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REPORT OP^ NATIONAL MTTSEUM, 1903. 



rial exhibited in the l)uilding, and the contracted space devoted to work 

 rooms and storerooms, lias caused such a crowded condition that a new- 

 building- is already talked of, and indeed it is thought that the museum 

 may be united in one large building with the John Crerar Li})rarv, 

 described beyond. This combination would be an excellent plan, and 

 Chicago would thereby ])e doing an admirable deed." With such a 

 condition of affairs and with the rapid development of everything in 

 that country, it is not worth while to give a detailed description of the 



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Fig. 32. — Field Columbian Miisoum. Plan of gronnd floor. 

 1, lG-18, American aborigines; 2, Korea; 3, 5, Asia; 4, Oceania: tl, Africa; 7, China; S, prehistoric 

 Hoi)i pottery; 9, Egyptian archeology; 10-13, northwest coast of North America; 14, California; ir\ 

 southwestern United States; 19-21, mammals: 22, fishes, reptiles; 23, osteology: 24. invertebrate 

 animals; 25, shells; 26, 27, birds; 28, reading room; 29, library; 30, 31, South America; 32, gems and 

 jewels; 33, ceramics; 34, lecture hall; 35, 36, 59, paleontology; 37, 38, marine transportation; 39, 

 human burden bearers; 40, pack animals; 41, 57, Pennsylvania Railroad collection; 42, railroad 

 appliances; 43-53, 56, evolution of the locomotive from 1680 to 1876; 54, street cars; 55, vehicles; 

 58, models and statuary; 60, 61, geographic geology; 62, meteorites; 63, 64, systematic mineralogy; 

 65, dynamic geology; 66, lithology; 67, 68, building stones; 69, mineral combustibles; 70, carbon 

 minerals; 71, petroleum; 73, otRce of department; 75, laboratory; 76, iron and steel metallurgy; 

 77, clays and sands; 78, salts, asbestos, etc.; 79, ores and metallurgy, base metals: 80, mineral tro- 

 phies; 81-94, zoology of America; 95-108, zoology; west court and south court, zoology; north court, 

 European archaeology; east court, American archeology; rotunda, sculptures in commemoration 

 of Columbus and the exposition. 



museum structure. 1 will therefore speak only of the organization of 

 the tire service, which is unexcelled in careful precautions. 



No one is allowed to smoke even in the vicinity of the building, and 

 within it almost no tire is permitted. When, for example, a prepara- 

 tor needs tire for his work, permission must be had from the director 

 and the tire is managed with extreme precautions. All woodwork is 

 coated with tireproof paint. In some instances, cases containing objects, 



a Quite recently (1903) it is understood that Mr. Marshall Field has given |1 0,000,000 

 for a new building on the lake shore in the center of the city. The combination 

 with the John Crerar Lil)rary has been given u|) nnd tiie lil)rary is erecting a build- 

 ing of its own (1904). 



