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ANTHROPOLOGY. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 200, 

 foreign, 50. Civilized peoples, ancient, 200, modern, 150. 



ART. Sculpture, Thorwaldsen's "Eve" and an Egyptian piece. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams, 1200; Phanerogams, 1800; Economic 

 collections, 50. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 960, in storage, 1000; Rocks, 

 200. The collection of lead, zinc, iron, and copper specimens is par- 

 ticularly good. The collection includes a duplicate set of the material 

 gathered by the state geological survey of 1879 and some succeeding 

 years. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, 600; Plants, 150. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 9560, in storage, 3ooo; In- 

 sects, 300; Other invertebrates, 300; Fishes, 20; Batrachians, 3; Rep- 

 tiles, 30; Birds, 250; Mammals, 30. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Variable appropriations by the board of 

 trustees of Lawrence College. 



BUILDING. The museum occupies 3720 square feet of floor space 

 for exhibition, and 800 for offices and workrooms, on the fourth floor 

 of the Stephenson Science Hall. 



SCOPE. College teaching and public instruction. 



LIBRARY. 500 volumes intended for the use of both staff and 

 public. 



PUBLICATIONS. A catalog is in preparation. 



ATTENDANCE. Free to the public on Thursdays during the school 

 year. 



ASHLAND: 



ASHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



The school board maintains a museum of natural history and art- 

 icles of local historical interest, occupying about 768 square feet of 

 floor space in the high school building. The museum is used for 

 school work and for instruction of the general public. It is open free 

 to the public on week-days from 8 to 6. 



BARABOO: 



SAUK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society was incorporated in 1905 for the purpose of studying 

 and collecting material relating to the history of Sauk County. Spe- 

 cial attention has been given to the archeology of the county, and the 

 collection now comprises 1000 specimens. The historical collec- 



