2l6 Memo7^ial of Geoi'ge Broivn Goode. 



groups — are brought in, legitimately increasing the attractiveness of the museum to 

 the visitor and its instructiveness to the student. 



Though the great general museum can not vie in this respect with the local 

 museum, it has a certain advantage of another kind in its very wealth of material, 

 for the display of vast collections, assembled from all parts of the earth and covering 

 it may be acres of floor space, strictly classified and arranged so as to show mutual 

 relationships, affords in itself the most impressive lesson. While in smaller museums 

 the study of individual objects may be easier, in those of the other kind there is a 

 better opportunity for the study of great general relationships. 



H. — LOCAL, PROVINCIAL, OR CITY MUSEUMS. 



1 . To museums of this class belongs the duty of preserving all that 

 which is characteristic of the region or city in which they are located. 

 Every State or province should have an institution of this kind to care 

 for material illustrating its own geology, zoology, botany, and archaeology. 

 Every city should have an historical collection for memorials of events in 

 its history and that of its representative men. 



2. It is legitimate and desirable that local and municipal museums 

 should also enter upon general museum work of a scientific and educa- 

 tional character. They may form collections of a general character in 

 order that their visitors may see and study the unfamiliar products of 

 foreign lands, as well as those of local interest. For museums of this 

 class, models, casts, copies, and pictures of objects not actually obtainable 

 may be used. 



3. It is often advantageous in small communities for the museum and 

 public library to be combined under one roof and one management. 



I. — COLLEGE AND SCHOOL MUSEUMS. 



1 . Museums of this class are intended for the use of teachers in connec- 

 tion with their class room and laboratory instruction and to reenforce the 

 library in the no less important work which it performs for the student. 



2. It need scarcely be said that it is impracticable for the smaller teach- 

 ing museums connected with schools and colleges to carry out the thorough 

 specialization which is attainable in large institutions. A small collection, 

 however scanty and imperfect it may be, is of great value, not only for 

 study purposes in connection with some school or college and for exhibi- 

 tion to the local public of a small town, but also as a nucleus for future 

 development. 



3. The college or school museum often becomes the local or city museum 

 for the locality in which it is situated , and what has been said about museums 

 of the latter class then becomes applicable to the college museum, 



J. — PROFESSIONAL OR CLASS MUSEUMS. 



I . Professional museums are those formed specially for the use of groups 

 of specialists and for the education of specialists. Here belong medical, 



