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The new hall of North American archeology includes 38 modernized 

 displays. An introductoiy section of several units explains the ob- 

 jectives and dating methods of systematic archeology; most of the 

 rest of the hall is devoted to displays of the cultures of Indian groups 

 in various regions of the United States. Curator Waldo K. Wedel 

 prepared the scripts and selected the specimens for this hall with the 

 expert assistance of Dr. C. G. Holland and Dr. W. A. Ritchie. The 

 hall was designed by Eay Hayes and Mrs. Barbara Craig. 



Plans for the layout of the new hall of Old World archeology were 

 completed by associate curator Gus Van Beek and exhibits designer 

 R. O. Hower. This gallery will present a synopsis of Old World cul- 

 tural history from earliest times to the end of the Roman Era. 



Contract renovation for the new hall of physical anthropology began 

 on March 30. Exhibits designer Joseph Shannon and director T. D. 

 Stewart, while still head curator of the department of anthropology, 

 completed the plan for the new hall layout and the arrangement of 

 cases. Dr. Stewart prepared detailed scripts for 14 of the exhibits and 

 Dr. Angel completed the specifications for a large map of the peoples 

 of the world. 



The new hall entitled "Life in the Sea" was officially opened to the 

 public in February. The most impressive single exhibit here is the 

 life-size blue whale prepared under the direction of Dr. Remington 

 Kellogg, recently retired Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Other mammals depicted include the sea otter, several 

 kinds of porpoises, and five other species of whales. A group of six 

 jellyfishes and comb-jellies is shown by means of eight superimposed 

 reverse-carved sheets of Plexiglas; side lighting provides very life- 

 like qualities. A central alcove in the hall will eventually display 

 deep-sea views, but an exceptionally fine temporary exhibit now oc- 

 cupies this space. In each of the openings in the alcove, shells are 

 presented in a gemlike display which attracts much favorable atten- 

 tion. Among the other temporary installations is an exhibit of 137 

 species of mollusks found in Polynesia, the Eastern Pacific region, 

 and along our Atlantic coast. This and the other temporary exhibits 

 in the hall will be replaced as rapidly as the permanent exhibit ma- 

 terials can be installed. The hall has been developed under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. Fenner A. Chace, Jr., in cooperation with exhibits de- 

 signers Thomas Baker, Chris Karras, and Gorman Bond. 



Construction in the halls of comparative osteology and cold-blooded 

 vertebrates was virtually completed at the end of the year. Most of 

 the bird and small-mammal skeletons to be exhibited in the hall of 

 osteology were cleaned and restored by Leonard Blush of the taxi- 

 dermy staff. Dr. Leonard P. Schultz is directing the development of 

 the hall of cold-blooded vertebrates, and scripts for more than half 



