760 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



Having" found a lilace in the museum, it was but proper that the 

 subject of religion should be assigned space in the great exhibitions 

 and that in the natural course of events special exhibits of religious 

 objects should be inade. These exhibits are quite distinct from the 

 church exhibits — either from the point of view of propaganda or 

 philanthropy — which have usually been included in exhibition classifi- 

 cations. 



A special religious exhibition of considerable importance was the 

 Esposizioue Yaticana, held to commemorate the jubilee of Pope Leo 

 XIII, from December, 1887, to May, 1888. It took place in the Basilica 

 di San Pietro e Palazzi Vaticani and its story is told in a serial publi- 

 cation, L' Esposizioue Yaticana Illustrata Giornale TJfficiale per la Com- 

 sione Promotrice, as well as in a valuable catalogue.* 



While not exclusively religious, the exhibition was in the main an 

 exhibit of ceremonial objects of the Eoman Catholic religion, although 

 costumes of other religious functionaries were admitted. 



In the same year there was held in London, in honor of the Queen's 

 jubilee, the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, in which the richest 

 collection of Jewish ceremonial objects ever gotten together was placed 

 on exhibition. t 



At the Paris Exposition of 1889 the Society of Anthropology of Paris 

 included a history of religions in its classification, Avith the subdivisions 

 of amulets and divinities. Amulets, however, Avere given most attention. 



In April, 1802, a loan collection of objects used in religious ceremonies 

 and charms and implements for divination was held at Philadelphia 

 under the auspices of the department of archoeoiogy and paleontology 

 of the University of Pennsylvania. 



A useful catalogue of this collection (edited by Mr. Stewart Culin) was' 

 published. The classification followed that of the Musee Guimet, and, 

 was geographical in the main, though not strictly so. I A decided 

 improvement on the Musee Guimet plan was the admission of one great 

 Semitic religion, Mohammedanism. 



In the Columbian Historical Exhibition at Madrid (1802), 7,000 square 

 meters were devoted to a splendid exhibit of Christian ecclesiastical art, 

 arranged by cathedrals. 



The Chicago Exposition has made considerable advance on its prede- 

 cessors in this regard. Two exhibits of religions are to be found here, 

 one in the Ethnological building and one in the United States Govern- 

 ment building. On the Midway Plaisauce there is a mosque in charge 

 of an Imam, officially appointed by the Sultan of Turkey, in his capacity 

 of Caliph, i. e., successor, or rather substitute, of Mohammed, the title 

 of the head of the Mohammedan Church. 



A i^arliament of religions has been called which, while conducted 

 on church lines, and almost exclusively from the propagandist or 



* See Appendix No. 1. t See Appendix No. 2. t See Appendix No. 3. 



