236 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



TIFFIN: 



HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY. 



The university maintains a museum in charge of M. E. Kleckner, 

 curator and professor of biology. The collections occupy about 2500 

 square feet of floor space and include a small series of relics of Ameri- 

 can Indians. and mound builders; about 200 minerals, including un- 

 usual calcites, a good representation of celestites and sphalerites, and 

 a full series of local minerals; a fairly full series of local devonian and 

 Niagara fossils; and a zoological collection. 



TOLEDO: 



TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART. 



STAFF. Director, George W. Stevens; Librarian, Grace E. Worts; 

 i superintendent of building and 5 minor employees. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Archeology, native, 500, foreign, 680. 



ART. Sculpture and casts, 56; Oil paintings, 78; Prints and en- 

 gravings, 1200; Ceramics, 150. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The Toledo Museum of Art was organized 

 in 1903, and is supported by an association of 700 members, including 

 annual members paying $10 a year and sustaining members paying 

 $50 a year. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Income from memberships, $9000 a year. 

 Application for a city appropriation will be made upon completion 

 of the new building. 



BUILDING. As a result of a gift of $150,000 from Mr. E. D. Lib- 

 bey, and other amounts secured by subscription, a building is being 

 erected to cost about $400,000. It is of white marble with a frontage 

 of 250 feet and a depth of 150 feet. 



SCOPE. In addition to its permanent exhibitions the museum main- 

 tains about 9 transient exhibits each year, conducts free lectures on 

 art, and cooperates with the public schools in giving daily lectures to 

 the pupils. 



LIBRARY. A reference library of 2000 volumes on art, intended 

 for use of both staff and public. 



PUBLICATIONS, (i) Annual reports. (2) Museum News, issued 

 quarterly. 



ATTENDANCE. 56,000 in 1909. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 35 acres, established in 

 1900, containing 30 reptiles, no birds, and 160 mammals. 



