that job printers are unable to do it economically when only 

 two or three impressions of each label are required and all 

 the larger museums find it necessary for economy and effi- 

 ciency to do their own label printing. The Charleston Mu- 

 seum will be unable to install its exhibits properly until a 

 small printing outfit is obtained. 



Many exhibits, when once installed, require little further 

 attention and such are usually enclosed in cases as nearly dust 

 and insect proof as possible. The expansion and contraction 

 of the air with changes in temperature and barometric press- 

 ure require, however, the use of ventilators and these must, 

 of course, be made proof against both dust and insects. 

 Other exhibits require frequent changing, i. e. our seasonal 

 collection of local birds, and these must be provided with 

 easily removable fronts. 



It is evident from the above account that a close adaptation 

 of cases to exhibits is necessary, yet in the long process of 

 installing a large museum it is seldom possible to follow ex- 

 actly a pre-arranged plan and many temporary expedients 

 are necessary. We would like to install all our collections 

 and then invite the public to an opening celebration because 

 it would give them an entirely new conception of the extent 

 and interest of the Museum, but, after all, the installation 

 ought never to be completed and we believe the public will 

 take a deeper interest in watching the gradual growth of the 

 Museum. It is to stimulate this interest that these descrip- 

 tions of the technical side of museum work are printed. 



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