MUSEUM NEWS NOTES 



form an attractive exhibit of the production of power from steam 

 and its transformation into electricity. The Members of the 

 Museum and the public in general are cordially invited to examine 

 this portion of the building. The contract for the construction of 

 suitable approaches to the power w^ing has been let, so that the 

 new wing will soon be easily accessible. 



The Eighth International Geographic Congress, which began 

 its meeting in Washington on September 8, held two days of 

 sessions, September 13 and 14, as the guests of the American 

 Museum. The work of the Congress was divided among twenty- 

 one sections and sub-sections and the several lecture and assembly 

 rooms of the building were utilized in accommodating the Con- 

 gress. A further account of the meetings of the Congress is 

 necessarily deferred to a later issue of the Journal. 



A REPRESENTATIVE collectiou of cthuological material from 

 the native tribes of Siberia has been presented by President 

 Morris K. Jesup to Nicholas II., Czar of Russia, in recognition 

 of the aid and encouragement shown by His Imperial ]\Iajesty in 

 the early years of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. 



The installation of the extensive collections from Peru illus- 

 trating the pre-Columbian and immediately succeeding life of that 

 interesting country has advanced to a point where the hall has 

 been thrown open to the public. The collections are arranged 

 primarily in several series to enable the visitor to make ready 

 comparisons between the different centers of population as to 

 their domestic and tribal relations and occupations. The series 

 comprise particularly rich illustrations of decorative and other 

 art in pottery and weaving. 



Mr. George H. Pepper of the Department of Archseolog}^ has 

 been in Arizona and New Mexico collecting textiles and scientific 

 data concerning them from among the Navajo, the Hopi and 

 other Pueblo tribes. One of the objects of the expedition was the 

 study of an intrusive culture in northeastern New Mexico. The 

 towns here are commonly known as ' ' Mexican ' ' settlements, but 



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