﻿APPENDIX 
  1 
  

   REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Sie 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  condi- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  for 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1943 
  : 
  

  

  Appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  and 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  totaled 
  $892,630, 
  which 
  was 
  $61,652 
  more 
  than 
  

   for 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  THE 
  MUSEUM 
  IN 
  WARTIME 
  

  

  Although 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  

   to 
  the 
  Museum 
  below 
  that 
  normal 
  for 
  times 
  of 
  peace, 
  the 
  number 
  

   recorded, 
  1,355,269, 
  indicates 
  the 
  great 
  interest 
  that 
  exists 
  in 
  the 
  

   exhibits. 
  The 
  change 
  in 
  hours 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  public 
  halls 
  to 
  be 
  open 
  all 
  

   day 
  Sunday 
  has 
  permitted 
  many 
  people 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  buildings 
  whose 
  

   time 
  schedules 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  otherwise 
  made 
  such 
  visits 
  possible. 
  

   This 
  is 
  particularly 
  true 
  of 
  service 
  men 
  and 
  women, 
  about 
  2,000 
  of 
  

   whom 
  have 
  been 
  included 
  among 
  the 
  visitors 
  each 
  week 
  end. 
  

  

  Last 
  year's 
  report 
  indicated 
  steps 
  taken 
  for 
  adequate 
  safeguard 
  

   of 
  collections. 
  These 
  precautions 
  have 
  gone 
  forward, 
  and 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   gram 
  of 
  training 
  has 
  been 
  initiated 
  among 
  groups 
  of 
  employees 
  for 
  

   the 
  protection 
  of 
  visitors, 
  employees, 
  and 
  the 
  various 
  buildings. 
  Air- 
  

   raid 
  alarm 
  systems 
  have 
  been 
  installed, 
  fire-fighting, 
  air-raid, 
  and 
  

   first-aid 
  equipment 
  procured, 
  air-raid 
  shelters 
  designated, 
  and 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  black-out 
  facilities 
  where 
  necessary 
  established. 
  Practice 
  air- 
  

   raid 
  drills 
  were 
  held, 
  both 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  

   and 
  independently 
  of 
  the 
  city- 
  wide 
  drills. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  the 
  year 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  have 
  been 
  occupied 
  with 
  

   considerable 
  work 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  conduct 
  of 
  the 
  war, 
  either 
  

   through 
  direct 
  contact 
  with 
  various 
  war 
  agencies 
  or 
  through 
  the 
  

   Ethnogeographic 
  Board. 
  This 
  has 
  included 
  "spot" 
  information 
  in 
  

   various 
  fields, 
  research, 
  and 
  experiment. 
  The 
  variety 
  of 
  these 
  subjects 
  

   is 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  enumeration 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  items 
  on 
  

   which 
  data 
  were 
  requested: 
  Camouflage 
  plants; 
  natural 
  vegetation 
  of 
  

   specific 
  regions; 
  illustrations 
  of 
  poisonous 
  plants 
  and 
  of 
  emergency 
  

   food 
  plants 
  and 
  data 
  regarding 
  them; 
  destruction 
  of 
  mosquito-har- 
  

   boring 
  epiphytes; 
  distribution 
  of 
  certain 
  plants 
  of 
  known 
  economic 
  

  

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