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Report of a Jotirney Around the M^or/d. 



182. INTERIOR OF MARINE MUSEUM, SALEM. 



PiTTvSBURG, Penn. Carnegie Institute; Carnegie Museum, Dr. 

 W. J. Holland, LL.D. Director. 



The Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg was originally founded as 

 a library with audience hall and art gallerj^ ; later a museum 

 developed as told in the report of the Director for the year ending 

 March 31 . 1898. This is the only portion of this Institute in which 

 we are at present interested, and to the Director, Dr. W.J. Holland^ 

 we owe a list of the Pacific ethnological matters as well as a fine 

 series of large photographs covering the whole Institute, from 

 which I have selected three which show the general arrangement 

 of the natural history rooms and the main building. In Fig. 185 

 is seen the famous Diplodoeus carnegei, casts of which I had seen in 

 European museums, and on the right a cast of the Dinornisgigantcus 

 of which the Trustees of the Bishop Museum declined to purchase 

 a copy. As will be seen by the lists given in the sequel, Polynesia is 

 hardly represented, but New Guinea has a very fair representation 

 in certain lines. The Carnegie Museum has also a considerable col- 

 lection of Philippine material which does not come into our region. 

 From time to time many good collections have been purchased or 

 given by the founder. As in the case of most museums, a financial 



statement is appended to the annual report of the Director. 



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