curator of the Museum is due the beginning of a modern ar- 

 rangment of the collections but this work is very difficult 

 because of the crowded ill-lighted rooms, the difficulty of 

 moving many of the cases, and the entire lack of storage 

 room. Hitherto no proper accession record has been kept but 

 a beginning of this work is now being made. A card cata- 

 logue was prepared by Professor Ashley and is being contin- 

 ued. Many of the labels in this Museum are more than thirty 

 years old and need to be renewed. 



Museums obtain new material by gift, by purchase, and 

 by exchange. A museum should always possess an abun- 

 dance of local material for exhibition. If a quantity is also a- 

 vailable for exchange it is quite as valuable as an increased ap- 

 propriation. Charleston is situated in the midst of phosphate 

 deposits which yield a rich variety of fossils and the Museum 

 has one very handsome case of these but it could easily have 

 the largest and most complete collection of the sort in this coun- 

 try. There are many barrels of these fossils in Charleston 

 which have very little value to their owners. If these could be 

 given to the Museum the best specimens would form a note- 

 worthy exhibit and the remainder would bring to the Muse- 

 um by exchange material which cannot be obtained by pur- 

 chase. 



In addition to the routine work of accessioning the col- 

 lections the present plans cf the Museum include the prepar- 

 ation of special exhibits, provided with descriptive labels 

 and supplemented by illustrated lectures in Manigault Hall. 

 To encourage and assist regular visitors the Museum has un- 

 der taken the publication of this monthly Bulletin, devoted 

 to descriptions of exhibits, reports of lectures, and general 

 information about the Museum. The Bulletin^ is intended 

 to take the place of a museum guide for all visitors and to 

 make public the work of the Museum. 



