44 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



ATTENDANCE. The gallery is closed to the public every summer 

 for necessary renovation. It is open during the remainder of the year, 

 as follows: From November i to July i, on Sundays from 1.30 to 

 4.30, on Mondays from 12 to 4, on other days from 9 to 4. Admission 

 is free, except on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, when an 

 entrance fee of 25 cents is charged. The total attendence for the year 

 1908 was 133,973, including 10,427 pay admissions, and 123,546 free 

 admissions. 



GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. The Coleman Museum. 



STAFF. Curator, Francis A. Tondorf ; Assistants, C. J. Ramage, 

 John Langdale, Edward Connelly. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 1400 specimens, including a complete series of 

 Indian remains from the District of Columbia, and fine collections 

 from Alaska and the Philippine Islands. 



ART. Oil paintings by ancient and modern masters; valuable 

 engravings; prints and photographs; and the Beauchamp Hughes 

 collection of laces, pictures, ancient manuscripts, bronzes, china, and 

 bric-a-brac. 



BOTANY. A herbarium of about 300 specimens, representing the 

 flora of the District of Columbia. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 3 130, in storage, 400+ ; Rocks, 

 on exhibition, 1500, in storage, 300+; Relief maps, models, etc., 5. 

 The collections include a complete representation of local minerals and 

 rocks. 



HISTORY. A collection of 120 Maryland colonial relics is con- 

 tained in a special room intended for the exhibition of Maryland 

 history. 



NUMISMATICS. A complete set of pontifical medals, and foreign 

 and domestic coins. 



PALEONTOLOGY. About 1 200 fossils, including several fine tusks of 

 the mammoth from Alaska. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 3164, in storage, 4oo, types 

 and figured specimens, 100+ ; Birds, on exhibition, 1020, eggs, 1300. 

 nests, 88; Mammals ioo. 10 small groups are exhibited in natural 

 surroundings. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. In 1840 the collections had become suf- 

 ficiently extensive to warrant the setting apart of a special room for 

 their exhibition. In 1889 they were transferred to Coleman Hall in 

 the main building. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Maintained by university funds. 



