Robin redbreast group in the British Museum 



educational side of museums and in the 

 introduction of exhibits that were at- 

 tractive, as well as instructive, to the 

 general visitor. 



The first group in the American Mu- 

 seum, an Arab courier attacked by lions, 

 was purchased in 1869 and shown in 

 the old Arsenal building in Central Park, 

 then the home of this institution. This 



group may have been theatrical and 

 "bloody" but, as a piece of taxidermy, 

 it was the most ambitious attempt of 

 its day. Moreover it was an attempt 

 to show life and action and an effort to 

 arrest the attention and arouse the 

 interest of the spectator, a most impor- 

 tant point in museum exhibits. If you 

 cannot interest the visitor you cannot 



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