222 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



SCOPE. Instruction of the general public and the maintenance 

 of local collections are the chief purposes of th,e museum. The col- 

 lections are almost exclusively confined to North Carolina material. 

 An additional function of the museum is the preparation of exhibits 

 representing North Carolina in various expositions. 



LIBRARY. A small reference library is maintained for the use of 

 the staff. 



PUBLICATIONS. The only publications of the museum are semi- 

 annual reports to the board of agriculture, and biennial reports included 

 in the reports of the commissioner of agriculture to the legislature. 



ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public daily except Sundays and 

 Christmas from 9 to 5 in winter and 9 to 6 in summer. The attendance is 

 estimated at 100,000 annually. 



TRYON: 



GREEN MUSEUM. 



This collection includes a herbarium of 4000 cryptogams and 200 

 phanerogams; 1314 minerals; 400 invertebrate and a few vertebrate 

 and plant fossils; 55o shells; and a number of corals, sponges, etc. 

 It is now in the private residence of Professor H. A. Green, but has 

 recently been given by him to the town of Tryon, in trust for the Tryon 

 white schools. 



POLK COUNTY MUSEUM. 



This museum was gathered for the Tryon board of trade by a com- 

 mittee of which H. A. Green was chairman. It is at present housed in 

 the Laneer Library, which is open free to the public twice each week. 

 The collection includes 71 minerals, ioo specimens of native woods 

 and leaves, and a collection of local Indian relics; everything in the 

 museum is from Polk County. It is hoped soon to have a more suitable 

 housing and to add other collections. 



WAKE FOREST: 



WAKE FOREST COLLEGE. 



A room in the biological laboratory, set apart as a college museum, 

 contains teaching collections used in the science departments. There 

 are also special collections in the departments of chemistry and med- 

 icine. 



