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museum has suffered severely from the wars and political disorders. 

 During the past few years, under the present director, Rafael Espinosa 

 Escallon, a partial reorganization has been accomplished. 



SCOPE. The museum comprises three departments: (i) National 

 history, archeology, and curiosities; (2) Natural history, mainly the 

 natural products of the country and their economic application; and 

 (3) Pictures of objects of national art. 



LIBRARY A working collection of books and pamphlets related 

 to subjects treated in the museum. 



PUBLICATIONS. A guide descriptive of the collections. 



ECUADOR 



QUITO: 



MUSEO NAGIONAL. 



No information has been received regarding this museum. 



PARAGUAY 



ASUNCION: 



MUSEO Y ARCHIVO DE LA NACION. 



This department maintains a museum and archives of fine arts 

 history, and Americana, in charge of Juansilvano Godoi, director- 

 general. 



PERU 



LIMA: 



MUSEO NACIONAL. 



No information has been received regarding this museum. 



URUGUAY 



MONTEVIDEO: 



MUSEO NAGIONAL. 



STAFF. Director, Jose Arechavaleta; In charge of fine arts, Juan 

 Masa; In charge of history, Antonio M. Gorri; Preparator, Juan H. 

 Figueira; Assistant in zoology, Juan Tremoleras; 3 aids and e por- 

 ters. 



COLLECTIONS. The museum comprises two sections natural 

 history and fine arts. The former includes anthropology, botany, 

 mineralogy, paleontology, and zoology; the latter includes painting 

 and sculpture, and objects related to the history of the republic. 



