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187. THE ACADEMY <>F NATURAL SCIENCES OE PHILADELPHIA. 



Philadelphia, Penn. Academy of Natural Sciences. Founded 

 [812. President, Samuel G. Dixon. 

 This, the oldest natural history society in the United States, 

 has grand collections, especially of birds and shells. In Pacific 

 ethnology it had the advantage of the collections of Titian R. Peale 

 of the U. vS. Exploring Expedition, and so has choice specimens 

 of kapa from Hawaii of which this museum has received generous 

 samples (See Hana Kapa, Memoirs, Vol. III). Miss Wardle has 

 for some years had charge of the ethnological department. 



New York. The American Museum of Natural History. Frederic 

 A. Lucas, Director; Dr. Clark Wissler, Curator of Anthropology 

 and Ethnology. 



The American Museum in New York is, in more respects than 

 I can enumerate, an example for all others; and that is not saying 

 that it has no faults. It is not necessary to give a detailed account 

 of its si/.e, contents and activities, for these can be learned from 

 the excellent journal, guides and handbooks distributed at less 

 than cost and well illustrated, but a few items of a statistical nature 

 may be of use to those directors of museums at a distance- who 

 have not visited New York. 



The present building in Manhattan Square was started in 1 874, 

 and three years later the first section was completed. At present 



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