IO Q DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. The society receives approximately the 

 following amounts annually: income from endowment, $272, from 

 an optional city appropriation, $300, from memberships, $200, from 

 other sources, $275. 



BUILDING. Erected in 1879 at a cost of $20,000, defrayed by 

 subscription, the building affords 2608 square feet of floor space for 

 exhibition, 1313 for offices, workrooms, etc., and 1301 for lecture 

 room. 



ADMINISTRATION. By a cabinet keeper, and committees, re- 

 sponsible to a board of twelve trustees, of which he is one. 



SCOPE. Public school work, instruction of the general public, 

 and maintenance of local collections. 



LIBRARY. 4500 bound volumes in addition to pamphlets, maps, 

 etc., of a scientific character, intended for the use of both staff and public. 



PUBLICATIONS, (i) Journal, discontinued when i part had been 

 issued. (2) Proceedings, 2 volumes (10 parts) issued. 



ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on week-days from 2 to 4 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of half an acre, established 

 in 1890, containing about 50 birds and 20 mammals. 



SACO: 



YORK INSTITUTE. 



The secretary reports that the institute maintains a museum, but 

 no reply has been received to repeated requests for further information 

 regarding the collections, which are said by Thwaites to comprise 

 local historical material and a portrait gallery. 



WATERVILLE: 



COLBY COLLEGE. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. A series of masks of Pacific Islanders. 



ART. A collection of portraits of distinguished benefactors and 

 friends of the college; casts of noted pieces of sculpture; and sets of 

 photographs and representations for the illustration of lectures on 

 the history of art. 



BOTANY. A herbarium of about 1500 specimens of native plants; 

 200 microscopic sections of plant tissues and organs; and models of 

 typical plants. 



GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY. A general collection of 3500 

 minerals; a state geological collection; a series of New York rocks; 



