342 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



CHILE 



CONCEPCION: 



MUSEO DE CONGEPGION. 



STAFF. Director, Edwyn C. Reed (address: Box 435); i taxi- 

 dermist and i porter. 



BOTANY. 2000 specimens in storage as the nucleus of a herbarium. 



ZOOLOGY. Arthropods, native, 431, exotic, 2065, m storage, 

 20,000; Reptiles, native, 18, exotic, 9; Birds, native, 465, exotic, 233; 

 Mammals, 53, exotic, 48; Craniums, 35; Specimens in alcohol, 103. 

 There is also a regional collection of 2653 specimens and a special 

 section for students with 1696 specimens. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. This museum was founded in 1902 by the 

 present director. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. An annual grant of $3500. 



BUILDING. At present the collections occupy a house in the city 

 and a department of the Lyceum. 



LIBRARY. More than 1 500 bound volumes and pamphlets. 



PUNTA ARENAS: 



MUSEO DEL COLEGIO SALESIANO. 



. This museum contains local collections in natural history and 

 ethnology. 



SANTIAGO: 



MUSEO DE HISTORIA NATURAL DE VALPARAISO. 



STAFF. General director and chief of the zoological section, Carlos 

 E. Porter (address, Box 2352) ; Chief of mineralogical section, Aurelio 

 Zilleruelo; Chief of botanical section, John D. Yugers; Librarian, 

 Salvador Castafieda; Taxidermist, Eleuterio Ramirez; i porter. 



COLLECTIONS. The museum having been entirely destroyed by 

 the earthquake of 1906, the collections are all in process of re-formation. 

 There are now on hand some anthropological objects; more than 3000 

 specimens of useful trees and seeds; important collections of copper 

 and silver from Aconcagua ; some fossil mollusks, and more than 15,000 

 zoological specimens. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The museum of Valparaiso was first estab- 

 lished in 1878 as an annex to the Lyceum of Valparaiso. The museum 

 was reorganized in 1897 and made independent of the Lyceum. Since 

 that time it has been in charge of Prof. C. E. Porter. The museum 

 was entirely destroyed in the earthquake of August 16, 1906, and is 



