REPORT OX THE EXHIBIT OF THE. UNITED STATES NATIONA1 

 MUSEUM AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. BUFFALi 

 NEW YORK, iooi. 



Bv Frederick W. Trie, William H. 'Holmes, and Georce P. Merrill. 



SUMMARY. 



By Frederick W. Trie, 

 Representative, Smithsonian Institution and National Museum. 



The Pan-American Exposition held at Buffalo, New York, opened 

 May 1,1901, and closed November 2, 1901. An exhibit from the Smith- 

 sonian Institution and National Museum was provided for in the act of 

 Congress approved March 3, 1899. The total amount appropriated 

 for the Government exhibit was $300,000, and for a ( rovernment build- 

 ing - , 1200,000. Of the former amount the Smithsonian Institution 

 and National Museum were allotted $50,000, in addition to which 

 $2,500 was transferred from the allotment of the Interior Department 

 to allow for the construction of a model of the extinct American reptile 

 Triceratops, to be jointly exhibited by the National Museum and the 

 Geological Survey. The total amount allotted was considerably below 

 the estimate submitted to the board, which was $62,625. 



On the gross sum originally available a pro rata assessment to pro- 

 vide for an exhibit from the outlying possessions of the United Stair-. 

 amounting to $1,960.79, was made by the board, and $200 were trans- 

 ferred to the allotment of the War Department. The net Smithsonian 

 allotment was, therefore. $50,339.21. 



The Goverment building (Plate 1) at Buffalo was on the west side of 

 the exposition grounds. It was oblong in shape and had a length of 

 lbs feet and a breadth of 140 feet and was surmounted by a dome 235 

 feet high. Two pavilions were connected with the main building on 

 the east side by colonnades. The north pavilion was occupied by the 

 Fish Commission and the south pavilion conjointly by the Department 

 of Agriculture and the Philippine collection. The exterior of the 

 building was finished in stall and tinted yellow, except the dome, which 



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