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REPORT OF NATIONAL MTTSEUM, 1903. 



that iriiicli of the niaterial in now compactly Htored in packinjr ])oxes, and if trans- 

 ferred to classified storage would sjtread out over many times the si)ace. The depart- 

 ments named an' those under which the jNluseum is classified for convenience of 

 administration. 



Subject. 



Exhibition space: 



Department of anthropology, inchiding ethnology, archaeology, American 

 hi.story, and art.s and indu.stries 



Deidirtment of biology, including zoology and botany 



Department of geology, including museum of practical geology 



Laboratories, workrooms, and storage: 



Department of anthropology 



Department of liiology 



Department of geology 



General and miscellaneous: 



Administrative offices, record tiles, etc " 



Mechanical workshops 



Mechanical and miscellaneous storage 



Library, photographic laboratory, lecture hall, restaurant, public comfort, 

 heating and electrical plant, etc 



Entrances, hallways, etc 



Total 



Spa<'e 

 now oc 

 cupied 



Sc/.feet. 



.^SS, 790 

 34,00."") 

 19,901! 



19, 490 

 ;^8, 909 

 17, 009 



t;, :m 



8, 789 

 12, 032 



19,056 

 4,141 



238, 689 



Siiace re- 

 c|uired. 



Sq. fed. 



184, 000 

 95, 000 

 74, 000 



81,000 

 110,000 



4(;, 000 



12, 000 

 15, 000 

 22, 000 



31,000 



670, 000 



With regard to the space now occupied, there are certain areas which, for various 



reasons, slfould be abandoned, namely: 



Square feet. 



Rented buildings (area) 34, 115 



Outside buildings on the Smithsonian reservation and Armory square, which 

 have been used only as temporary expedients and are for the most part 

 insecure structures (area) 9, 088 



Space used for storage and some other purposes in the basement, in the upper 

 part of the north tower, and at the east end of the Smithsonian building, 

 being partly unsuitable and partly inaccessible (area) 12, 885 



Total 56,088 



Deducting this area from the total area now occupied (238,689 square feet) leaves 

 182,601 square feet as the amount of space now actually available and appropriate 

 for the future needs of the Museum. Again, deducting this amount from the total 

 space named above as required for the Museum (670,000 square feet) leaves approx- 

 imately 487,000 square feet to be provided for in a new building. The sum named 

 in the sundry civil act of June 28, 1902 ($1,500,000) as the limit of cost for the pro- 

 posed new building will not, however, permit of the erection by any method of 

 construction of a building having that amount of space. 



Several jilans have been drawn in an effort to reconcile the needs of the Museum 

 with the limitation of cost proposed by Congress, but none succe.ssfully. The last 

 l)lan, contemplating the smallest size of building thi^t it has been judged advisable 

 to recommend, is the one herewith presented. It rei)resents a rectangular build- 

 ing, having a frontage of about 486 feet, a depth of about 345 feet, not including 

 projections, and a height above the ground at the front of about 70 feet. There will 

 be two open courts. The building is designed to have four floors, inclusive of the 

 basement (which will underlie the entire structure), and will afford about 400,000 

 square feet of floor space. The first and second floors are intended to be used for 



