museum is imperative for its preservation and is the necessary pre- 

 liminary to further development of the Museum. 



The number of members of the Museum, as listed at the end 

 of this report, is smaller than last year. This is due to the 

 inability of the director to take time to solicit further contri- 

 butions, less than a half dozen persons having given financial 

 assistance unsolicited. Other sources of income have fortu- 

 nately brought the total income of the general account to a 

 larger amount than in 1908. 



The Museum was the headquarters in November of a local 

 anti-tuberculosis campaign in cooperation with the National As- 

 sociation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. An extensive 

 exhibit was provided by the Association and installed in the 

 main hall. Lectures were given every afternoon and evening in 

 the Museum, in addition to a large number of talks before vari- 

 ous organizations throughout the city. An attendance of over 

 a thousand persons a day for ten days was recorded, public in- 

 terest was aroused, and plans for a permanent organization ef- 

 fected. Work of a similar character for the decrease of tubercu- 

 losis is being conducted in many cities, having begun with an 

 exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New 

 York, and it is gratifying that the Charleston Museum should 

 be able to promote so good a cause in this city. 



The director represented the Museum at the fourth annual 

 meeting of the American Association of Museums, in Philadel- 

 phia, May 11-13, 1909, when he was honored by re-election as 

 secretary of the Association. 



The New Building. 



During the early part of the year the gallery rails and cornices 

 of the main hall were erected, two additional skylights installed, 

 and the interior and exterior painting completed. 



