MUSEUMS OF THE PACIFIC COAST 



material, particularly Egyptian and fine arts. The 

 latter is still rich in certain lines and contains some 

 fine examples of Keith and Hill, Benjamin West, 

 Gustave Richter, Meissonier, Bonnat, Brozik and 

 others. The present installation is but temporary. 



H. C. Peterson, director. 



AT PACIFIC GROVE, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFOR- 

 NIA. Pacific Grove Museum Association. Maintains 

 a museum containing collections as follows: Bot- 

 any, an herbarium of about 1000 cryptogams, 2500 

 phanerogams, and a forestry collection of fifty 

 species of cones and a large number of seeds; 

 geology and paleontology, more than 200 minerals 

 and invertebrate fossils; zoology, about 2900 shells; 

 and collections of birds, reptiles, fishes, etc. 



Mrs. Mary E. Hesser, curator. 



IN Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Museum of His- 

 tory, Science and Art. One building, 270 feet 

 front by 50 feet, with one wing to rear 100 feet, 

 in Exposition Park. Funds furnished by the Board 

 of Supervisors of Los Angeles County. 



Has important collections as follows: About 

 12,000 bird skins, mostly western; 2000 birds' eggs; 

 small but constantly growing collections of mam- 

 mals, reptiles and shells; the Daggett collection of 

 about 3000 species of Coleoptera, mostly western, 

 and a good exhibition of exotic Coleoptera; the 

 Davidson collection of about 2000 species of plants; 

 a large collection of great value of fossil skeletons, 

 and remains from Rancho La Brea; the Johnson col- 

 lection of Chinese porcelain, second only to the 

 Morgan collection, installed in a gallery 50 by 100 

 feet, beautifully lighted and said to be the best 

 equipped in the west; large historical collections, 

 covering the history of California, also the Cherry 

 African collection, and a large collection of weapons 

 from the English cross-bow to modern guns. There 

 is also a library of about 2000 volumes and 4000 

 pamphlets. 



Frank S. Daggett, director. 



The Southwest Museum. Incorporated in 1907, 

 supported largely by the Southwest Society, which 

 has 400 members. Was presented by the South- 

 west Society with a $50,000 site of twenty acres 

 on Museum Hill, a bequest of $50,000 for me first 

 building, and collections valued at about $300,- 

 000. Has since largely increased its collections, 

 has completed the first building, costing $115,000, 

 which has been in use since July 1, 1914. Open 

 every day in the year from 12 to 5 p. M. 



Has large collections of California and South- 

 west archaeological specimens (over 100,000); the 



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