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fossils; 50 fossil fishes, and several thousand specimens of carbon- 

 iferous plants in storage. 



ZOOLOGY. Jenks Museum. The Jenks collection was founded by 

 the late Professor Jenks and developed by Professors Packard, Bumpus, 

 and Mead. It includes the following collections: Shells, in storage, 

 10,200; Insects, in storage, 4000; Other invertebrates, on exhibition, 

 500, in storage, 500; Fishes, on exhibition, 25, in storage, 1000; Ba- 

 trachians, on exhibition, 50, in storage, 85; Reptiles, on exhibition, 

 45, in storage, 18; Birds, on exhibition, noo, in storage, 3500; Mam- 

 mals, on exhibition, 60, in storage, 24. There are also many embryo- 

 logical reconstructions and medical preparations on exhibition and in 

 storage. This department is housed in Rhode Island Hall, and is in 

 charge of Prof. A. D. Mead. 



The anthropological collections formerly exhibited in Rhode Island 

 Hall are now in storage. 



MOSES BROWN SCHOOL. 



The school has an art collection comprising 2 marble busts by 

 Theed, a series of oil portraits, chiefly of persons connected with the 

 history of the school and including a portrait of Whittier by Parker, 

 and a considerable number of prints. There is also a geological col- 

 lection comprising about 2500 minerals, including the John Griscom 

 collection purchased in 1839; a cabinet of shells; and general teaching 

 collections in botany and zoology. 



PARK MUSEUM. (Roger Williams Park.) 



STAFF. Curator, Harold L. Madison; 2 janitors. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Ethnology, native, 5000, foreign, 100. This 

 department includes the Charles Gorton collection of Rhode Island 

 Indian relics and the James Angus collection of North American Indian 

 relics. 



ART. Sculpture, 3 pieces of marble and i plaster cast; Prints and 

 engravings, 47; Oil paintings, 6; Water colors, i; Ceramics, 4 small 

 exhibits; Textiles, 2 small exhibits. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 250; Phanerogams, i3oo. There are 

 also 100 colored photographs of wild flowers. 



COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. Exhibits of the following local indus- 

 tries: Cut-glass, copper, rubber, cotton cloth, woolens, and leather. 



EDUCATIONAL COLLECTIONS. The museum has the following 

 collections which it loans to the city schools: Birds, 5 different sets; 

 Woods, 6 sets alike; Minerals, 6 sets alike; Bird charts, 8; Lantern 

 slides, 230. 



