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Museum boost its attendance over the million mark. And best of all, 

 it will enable the Museum to fulfill its ultimate destiny, service to the 

 general public. 



No other museum has such exhibits that compare in size, substance, 

 and teaching value with the Anthropology and History groups in the 

 Milwaukee Public Museum. These groups, studiously designed and 

 carefully executed, depict scenes from the lives of different races of 

 North American Indians, and from the major wars in which the United 

 States has taken part. To these are being added sixty supplementary 

 miniature groups which will amplify the ethnological and historical 

 lessons begun by the larger groups. The Zoology, Botany and Geology 

 Departments are also employing the "group" method to "sell" the 

 public their respective lines of instruction. These "environmental" 

 groups, whether life-size or miniature, are so arranged that each tells 

 its own story at a glance, each element of the group has its proper set- 

 ting and is, therefore, self-explanatory. There are also vast exhibits, 

 of the ordinary sort, specimens arranged in cases, each with its de- 

 scriptive label. A careful examination of these groups and of the 

 other exhibits in the Museum will yield to the visitor information 

 which he ought to possess and will provide him with suggestions as to 

 interesting subjects for reading. 



LECTURES 



In the midst of their industry, the people of Milwaukee are not 

 going to neglect opportunities to continue self-instruction. If they 

 have not time for study, at least they will find time to attend the enter- 

 taining and informative lectures to which the Museum extends a 

 cordial invitation. From the different series of lectures, young and 

 old will obtain something to their taste and inclination. 



For the adult public, the Museum provides its course of Sunday 

 lectures, on popular subjects, each one delivered by the best talent avail- 

 able : travelers, scientists, and authors ; and each illustrated with colored 

 lantern slides, or with motion picture films. These attractive lectures 

 already draw a greater number of people than can be seated in the 

 Lecture Hall, thus requiring that the speaker deliver his talk in the 

 evening as well as in the afternoon. 



There is also the Wednesday Evening course of illustrated lectures 

 by members of the Museum staff. For the present year the course 

 comprises a number of symposia of general subjects: Wisconsin; the 



