of several hundred newspaper releases, press conferences, photog- 

 raphy sessions, and radio and television contacts by which the 

 Museum's name, activities, and purposes are kept before the public. 

 The aim of this never-ceasing work is not so much to stimulate 

 immediate public response to an exhibit or activity described in 

 a release but rather to keep in the public mind an awareness of the 

 Museum and what it is doing — to make the community feel that 

 the Museum is a dynamic force in science and education. The 

 Museum's monthly Bulletin for Members proved fruitful as a 

 source of general publicity, for many of its articles and pictures led 

 to publicity in other media. 



For their recognition of the Museum's civic values and for their 

 co-operation, acknowledgment is made to Chicago's metropolitan 

 dailies — the American, Daily News, Sun-Times, and Tribune — and 

 to hundreds of neighborhood newspapers, suburban newspapers, 

 foreign-language newspapers, and local magazines of the Chicago 

 area. For carrying the more important news of the Museum to all 

 parts of America and around the world, the Museum is indebted 

 to such press services as Associated Press, United Press, Inter- 



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An annual event in February 

 at the Museum is the Chicago 

 International Exhibition of 

 Nature Photography, which 

 is sponsored by the Nature 

 Camera Club of Chicago. 

 This photograph of the 

 Eleventh Exhibition is by 

 Louis W. Braun, Chicago. 



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