the Museum, will be reviewed under the head of their several 

 departments. 



Miss Laura L. Weeks has served as secretary to the director 

 since October, devoting most of her time to the work of the 

 American Association of Museums but also materially assisting 

 in the office work of the Museum. 



One janitor has been employed as heretofore, but when the 

 exhibits have been installed a door man and probably an addi- 

 tional cleaner will be required. 



Gratifying as the progress of the Museum has been since the 

 present reorganization was undertaken, the gravity of the situa- 

 tion which now confronts it cannot be ignored. The new building 

 has been prepared, the records of the old Museum restored and 

 the specimens cataloged, an adequate working equipment cre- 

 ated and installed, and a beginning of research work, publica- 

 tion and public instruction made. These are achievements 

 which may well be contemplated with satisfaction, for they have 

 rescued from imminent destruction the oldest museum of 

 America and demonstrated the wide field of usefulness which 

 lies before it in the increase and diffusion of knowledge among 

 the people. No section of the country affords a better oppor- 

 tunity for the work of a modern museum in preserving a record 

 of vanishing conditions and in promoting future development. 

 It is a matter of general moment that this work be done and it 

 should be a matter of local pride that it be done by the dis- 

 tinguished museum whose natural province it is. To insure 

 this end increased public support and cooperation is imperative. 

 The new exhibition hall is practically empty and there are no 

 funds for the installation of the old museum, the most perish- 

 able collections being still in the old building, where the Mu- 

 seum's small and overworked staff cannot prevent their further 

 deterioration. The removal and immediate installation of the old 



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