KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 



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All of the subdivisions except the rotunda, the north hall, the 

 east north, the north east, and the south east ranges are provided with 

 galleries, the main entrance to which is from the rotunda. In the 

 courts they occupy all four sides and are 10 feet 3 inches wide. 

 Elsewhere they occur on three sides, except in the north west range, 

 where only one side is so utilized. In the halls they range from 



SOUTHEAST PAVILION 



SOUTH TOWER 



SOUTHWEST PAVILION 



I WEST SOUTH RANGE 



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1 SOUTHWEST ! 

 COURT 



iSOUTH WEST 

 RANGE 



WEST HALL 



NORTH EAST 



RANGE 



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NORTHEAST ■, 

 COURT ! 



NORTH HALL 



; NORTHWEST 

 I COURT 



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NORTH WEST 

 RANGE 



r^ORTHEAST PAVIUOM 



NORTHWEST PAVILION 



MAIN ENTRANCE 

 Floor and gallery plan. Older Museum Building. 



13 feet 6 inches to 14 feet wide, and in the ranges are 12 feet wide. 

 The south east range at the gallery height is entirely built over to 

 form a complete second story- Although all of the galleries were 

 planned for exhibition purpose and will eventually be so employed, 

 a few have been and still are used. as laboratories and for the storage 

 of collections. 



The floor plan, owing to the symmetry of design, makes every part 

 of the exhibition space readily accessible to visitors, and communi- 



