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(fine arts), Stewart Culin (ethnology), E. L. Morris (natural science), 

 Susan A. Hutchinson (books), Jacob Doll (entomology), George K. 

 Cherrie (ornithology) ; Associate curators, Charles Schaeffer (entomol- 

 ogy); Assistant curators, A. D. Savage (fine arts); Artist, Herbert B. 

 Judy; Chief taxidermist. J. W. Critchley; Superintendent of buildings, 

 T. F. Casey; 7 clerks and stenographers, 1 2 preparators and mechanics, 

 7 engineers, firemen, and electricians, and 21 attendants, cleaners, 

 and watchmen. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 75oo specimens illustrating very fully the 

 customs and occupations of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest and 

 of the California Indians; also some from the Haida and related tribes; 

 small collections from Japan, China, and Siam. 



ART. Sculpture, 39; Oil paintings, 213; Water colors, 442; Cer- 

 amics, European, 569, Chinese, 50, Japanese, 191, Corean, 98, Sara- 

 cenic, 7, Moresque, 109, Greek, 64, Italic and Etruscan, 22, casts from 

 antique pottery moulds, 57; Textiles, European lace, etc., 22, Egyp- 

 tian, 19; Chinese and Japanese lacquers, 131, bronzes and other metals, 

 17, ivories, 50, wood carvings, 10, miscellaneous art objects, 9; Egyp- 

 tian antiquities, 2675; Chaldaeo-Assyrian, 385; Greek and Italian 

 bronzes, etc., 19; Replicas of Mycenaean metals, 12; Greek and Roman 

 jewelry, 224; Greek terra cottas,3i ; Etruscan and Roman terracottas, 

 8; Roman mosaics, 21; Photographic enlargements of European archi- 

 tecture, 640; Surveys of European architecture, 60. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 7000; Phanerogams, 23,000. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 4025, in storage, 3050; 

 Rocks, on exhibition, i3o, in storage, 950; Relief maps, 5o. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, in storage, 4ooo. There is 

 also a fairly complete mastodon from Newburgh and a few other verte- 

 brate fossils. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 3755, in storage, 5o,ooo; 

 Insects, on exhibition, 4ooo, in storage, 5o,ooo, types, 1242, figured 

 specimens, 64; Other invertebrates, on exhibition, iooo, in storage, 

 2ooo; Fishes, on exhibition, 175, in storage, 6oo; Batrachians, on 

 exhibition, 25, in storage, ioo; Reptiles, on exhibition, 80, in stor- 

 age, 375; Birds, on exhibition, 5oo, in storage, 55oo, types, n; 

 Mammals, on exhibition, 250, in storage, iooo. There are 15 small 

 and 15 large groups of animals exhibited in natural surroundings. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The nucleus of the museum is to be found in 

 a collection of birds, fishes, and shells exhibited by the old Brooklyn 

 Institute as early as 1854. The present museum was organized in 1889 

 and is maintained as a public institution under the auspices of the 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



