ADMINISTRATION 



While a large amount of routine work has been accomplished 

 during the year, no funds whatever have been available for either 

 improvements in the building or installation of collections. 



During the closing months the work of the director's office has 

 been reorganized in preparation for increased activity in all de- 

 partments during the new year. 



The time of the librarian has been occupied to an increasing 

 extent with the work of public instruction, and with such success 

 that an assistant in the library is needed in order that the work 

 of public instruction may be developed. It is desirable that 

 this department continue to be intimately associated with the 

 library, since the books form the sources of the descriptive labels 

 of the exhibits and the means of extending the interest which they 

 arouse. 



The need of a general curator is felt in many ways, and in the 

 preparation of new exhibits of local subjects a good collector and 

 photographer will be required. These are problems to be solved 

 as the new year develops, and will be largely influenced by the 

 success of the effort for a larger maintenance appropriation. 

 When the exhibits are opened to the public a doorman will also 

 be needed. 



The director represented the Museum at the fifth annual meet- 

 ing of the American Association of Museums, held in Buffalo, 

 May 31-June 2, when he was honored by re-election as secretary 

 of the Association. 



MUSEUM GROUNDS 



Gratifying progress has been made in planting the grounds 

 about the Museum with ornamental and botanically interesting 

 trees and shrubs, and the director desires to extend the thanks of 

 the Museum to many friends who have given plants for this pur- 

 pose, to the Park Board for ready cooperation in carrying out 

 the plans of the Museum, and to Mr. Philip P. Mazyck for contin- 

 ual assistance in the care and planting of the grounds. 



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