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DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



NEW ORLEANS: 



LOUISIANA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Memorial Hall. 



The association maintains a collection of war relics in Memorial 

 Hall, which is supported by a state appropriation of $1400 a year. The 

 directors of the association are elected annually by the five veteran 

 camps of the city. 



LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM. 



STAFF. Curator, Robert Glenk; Honorary curators, Alcee 

 Fortier (history), George Williamson (archeology). 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 1000, 

 foreign, 50; Ethnology, native, 100, foreign, 10. Civilized peoples, 

 ancient, 100, modern, 25. There are also photographs of Indian 

 mounds and Indian pottery. 



ART. Sculpture, 25; Prints and engravings, 121; Oil paintings, 

 86; Water colors, 10; Ceramics, 50. The collection includes Lamie's 

 painting (i5x 18 feet) of the Battle of New Orleans; and sketch models 

 of the proposed statues to J. J. Audubon, Beauregard, and Bienville. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 100; Phanerogams, 250. There is in addi- 

 tion a large number of forestry specimens. 



COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. Very complete exhibits of all vari- 

 eties of agricultural and horticultural productions of Louisiana, and 

 of local manufactured articles. 



EDUCATION. A large display of the work of schools, colleges, 

 and sectarian and technical institutions of Louisiana. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, 1500; Rocks, 100; Dynamic geology, relief 

 maps, models, etc., 20. There are special collections of petroleums 

 and sulphur minerals. 



HISTORY. Portraits, documents, letters, autographs, and other 

 material related to the history of Louisiana. The collection includes 

 the original Antomarchi death mask of Napoleon. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, 600; Vertebrates, 100; Plants, 40. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, 2000; Insects, 1500; Other invertebrates, 50; 

 Fishes, 300; Batrachians, 40; Reptiles, 100; Birds, 900; Mammals, 100. 

 This department includes a very complete exhibit of the Louisiana 

 oyster industry. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The nucleus of the museum is the Louis- 

 iana exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. This was main- 

 tained for two years at the expense of the Louisiana commission as 

 the State Exhibit Museum. In 1906 the Louisiana State Museum was 

 established by the legislature and the sum of $10,000 was appropriated 



