CHILDREN'S MUSEUM 



ing in the South Sea Islands, pausing among the Bedouin 

 Arabs in an Oasis of the Sahara Desert, and ending with a 

 walrus hunt among the Smith Sound Eskimo on the shores 

 of Greenland by the light of the Aurora Borealis. 



A special feature of the Museum is the "Busy Bee 

 Room," where the children study natural history material 

 with the aid of magnifying glasses and microscopes; pre- 

 serve, classify and mount insects for their private collec- 

 tions; analyze, press and label plants which they have col- 

 lected for their herbariums, and care for pet animals in 

 which they are interested. In this room are also a hive 

 of living bees and a number of balanced aquaria containing 

 numerous forms of aquatic life. 



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