64 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



BUILDING. The museum now occupies the temporary building 

 erected for fine arts in Jackson Park, the exposition site. This building 

 covers nine acres and there is in connection with it a well-equipped 

 printing shop, a large two-story taxidermy section, illustration studios, 

 assaying and lapidary rooms, etc. Plans have been drawn for the erec- 

 tion of a permanent building to cost $4,000,000, made possible by the 

 Marshall Field bequest. 



ADMINISTRATION. By a director, responsible to a board of trustees. 

 The entire museum records, accession system, historical files, publica- 

 tions, and supplies are in charge of a recorder. 



SCOPE. The activities of the museum include expeditions to all 

 parts of the world for the purpose of obtaining study, exhibition, and 

 exchange material; investigations conducted by members of the staff, 

 the results being published by the museum; the maintenance of study 

 collections; and instruction of the general public, especially by free 

 lectures. 



LIBRARY. 50,000 books and pamphlets of a scientific character, 

 designed for reference only, and intended primarily for the use of the 

 staff. The public is admitted to the general reading room and books 

 may be consulted upon application to the librarian. 



PUBLICATIONS. Results of expeditions, investigations, and re- 

 searches have been published from time to time. 



ATTENDANCE. Open to the public daily (except Thanksgiving and 

 Christmas) from 9 to 4, except Saturdays and Sundays during June, 

 July, and August, when the hour of closing is 5.30. Admission is free 

 Saturdays and Sundays. On other days an entrance fee of 25 cents is 

 charged, children under 12, 10 cents. Teachers and scholars are ad- 

 mitted free at all times. The attendance for the year ending Septem- 

 ber 30, 1908, was 218,682. 



UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. Educational Museum. 



STAFF. Curator, I. B. Meyers; Assistant curator, Wade McNutt. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Dress and implements of North American 

 Indians, 100 pieces; Indian pottery, ancient and modern, 25 pieces; 

 Pottery, glass, etc., from the Isle of Cyprus, 200 pieces; Models of 

 primitive Philippine implements, 15 pieces; Textiles and pottery from 

 ancient Egypt, 30 pieces; Costumes (modern) of foreign peoples, 

 100 pieces. 



BOTANY. Models of flowers, 50; Economic botany, including 

 commercial cereals, fibers, food plants, etc., 300 specimens. 



