and Laboratory Methods. 



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Fig. 17. — Hall of Science and Art Museum, Dublin. 



chapter on Effect.) A room, a hall of large objects, or a vestibule treatment 

 leading to the halls, with a symbolic motive, can be serviceably employed. It is 

 a psychological moment and the summary of impressions, however vague at that 

 instant, should be generally large, suggestive, dignified and inviting. The en- 

 trance to the Natural History Museum, London, partakes of some grandeur, 



Fig. 18. — Hall of Manchester Museum, Manchester, England. 



though the stone pillars and a sort of cathedral cavernousness is a trifle dis- 

 maying. Darwin's statue is the first reassuring thing the visitor encounters. 

 The treatment could be enormously improved. 

 American Museum of Natural History. ^- "• CjRAIACAP. 



