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endowment, supplemented by special gifts from the founder, who has 

 alone borne the expense of the paleontological researches and has given 

 many important collections to the museum. 



BUILDING. Erected in 1897-1907 at a cost of $7,000,000. The 

 museum occupies about one- third of the building, having 52,500 square 

 feet of floor space for exhibition, and 36,000 for offices, work rooms, 

 etc. The building also houses the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 

 and the Department of Fine Arts of the Carnegie Institute. 



ADMINISTRATION. By a director, responsible to a board of trustees 

 represented by a committee of seven. 



SCOPE. Exploration, research, school work, and instruction of 

 the general public. Collections are loaned to schools, lectures are given 

 for their benefit, and prize essay contests are held at the museum. 



LIBRARY. 1 5 ,000 bound volumes and 1 2 ,000 pamphlets on natural 

 science intended for the use of both staff and public. The library is 

 rich in works on paleontology, entomology, and ornithology, and has 

 large series of publications of learned societies of Europe and America. 



PUBLICATIONS, (i) Annals, i volume issued annually, 7 volumes 

 published. (2) Memoirs, issued at irregular intervals, 4 volumes 

 published and 3 in course of publication. 



ATTENDANCE. The museum is open free to the public on week 

 days from 10 to 10, and on Sundays from 2 to 6. The number of visi- 

 tors in 1909 was 45o,oooJ 



UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. 



The university maintains the following collections in connection 

 with related departments in the college, the school of engineering, and 

 the school of mines : The Smith cabinet of mineralogical and zoological 

 specimens; an extensive study series of minerals; many Ward casts of 

 fossils; models of mines; physiological and anatomical models; etc. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains zoological collections covering 15 acres, estab- 

 lished in 1894 and 1896, and comprising 59 reptiles, 685 birds, and 285 

 mammals. 



POTTS VILLE: 



SCHUYLKILL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society was organized in 1903, and occupies a room in the 

 building of the Young Men's Christian Association. Its object is to 

 collect and preserve historical records and relics pertaining to the county 

 with special reference to the history of anthracite coal mining. The 



