68 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



Case and specimen labels were prepared for the series illustrating 

 heating 1 and illuminating and other subjects, and many hundreds of 

 labels were printed for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mr. 

 Thomas Sween}^ continued the systematic care of the study series. 



EXHIBITION AND STUDY SERIES. 



The crowded condition of the Museum seriously interferes with the 

 association of the exhibition with the study series. The ideal connec- 

 tion between the two is partly maintained in the northwest range and 

 in a few other parts of the Museum where the student, attracted by a 

 specimen, wishes to go further into the subject, and finds the study 

 series close at hand. But in other exhibits the study material has to 

 be stored away so as to be practically inaccessible. 



The exhibits in many of the halls are in a satisfactory condition, 

 being well arranged and well labeled; but in other halls old-fashioned 

 methods still prevail and the labeling is inadequate. 



INSTALLATION. 



A number of cases were arranged in the northwest gallery, to illus- 

 trate the different types of basketry, this subject having attracted 

 much popular attention of late owing to the publication by the National 

 Museum of Professor Mason's monograph on Aboriginal American 

 Basketiy. A collection of lamps has been arranged in the east hall, 

 to show the development of illumination. A tine portrait of George 

 Catlin, lent by his daughter, Mrs. Louise Catlin Kinney, was installed 

 in the north-west range amidst the great painter's works. A large 

 number of specimens from the Philippine Islands, from various sources, 

 were set up for exhibition in the galleiy of the north-west court. 

 Among these is the Mearns collection from Mindanao. A special 

 studio was set apart for the Abbott collections from Mala} T sia, with 

 reference to publishing an illustrated account of them. A great deal 

 of time was expended in the installation of musical instruments, now 

 one of the richest in the world. A rare collection of objects illus- 

 trating Tibetan religion has been set up and labeled. A walnut case 

 extending along one side of the east hall has been installed with a 

 large collection of muskets, rifles, and carbines, some of which were 

 received from the War Department; and three table-cases, especially 

 lifted up for the exhibition of revolvers and pistols, were also placed in 

 the east hall and tilled with a collection of historical military revolvers, 

 and single and double barreled pistols of various dates and types, 

 some of which are not duplicated, so far as known, in any other public 

 or private collection. The original Francis life-saving car was perma- 

 nently installed in a new mahogany case, especially designed for the 

 purpose; while another was made for the cylinder of the Hornblower 



