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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



tains exhibition rooms, administrative rooms, and machinery rooms. 

 Each of the three floors contains four halls for collections — one 110 

 by 38 feet, one 42 hy 43 feet, and two 16 by 40 feet. The first story 

 is 29 feet high, the second, 22 feet; the third, with skylight, 24 feet.« 

 All may be brightly lighted by electricity. Hand fire extinguishers 

 are found on each floor, and on the ground Hoor a line of hose 150 

 feet long. 



The basement contains a geographical collection, with many maps. 

 The liall in which this is kept is plainly furnished and well lighted 

 from both sides. The walls are light green, the ceiling white, and the 

 floor of dark cement. 



Fig. 9.— Brooklyn Institute of Arts ami Sciences. Picture gallery. 



The first story is devoted to sculpture. The great hall, where are 

 found Greek and Roman statuary, is excellently lighted from the 

 north side by means of upper side windows. The white casts are 

 tastefully mounted on dark green pedestals against a light olive-green 

 background. The ceiling is white, the window frames are a very 

 light ocher, and the floor is gray mosaic, as are the other floors. The 

 south side consists of a solid wall without windows, on the upper part 

 of which the Parthenon frieze is displayed. Comfortable benches 



« This is the picture gallery. The halls of the Dresden picture gallery, erected by 

 G. Semper, are nearly 50 feet high; they are, in fact, much too high, and the sky- 

 lights are too small, so that the halls are insufficiently lighted. — 1903. 



