44 MUSEUMS. 
During October and November, Prof. Newberry, of the Institute 
of Archeology, gave a course of eight afternoon lectures, in the 
Museum Lecture Hall, on ‘‘The Ancient History of Egypt,’’? in 
which special reference was made to the many interesting and 
important specimens contained in the Museum Collection. A very 
appreciative audience attended, and the Museum Committee 
accorded thanks to Professor Newberry by resolution. 
Professor Garstang, also of the Institute of Archeology, gave 
one or two informal discourses on the replicas of sculptures erected 
last year in the Hittite Gallery. These important Hittite 
Monuments have been deposited on loan in the Museum, by the 
Liverpool Institute of Archeology. 
Further efforts made during the past year to enlarge the direct . 
educational value of the Museum collections have been attended 
with success. Numerous schools under the charge of teachers have 
visited the Museums, with the special object of receiving lessons, 
illustrated by Museum specimens. The teachers are unanimous 
in appreciation of the value of such lessons, whereby the intelligent 
interest of the pupil is stimulated by having the spoken word 
supported and illustrated by actual specimens. The Loan 
Collection for use outside the Museums by schools and other 
educational institutions has been considerably added to, and has 
been largely made use of. 
Many applications for the loan of special objects in the Museums 
have been received during the year. On the occasion of the 
Royal visit several of the British Bird Groups and a few other 
objects of interest were displayed in the Town Hall, and an 
extensive series of art objects was loaned to the School of Art on 
the occasion of their Annual Exhibition. 
By order of the Committee, I attended the meetings of the 
Museums Association in Hull in July, and the British 
Association at Birmingham in September. One of the more 
important matters of interest at the Birmingham Meeting was a 
