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Lectures. 



The following lectures were delivered in the Museum 

 Lecture Theatre, by the Director and the Superintendent of 

 the Art Gallery. 



Dec. 26th, 1911 — " Robinson Crusoe and his Island." 



Jan. 15th, 1912 — " Cornish Antiquities." 



Feb. 12th, 1912 — " A Folk Museum." 



Feb. 26th, 1912 — " An Inheritance from the Ages." 



Mar. nth, 1912 — " Treasures of the Past." 



Mar. 25th, 1912 — " Spiders and their Ways." 



All the Lectures were well attended. The total attendance 



being about 2,150, giving an average attendance per lecture, 



of 358. 



Demonstrations. 



Early in the year, the Committee arranged for the delivery 

 of the following series of demonstrations upon the Museum 

 collections and pictures, by members of the staff. 



Each demonstration consisted of a short lecture followed 

 by an examination of the specimens, or pictures described. 



A second list of eighty subjects, suitable for lectures and 

 demonstrations was also prepared, and circulated amongst 

 schools, study circles and other bodies. This list, which is 

 still operative, can always be consulted by Societies, and 

 other bodies desiring to visit the Museum and Art Gallery, 

 and as far as possible, their wishes will be met in the choice 

 of a subject. 



Demonstrations. 



Oct. 14th, 1911 — to the Workers Educational Association : 

 " The Industrial Value of Minerals." 



Dec. 2nd, 1911 — Girls from the Clifton High School. 



Dec. 9th, 1911 — to the Workers' Educational Associa- 

 tion : " Building Stones of a City." 



