CAFETERIA AND LUNCHROOM 



The operation of the Museum cafeteria and lunchroom was distinctly 

 successful, showing gains both in the number of persons served and 

 in the income per customer. Financially the operation of the 

 cafeteria made the best record in the history of the Museum. On 

 two occasions special groups of visitors came to the Museum in the 

 evening after normal closing hours to enjoy dinner, followed by 

 tours conducted through areas usually not open to the public. 



i MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION, AND ENGINEERING 



The work of the maintenance, construction, and engineering per- 

 sonnel includes the care, cleaning, remodeling, and improvement of 

 the building and the accomplishment of a myriad miscellaneous 

 tasks not specifically assigned to others. Preparation of cases to 

 house new exhibits, erection and removal of cases for special exhibits, 

 remodeling offices, laboratories, and storage areas, and protection 

 of the building from deterioration from all causes are all within the 

 usual assignments handled. A statistical recital might be impressive, 

 but it could not by any means describe the work of these units. 



A few of the things accomplished during the year included such 

 diverse tasks as making 1,200 wooden trays for the storage of 

 specimens in steel cases, procuring and installing 33 steel storage 

 cases, remodeling the Book Shop (see page 39), and doing every- 

 thing connected with remodeling Hall 35 (G^eology) and part of 

 Hall 36 (Geology) except the installation of the specimens themselves 

 (see page 66). The receipt of any large collection, such as the 

 Captain A. W. F. Fuller Collection (see page 21), calls for moving 

 shipping cases before and after they are unpacked by personnel of 

 the scientific department immediately concerned. In addition, 

 shipping chests were prepared or repaired, as required, for handling 

 our expeditionary equipment, for specimens sent out on loan or 

 exchange, and for our publications that are distributed over the 

 world through the Smithsonian Institution. The good condition 

 and cleanliness of the building and the comfort of our personnel 

 and visitors while in the building testify to the effective operation of 

 the maintenance, construction, and engineering divisions. 



A general improvement in the lighting of the Museum was 

 accomplished during the year. This program had many phases, 

 including procurement of worklamps for offices and laboratories, 

 improved case-lighting in Hall 35 and Hall 36 (both Geology), 



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