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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



increase, once stimulated, would go forward rapidly and at relatively 

 small expense, as generous donations might be expected from all 

 quarters. 



Using the above topics as a basis for calculations, the amount of 

 space immediately required has been worked out in a tentative wa}' 

 for each of the departments. This information is summarized in the 

 following table, which gives also for each subject the space now occu- 

 pied. With regard to the present storage areas, it should be borne in 

 mind that much of the material is now compactly stored in packing 

 boxes, and if transferred to classified storage would spread out over 

 man}^ times the space. The departments named are those under which 

 the Museum is classified for convenience of administration. 



Subject. 



Space 

 now oc- 

 cupied. 



Space re- 

 quired. 



Exhibition space: 



Department of anthropology, including ethnology, archeology, American 

 history, and arts and industries 



Department of biologj% including zoology and botany 



Department of geology, including museum of practical geology 



Laboratories, workrooms, and storage: 



Department of anthropology 



Department of biology 



Department of geology 



General and miscellaneous: 



Administrative offices, record files, etc 



Mechanical workshops 



Mechanical and miscellaneous storage 



Library, photographic laboratory, lecture hall, restaurant, public comfort, 

 heating and electrical plant, etc 



Entrances, hallways, etc 



Sq.ft. 



Sq.ft. 



Total ! 23 



670,000 



With regard to the space now occupied, there are certain areas 

 which, for various reasons, should be abandoned, namely: 



Square feet. 

 Rented buildinjjH (area) 34, 115 



Outside buildings on the Smithsonian ret-ervation and Armory Square, which 

 have been used only as temporary expedients and are for the most part 

 insecure structures (area) 9, 088 



Space used for storage and some other purposes in the basement, in the upper 

 part of the north tower, and at the east end of tlie Smithsonian Ituilding, 

 being partly unsuitable and partly inaccessible (area) 12, 885 



T( )tal 56, 088 



Deducting tins area from the total area now occupied (238,081) square 

 feet) leaves 182,601 square feet as the amount of space now actually 

 available and appropriate for the future needs of the jNIuseuni. Again, 

 deducting this amount from the total space named above as required 



