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A SKKIKS OF SIX AUTICI.KS BY MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC STAFF OF THE 



MISEL'M OX CEKTAIX PHASES OF THE INSTITUTION'S EQUIPMENT FOK 



EDUCATIONAL WORK 



I. COOPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



A systi-m of Musinim Extension in loan collections and Ir'cturrs ainl proNisioii within 

 the building for expert guidance and Instruction of chisscs 



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W 11 ILK t'tlucation is tlie fuiKhuiu'iitul principle unck-rlN iuji; all 

 modern museum exhibition and the collections of the American 

 Museum from its foundation ha\-e been a source of infor- 

 mation to teachers, certain definite steps have been taken within the last 

 ten years to l)ring about a closer relation between the Museum and the pub- 

 lic schools. To cany out this purpose, especial facilities are ottered 

 teachers and pupils in order that they may ha\'e the freest use possible 

 of the educational material which the Museum possesses. 



The introduction of nature study into the courses of study of the pul)lic 

 schools, combined with the growing general interest in out-of-door life, has 

 given the Museum an opportunity through its circulating collections to 

 become of much practical use to the teachers. 



Using as a guide the syllabus of nature study issued by the Board of 

 Education, the Museum prepared some years ago several hundred collections 



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Awaiting their turn to enter for a lecture 



