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MUSEUMS 



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1. MUSEUM ORGANISATION. Presidential Address to the British v 



Association for the Advancement of Science. Newcastle-on- 



Tyne Meeting, llth September 1889 . . . 1 



Choice of subject Museums of the Ancients and of the Middle 

 Ages The terms Natural History and Naturalist Definition of 

 a Natural History Museum Subdivisions of the sciences repre- 

 sented in a Natural History Museum Objects of museums 

 Research and instruction Methods of arranging specimens for 

 study and for public exhibition Labels Guide-books and 

 catalogues Biological problems of the day Evolution of 

 organic beings Natural Selection Survival of the Fittest 

 Difficulties arising from the imperfection of our knowledge. 



2. MODERN MUSEUMS. Presidential Address to the Museums 



Association. London Meeting, 3rd July 1893 . . 30 



The Museums Association Cost of museums Qualifications 

 and remuneration of curators Museum literature The new 

 Museum idea Separation of specimens required for the advance- 

 ment of science and for general instruction The new Natural 

 History Museums of London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin American 

 museums Plan for a model National Natural History Museum. 



3. LOCAL MUSEUMS. From a Letter in support of the establish- 



ment of a County Museum for Buckinghamshire (24th 

 November 1891), and an Address at the opening of the 

 Perth Museum (29th November 1895) . . . 54 



Desirability of having museums in every county to preserve 

 tangible records of local history, customs, and natural history 

 Necessity of provision for their permanent maintenance and for 

 paid curators Such museums should be formed in connection 

 with technical schools and free libraries, and supported from the 

 same sources. 



