l68 On the Arts and Sciejices hi Francg. 



This mufaeum is open every day. The cielings of three new 

 apartments, to be added to the galleries of antiques, are now 

 painting. One of them is deltined for the reception of 

 Egyptian antiquities. — In this mufr'uni will fliorily be exhi- 

 bued the tomb of the nuifes, feveral antique altars and chan- 

 deliers, two fuperh ftatucs by Michael Angelo, one by Puget 

 (Mars repofing), and feveral ftatues of ;he French Ichool. 



There is ftiU a French academy at Rome. Three prizes 

 for painting, fciilpture, and arehitc&ure are awarded yearly; 

 and the three fuceefsful candidates are fent to Rome to re- 

 main there four vears at their governnieni's expenlc. By 

 this reeulation there are conftantlv twelve French ftndents 

 at Rome, each of whom is obliged, in tlie courfe of his (lay 

 there, to fend home one produftion at lead. Thefe produc- 

 tions form a part of the mufieum of the French fchool at 

 Verfailles. 



The Paris exhibition of the works of living painters, fculp- 

 tors, and architedts, is opened yearly in the months ot Sep- 

 tember and October. 



The national library in Paris, comprehending the cabinet 

 of medals and antiques, is open to public view on the 2,^, 

 6th, and 9th days of each decade from ten till two o'clock. 

 The other days,'with the exception of that of the decade, are 

 fet afide for the (ludents. The library confifts of about 

 ninety thoufand volumes, and upwards of eighteen thoufand 

 manufcripts, in all languages. There is, belides, a library of 

 engraved antient and modern mufic. 



The collection of medals is immenfely rich. In the year 

 a 800, the entire collection belonging to Pius Vt. was added, 

 together with a great part of his gems, the Ifiac table, and 

 feveral Egyptian Itatues in bronze, bafalles, granite, &c. 

 Here are given annually and gratuitoufly, courfes of public 

 ledtures on the Oriental and European languages, chemillry, 

 natural hiliory, botany, antiquities, mythology, &c. by the 

 moft celebrated profclVors. 



The Hotel des Moimoyes (mint) contains a very fine cabi- 

 net of mineralogy. Public lechires on that fcience are given 

 every other day, and the cabinet is daily open to the public. 



Thegarden of plants is alio open daily. During the fum- 

 mer, courfes of practical botany are given by the moft noted 

 profeflbrs. — The cabinet of natural hiftory is one of the com- 

 pleted in Europe. It is open to the public five days in the 

 decade: the intermediate days are for ftiidvj and for the 

 courfes of pulilic leisures. 



A great collcolion of antiquities is expefted in Paris from 

 Italy. Upwards of five hundred cafes filled with antiques 



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