NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 79 



One of the objects of the society was to form a museum of 

 natural and artificial curiosities. The museum was begun at 

 this time by the donation of the extensive private collection of 

 Capt. Jonathan Carnes. Owing to the unusual facilities enjoyed 

 by the earlier members of the society some of the results now 

 attained are the Korean collection, one of the most important 

 in the country; the eTapanese collection, which is by far the 

 largest in the world; and important collections of ethnologic 

 material from the South Sea islands. 



The museum is also rich in local material. The collections 

 in botany, zoology and mineralogy of Essex county being very 

 complete. 



Since 1867 large additions have been received from the Essex 

 institute and through the trustees and director of the academy. 



There is also in the museum a historical collection of portraits 

 of prominent Salem merchants, members and officers of the 

 East India marine society, together with many interesting relics 

 connected with the early history of that institution, and models 

 and pictures of Salem merchant vessels, a suggestive memo- 

 rial of the commercial history of the city. 



Smith college museum, Northampton. Harris H. Wilder in 

 charge. 



The collections are small but increasing along the lines most 

 necessary for teaching purposes. There are a few cases of 

 typical minerals and fossils and a few hundred specimens in 

 botany and zoology. The aim is to arrange specimens to illus- 

 trate lectures, each important class of animals is represented 

 by a few selected specimens, as for instance, a skeleton and 

 other anatomic preparations. 



Worcester natural history society, 12 State st., Worcester. Bes- 

 sie L. Dewhurst, custodian of the colleotions; Herbert D. Braman, 

 superintendent of the cahinet. 



Paleontology. 500 specimens : Vertebrata, 150 ; Articulata, 50 ; 

 Mollusca, 250; Eadiata, 300; and Protozoa, 50. 



Mineralogy. 3000 specimens : 2700 specimens of wide distribu- 

 tion; 300 illustrating the minerals of Worcester county. 



