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and Java, which were received from the Alien Property Office of the 

 Department of Justice. Dr. Van Beek worked with the Department 

 of State and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Serv- 

 ice on arrangements for loan of the Dead Sea Scrolls and associated 

 materials from the Government of Jordan. In May, during an over- 

 seas detail, he conferred with officials of the Jordanian Government, 

 the United States Embassy, and the Palestine Archeological Museum 

 and selected specimens and photographs for use in the exhibition, 

 which is scheduled to be opened in the Museum of Natural History in 

 March 1965. Thereafter it will circulate for 6 months among other 

 museums in the United States under the Smithsonian Institution 

 Traveling Exhibition Service. 



At the end of June the exhibits in the east of the half of the Hall of 

 Osteology, comprising the sections on mammals and birds, were mfor- 

 mally opened to the public. The skeletons in this exhibition range in 

 size from one of the gray whale to those of small birds. Skeletal ma- 

 terials are supplemented by graphic portrayals of the appearance of 

 the particular examples displayed in the flesh. Among the many in- 

 teresting displays in the mammal section is one comparing the skeleton 

 of man with those of other Primates. In the section on birds a unit 

 points out the bony structure differences which serve as bases for 

 scientific classification of birds. The sections of this hall devoted to 

 reptiles, amphibians, and fishes are in process of preparation and in- 

 stallation. Planning of the exhibits in this hall has been coordinated 

 by David H. Jolmson, curator-in-charge of the division of mammals, 

 with the cooperation of the staff members of all the divisions of this 

 department. Hall design was by Anthony Di Stefano and graphic 

 design by exhibits designer Morris M. Pearson. 



On February 19, 1964, a temporary exhibition entitled "Ketum to 

 the Sea" was opened on the mezzanine of the Hall of Life in the Sea. 

 This display, a joint effort of the federal Interagency Committee of 

 Oceanography and the Smithsonian Institution, has as its theme the 

 renewal of interest in oceanography and the marine environment. 



Associate curator Charles Cutress and Kjell Sandved spent approxi- 

 mately 2 months at Honolulu, Hawaii, Dillon Beach, Calif., and 

 Friday Harbor, Wash., obtaining photographs and well-preserved 

 specimens of animals of which models wiU be made for display in 

 additional permanent exhibits in this hall. 



Preparation of models and the securing of specimens for the Hall of 

 Cold-blooded Vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, and reptiles) was con- 

 tinued durmg the year. Leonard P. Schultz, curator-in-charge of the 

 division of fishes, who is coordinating the planning of exhibits for this 

 hall, and Alfred Strohlein spent several days in the vicinity of Seattle, 

 Wash., during October collecting red salmon and background ma- 



