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Academy of Science was established and the natural history collec- 

 tions of the institute were transferred to the younger institution. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. The institute has the following sources of 

 income: from endowment, $9,540.84; from annual assessments of mem- 

 bers, $1695; from other sources, $928.93. 



BUILDING. The museum occupies two buildings erected in 1854 

 and 1858, and remodeledin 1906, representing a value of $124,000. They 

 afford n,ooo square feet of floor space for exhibition, and 3ooo for 

 offices, workrooms, etc. 



ADMINISTRATION. The curator is the secretary and executive 

 officer of the institute and is responsible to the board of trustees. 



SCOPE. Emphasis is laid on local collections, the aim of the insti- 

 tute being to illustrate as completely as possible the history of the 

 county of Essex. 



LIBRARY. 97,387 volumes, 342,614 pamphlets, 700 volumes of 

 manuscripts and family papers, and a very large collection of news- 

 papers, many of them printed in the i8th century. Among the special 

 collections of books are 1400 genealogies; 2700 town histories and works 

 relating to New England history; the Ward China library, containing 

 over 1800 volumes, recognized as the best collection of the kind in the 

 country; a collection of over 300 Bibles; a well selected art library; 

 20,000 books, pamphlets, etc., by Essex County authors; noo log- 

 books, sea-journals, etc.; 1300 volumes relating to the commercial 

 marine, 5000 directories from all parts of the world; public documents; 

 publications of 253 societies, with which the institute conducts ex- 

 changes. 



PUBLICATIONS, (i) Historical collections, issued quarterly, 45 

 volumes; (2) Bulletins (scientific), 30 volumes; (3) Proceedings (scien- 

 tific), 6 volumes; (4) Miscellaneous publications, guides, etc. 



ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on week-days from 9 to 5. 



PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. Peabody Museum. 



STAFF. Director, Edward S. Morse; Curators, John H. Sears 

 (mineralogy, geology, and botany), Lawrence W. Jenkins (ethno- 

 logy), John Robinson (relics of the East India Marine Society); i 

 janitor, and i special constable. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Ethnology, native 786, foreign 10,676. These 

 collections include the collections of the East India Marine Society, 

 founded in 1799, and to-day constitute one of the most important ethno- 

 logical museums of the world. The Korean collection is one of the 

 most important in the country, while the Japanese collection of 3516 



