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Vol. 4 CHARLESTON, S. C, MAY, 1908 No. 5 



PREPARATION OF MUSEUH EXHIBITS 



A brief review of the reorganization of the museum col- 

 lections which has occupied a large part of the time of the 

 staff during the past three years was printed in the March 

 issue of the Bulletin. This reorganization has included the 

 gathering of all the smaller specimens into storage cases, 

 their systematic arrangement and the restoration, so far as 

 possible, of the data which had been confused or lost in the 

 vicissitudes of more than a century, together with the com- 

 pilation of adequate records. This work is a necessary pre- 

 liminary alike to the removal of the collections to the 

 new building and to their utilization in exhibits and 

 study series. As these pages go to press, the removal to 

 the new building is beginning. It will consist first in the 

 transfer of the library, storage cases, offices and workrooms, 

 and then of the larger exhibits as cases are prepared to re- 

 ceive them. The installation of the library in larger quar- 

 ters, permitting all the books to be brought together in 

 order for the first time, and the opening of a public reading 

 room will constitute a gratifying advance in equipment. 

 The first exhibits to be prepared will include a new and 

 extensive collection of living reptiles, the local bird collec- 

 tion for the use of the Natural History Society, and the be- 



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