YEARBOOK 



OF THE 



PUBLIC MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF 

 Vol. Ill MILWAUKEE 1923 



INTRODUCTION 



This, the third vohime of the Museum's Yearbook, finds the insti- 

 tution especially active in its field work and collecting, and it is our 

 desire to acquaint, particularly the citizens of Milwaukee, with some of 

 the more intimate facts concerning these activities by which the Mu- 

 seum's collections and exhibits are augmented and its groups built. 



The more detailed researches are, of course, published in our bul- 

 letins, but in the pages of the Yearbook are recounted the more com- 

 monplace and newsy phases of the work under the title of "Notes on 

 the Museum's Collecting Expeditions in 1923." 



Into the section of "Special Notes and News" are gathered articles 

 by various members of the Museum's staff, which embrace items and 

 activities of particular interest. 



It is hoped by the Museum that the very lively interest in its work, 

 which now brings such great numbers of visitors to its exhibition halls 

 and also such large audiences to its lectures, will continue as in the 

 past. New groups and exhibits are being planned and during the next 

 year several new features of exceptional interest will be presented to 

 the public. 



The Museum is a great storehouse of visual instruction, which co- 

 operates with all activities of the city and particularly with its schools. 

 Its rapidly increasing exhibits are more than crowding its available 

 space, and plans for its future group building call for much larger 

 quarters. Some slight rehef will be obtained when the Calumet 

 Club building is available as an annex to our present building. This 

 provides only temporary relief, of course, but this space will be utilized 

 to the greatest possible extent until such time as a more adequate and 

 more permanent addition is available. 



It is the Museum's desire to be of the greatest possible service in 

 every way to all the various interests of the city and to constantly 

 increase its usefulness in the community. It now renders service to 

 well over a million people each year and with the ever-increasing range 

 of the exhibits and groups, and with the increased facilities provided by 

 additional space, it will be able to serve many more. 



S. A. BARRETT, Director. 



