Ar^Uciriu/n Number 





No. 9 



ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



Pciii.isHED i$Y The Ntw York Zoological Society Apkii 



1903 



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THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE AQUARIUM 



THE New York Aquarium building, while 

 havincf many serious defects, is by no 

 means ill-adapted to the purpose for which 

 it is now used. 



As the public aquarium is comparatively a 

 modern institution, it may be that the ideal 

 aquarium building has not yet been designed. 

 The Director visited during the past sum- 

 mer the principal aquariums of Europe, and. 

 comparing the New York Aquarium with 

 other institutions of the kind, is inclined to 



the opinion that a circular building, with an 

 exhibition hall, like that of the New York 

 Aquarium, is more satisfactory than one 

 whose collections are arranged along nar- 

 row corridors, like those of European insti- 

 tutions. The exhibition hall is much more 

 spacious than that of any other aquarium, 

 and with its large pillars, arches, lofty dome, 

 floor pools, and balcony produces on the 

 whole an excellent effect. Its exhibits, al- 

 though not so attractivelv installed as in 



CENTRAL PORTION OF EXHIBITION HALL. NEW YORK AQUARIUM 



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