of the geography work. The collection at present 

 occupies two cases, each twenty-one feet long and six feet high, 

 on opposite sides of the upper hallway, besides several closets and 

 shelves that hold an overflow. These are all crowded at present, 

 but serve their purpose. The specimens include mineral and 

 vegetable products, both natural and manufactured, all that can 

 be obtained. Animal products are also included and are used 

 like the other specimens in class work. The cases have glass 

 doors so that the specimens, most of them labeled, are visible at 



One of the cases, 6x21 feet, in the Manchester. N. H. School Museum. 



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