COXTE]^TS. 



Subjects v" 



Letter of Transmittal vii 



Contents ix 



List of Illustrations , xiii 



PART I. 



Report of the Assistant Secretary in Charge of the National Museum. 



i.— general consider atioxs. 



A. — The development of the Mnsenni 3 



The development of the Museum idea 6 



The jiossihilities for the future 7 



B. — Organization and scope 11 



The relation of the Museum to the Smithsonian Institution 13 



C. — The work of the Museum in public education 18 



II.— RECENT ADVANCES IN MUSEUM METHOD. 



Museum cases 23 



Exhibition glasses 33 



The preparation of labels 35 



Advances in general installation 40 



Taxidermy in the iluseum 41 



Representations of the human figure 52 



Environmental groups 56 



Concerning collections and specimens 56 



III.— SPECIAL TOPICS OF THE TEAR. 



The unusual character of the year's work 59 



Changes in the form of the Annual Report 59 



The Museum staff 60 



Appropriations for 1893-94 61 



Increase in the collectious 61 



Catalogue entries 68 



Cooperation of the Executive Departments of the Government 68 



Special explorations 72 



Development and arrangement of the exhibition series 73 



Labels 75 



Library 75 



Contributions of the year to scientific literature 75 



Publications of the Museum 76 



Type specimens 78 



Material lent for investigation 80 



The use of the Government scientific collections by students 81 



Visi tors 82 



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