842 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MITSEUM, 1903. 



den. It will have four covered courts and three .storie.s, exclusive of 

 the basement, and in the central axis a fourth floor, the upper stories 

 with skylights. Surrounding- it is an open space 125 feet wide, reserved 

 for greens and shrubs. (An exact plan of the whole building may be 

 Found in the eleventh Yearbook of the Institute, 1S99, page 389.) The 

 ai-ehitects are McKim, Mead & White. 



The foundation was laid in 1895, and in 1897 the first portion, the 

 right wing of the north section, was completed (with exception of the 

 statues of the chief frieze). This wing is 193 feet long, 43 by 64 feet 

 wide, and 95 feet high (above ground). It is fireproof throughout, 

 excepting a few wooden window frames on the ground floor (all others 

 of iron), and a few oaken doors. The floors are supported by iron 



Fii;. iS.— Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Finished portion of the Musemii (1897). 



))eams and })rick arches and are covered with terrazzo on a cement 

 foundation. The facade is of white sandstone, harmoniously^ wrought. 

 This portion cost, with furnishings, about $375,000, and represents 

 about one-thirtieth of the entire building. The erection of the central 

 building of the north side of the main portal has been begun," for 

 w hich $300,000 have been appropriated by the city. The collections 

 are enlarged exclusively by donations. A learned director (at present 

 a paleontologist) is at the head of the museum, which has 17 employees, 

 7 of whom are scientists,* and several honorary administrators of indi- 



" Finished in 1908. 



''A curator in natural history and anthropoloiry and a curator in arch;ieology and 

 ethnology liave ninci' been appointed. 



