CHILDREN'S MUSEUM 



The Children's Museum was established as a branch 

 museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in 

 1899. Its object is to interest children in nature and to 

 offer encouragement and practical assistance to young peo- 

 ple engaged in nature study. 



To this end it exhibits a great variety of carefully se- 

 lected and prepared specimens and models illustrative of 

 the various departments of science; operates a Wireless 

 Telegraph Station; maintains a Nature Reference Library 

 of about 7,500 volumes; conducts free courses of illustrated 

 lectures; lends natural history specimens to schools; sup- 

 plies continuous docent service, and encourages the activi- 

 ties of children's nature clubs and societies. 



The Museum occupies a well preserved mansion, owned 

 by the City and leased by the Brooklyn Institute for an 

 indefinite period. It is located in Bedford Park, near Brook- 

 lyn Avenue, between Prospect Place and Park Place, and 

 may be reached from New York by subway to Atlantic 

 Avenue station and thence by St. John's Place cars to 

 Brooklyn Avenue, or from Brooklyn Bridge by Fulton 

 Street or Bergen Street surface cars to Brooklyn Avenue, 



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