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and Sunday!^;" <>n i^^^^ other four duys a fee of 25 (-(Mits is cliarocd. In 

 189i)-190() it was visited ])y 577,421 persons, 17,5)95 of whom ])ai(l. 

 (In 1S9S-91> the]-(>. wer(> 40,491 who paid, hocausc of a separate cxhiWi- 

 tion which drew a oood many.) The g-reatest number on any one day 

 (Sunday) was 10,759; the smallest, 54, on a pay day. Tliis large nund)er 

 of visitors is very remarkable, for the great Field C'olumbian Museum 

 in the same city had in 1899-1900 only 2<)6,899(in 1898-9!> even less, 

 223,304), chiefly, indeed, because of its distant location. In New York, 

 with double the population, the Metropolitan Museum in 1899 had 

 540,000 visitors, and the American Museum of Natural History had, in 

 1900, 523,522.'' The reasons for this lie, first, in the favorable location 

 of the art institute, near the heart of the city, and then in the excellent 

 and instructive installation and labeling of the entire collection (([uite 

 a contrast to the New York Art Museum), and perhaps, also, in the 

 active and aspiring spirit of the inhabitants of Chicago. Besides, the 

 frequent temporary exhibitions attract a considerable attendance, an 

 arrangement adopted either not at all or only to a limited extent b}^ 

 the museums which I have compared a])()ve. There are also com- 

 prised in the total number 20,000 persons who attended the lectures, 

 and 80,000 represent art school students who are counted each day; 

 V)ut in any case this comparatively lively interest which the people 

 take nuist atl'ord just satisfaction to the men who have devoted their 

 time and thcMr means to advance the interests of the art institute. 



The collection of sculpture appears, from the catalogue of "sculp- 

 ture and painting,'" of September, 189S, to consist of (532 nund^ei's, 

 almost all of which are casts. Modern sculptors are also represented — 

 for instance, Barrias, Bartlett, Barye, Cain, Chapu, Daillion, Dela- 

 planche, Donoghue, Dubois, Elwell, Ericksson, Falgujere, Fremiet, 

 French, Gelert, Gerome, Hasselberg, Houdon, Idrac, Joy, Mass^oulle, 

 Mercie, Molin, Peterson, Potter, Rodin, St. Gaudens, St. Marceaux, 

 Thornycroft, Tilden, Wuertz, and others,'' three of these with orig- 

 inals. In 1893 the French Government sent to the Chicago Exposition 

 an extensive historical collection of architectural casts, unique of its 

 kind, which was assigned to the art institute. It will ])e exhibited in 

 its entirety in hall No. 20 when that is completed. I will also mention 

 109 facsimiles in bronze, after originals in the Naples Museum, from 

 Pomjjeii and Herculaneum, which were also sent to the exposition; 

 Grecian, Roman, and Egyptian antiques, among the last a most rich 



«"lt is the earnest wish of the trustees that every man, woman, and cY Id in Chi- 

 cago should enjoy the educational advantages afforded by the institute, juid for this 

 object the galleries are open free on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday." The insti- 

 tute has the declared purpose of serving the people. 



ftThe British Museum had in 1900 only 689,249 visitors (4;^,S92 on Sundays), with 

 a population in Tjondon of about 5,000,000; the Museum of Natural History had only 

 485,2S8; and the South Kensington Museum 846,489 (87,854 on Sundays). 



'Only two of those named arc repic^'ented in the Dresden sculpture gallery. 



