Fir.i.i* CoLUMiiuN MisF.UM — Kri'ORTs, Vol. i. 



s<|uarc icti. 30,000 iccl of iuinl>«T wire constinutl m bracing the 40 

 skyliKiit^ in the roof. 2<x) li(;hts nf f;lass havi- been placed in the roof 

 ihirin^ th<' year. Thr painti-rs havr k«>"' ■•^'■i i'.> •^;'. v...!*?*- f<-»-t «»f 

 surf.u c durini; the year. 



I >' l>.ii tiiii lit of /oology. - Halls 19. 2a, and 23 have been opened, 

 fitteil with new cases, and filled with material that had been crowded 

 into the cases of other halls. An iron gallery for the use of the Cur- 

 ator of Ornithology and the storage of skins has been constructed in 

 Hall .■ Halls 20, 25, and 26 have been re-arrangcd and cases and 

 bases repainted. 



Department of Geology. — In Halls (xiantl (■! ;m;« «.i-^el.s have been 

 constructed ami all the relief maps re-painted or re-touched. The 

 West Hotunda statistical column has been rebuilt with iron frame- 

 work. The Laboratory has been fitted up with working benches, 

 storage cases, etc. Hall 79 has been re-arranged, cases re-painted, 

 new glass put in upri(.;ht cases, statue of Vulcan in iron and copper 

 transferred from East Court and re erected. Halls 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 

 68, 70, 72, 76, 77, and 7H each have had attention in the nature of either 

 repairs, re-painting, new sash, new bases, new cases entire, glass, etc. 



Hepartment of Anthropology. — In Halls 4, 5, 6. 7, 10, 11, 16, and 

 17, old cases have been re-backetl and rc-painted, and storage bases 

 provided for flat cases. Halls 13 and 15 have been provided with 

 storage bases with drawers, and new cases for the gold collection. In 

 Hall 18 a new center case has been built and a re-arrangcmentof sus- 

 pcn<led installation carried out. 



East Court. — Entire re-installation. The olil engine models were 

 presented to Armour Institute and other large objects, donated to the 

 Museum, were removed bv the donors. The Court, being adtlcd to the 

 Department of Anthropology, was installed with new material, anii 

 material crowtled from the adjoining halls. Alcoves 81, 85, 8b, 89, 

 90, 91 and f)2 have all been re-arranged, cases placed on new bases, 

 and general repairs and improvements made. Halls i, 2 and 3 have 

 been re-arranged, with entirely new cases, most of the material dis- 

 placed by the re-arrangement being either re-installed in the North 

 Court Alcoves or sent to the warehouse. 



North Court.— ^New installation in new cases containing collec- 

 tions of anti(]ue glass, the repro<lu<;tions of the Naples bronzes and the 

 Irish anti(]uities. Six partitions were erected in the North Court form- 

 ing new alcoves. In this Court 10 new cases have been placed and all 

 of the old cases re-painted 



West Court. — In the West Court few changes have been made 

 except th^ a row of cases of shells has been installed on the south 

 side of the Court. 



