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VIII 



MARCH, 1916 



Number 10 



A Stamford, Connecticut, Museum. 



BY R. HERTZBERG, M. D., STAMFORD, CON- 

 NECTICUT. 



Stamford as a good place to live in 

 ranks well with other cities of equal size. 

 Many institutions that bespeak the altru- 

 ism of her citizens are maintained and 

 supported by private subscriptions. We 

 have to mention only the Stamford Hos- 

 pital, the Young- Men's Christian Asso- 

 ciation, the Ferguson Library, the Chil- 

 dren's Home and the Day Nursery to 

 realize that large sums are given each 

 year for charity. These institutions are 

 necessities, each one filling a place that 

 no decent, self-respecting community can 

 afford to leave unoccupied. We now pro- 

 pose to .give Stamford something that 

 will appeal to the aesthetic side of life. It 

 is not a charity, yet if it is supported by 

 the good will of the people, it will return 

 an ample recompense alike to old and 

 young, rich and poor. 



Stamford is to have a ]\Iuseum, if the 

 contemplated plan find sufficient support. 

 It is not purposed to place in some build- 

 ing a collection of various objects, dust 

 them off occasionally for exhibition 

 spasms, and then allow the grime to re- 

 accumulate until the next excitement. 

 That sort of institution is sure to become 

 the charnal house of hope and eflForts. 

 What is needed is a live organization of 

 men, women and children, who will be 

 willing to give some of their time to the 



work. Every one who is at all interested 

 in making this life fuller and richer for 

 others, and in making Stamford a still 

 better place to live in, should become a 

 member. 



The plan is to organize the Stamford 

 ]\Iuseum Society, the dues to range from 

 a Life ^Membership at five hundred dollars 

 to an Annual ]\Iembership at two dol- 

 lars, thus enabling all to join and to regu- 

 late their own expenses. When members 

 enough to assure an income of twenty- 

 five hundred dollars a year have been 

 secured, the Museum will be organized 

 and incorporated. The society will own 

 all collections given to the Museum. 

 From among its members shall be formed 

 the faculties to govern the various de- 

 partments of the institution. A tentative 

 division of the Museum under the follow- 

 ing groups is proposed : 



Art : Painting and Sculpture. 



Crafts : Ceramics and Tapestries. 



Xatural History : Ornithology. Ento- 

 mology, Zoology, Botany, Conchol- 



ogy. 



Stamford History. 



Stamford Geology. 



Indian Relics. 



The Art Department will be in charge 

 of a member of recognized ability. Class- 

 es in printing, drawing and modeling will 

 be formed, and, while at first not many 

 original paintings or statues may be avail- 

 able, yet excellent copies of famous paint- 



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