('(H)pi:n.\Ti()y with tiik rnii.ic schools 



material, wliicli ('iial)l('s us to make continual additions to this scries of 

 slides. The \ic\vs ilhistratc ])hinl ht'c, animal life, industries, customs ot" 

 people, and physical ^■co<i,rapliy. N\ liile these slides cannot i)e lojuied for 

 use outside the huildiny, teachers may select slides to ilhistrjite a desired 

 lectin"(> which may he dcli\crc(l in one of the Museum's classrooms. 



It is from this souree of sujjjjly that we (h-aw the material to illustrate 

 tlie inforuKil lectures which are ,i;i\'en to school children. These courses 

 were first sufjfjes ted l)y the New ^ ork ( ity Teachers' Association in I'.IOI. 

 Since that time they have been <,n\'eu regularly in the spring;; and fall. The 

 subjects are chosen with especial reference to the courses of study <ii\('n in 

 the syllabuses for history, <;eo<,n-aphy or natiu'e study, and are desifjned to 

 supplement the classroom work of the teachers, .\imouncements of our 

 courses of lectures are mailed 

 to principals, and teachers 

 file reser\ations for seat> in 

 the Auditoriiuu on blanks fur- 

 nished by the Museum. 



The broad scope of the 

 educational work of the Mu- 

 seum is indicated in the action 

 of the Trustees in recently 

 authorizing the equipment of 

 a room especially reserved 

 for the use of the blind. As 

 yet only a small beginninii' 

 has been made, but speci- 

 mens of animals and Indian 

 implements have already 

 been set aside and labeled 

 in raised type. The devel- 

 opment of this feature of the 

 Museum's activity has been 

 amply provided for through 

 the bequest of Phebe Anna 

 Thome and the generosity of 

 her executors, who have en- 

 dowed the work as a memo- 

 rial to Jonathan Thorne. 



It is safe to say that no 

 visitors to the Museum ob- 

 tain a greater enjoyment from the collections than do the \ arious groups 

 of blinfl j)eoplc, who may often be seen in the exhibition halls. 



Two compartments of a tra%'oling ca.se sliowitij; 

 junco and blue jay on their way to the children of 

 some primary .school. The Museum has prepared 

 several hundred traveling cases of l)irds 



