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mittees to take up museum work. He ap- 

 pointed the following committees: 



Art and Historical Exhibits Committee. — Mr. J. 

 Pierpont Morgan, general chairman. 



Sub-committee in Charge of Scientific and His- 

 torical Exhibits. — Dr. George F. Kunz, chair- 

 man, 401 Fifth Avenue, New York; Mr. Samuel 

 V. Hoffman, Mr. Archer M. Huntington, Professor 

 Henry Fairfield Osborn, Mr. Philip T. Dodge. 



Sub-committee in Charge of Art Exhibits. — 

 Hon. Robt. W. de Forest, chairman. Metropolitan 

 Museum of Art; Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, Dr. 

 Edward Robinson, Mr. George F. Hearn, Dr. 

 George F. Kunz. 



When the Art and Historical Committee 

 was formed, the writer accepted the chairman- 

 ship of the sub-committee on Scientific and 

 Historical Exhibits, and in cooperation with 

 the members of this sub-committee and those 

 of the sub-committee on Art Exhibits, was 

 successful in realizing a most gratifying re- 

 sult. The ready response to requests for 

 suitable exhibits has indicated the general 

 interest aroused by the cfelebration. 



The special exhibits noted in the following 

 list have been carefully selected to emphasize 

 the essential character of the occasion, so that 

 they may give to the visiting thousands a more 

 immediate and intimate knowledge of the con- 

 ditions obtaining in Henry Hudson's time, 

 and of the initiation and development of 

 steam navigation, than could be secured by 

 the study of the text-books and histories that 

 treat of these matters. They will be glorious 

 object lessons and will serve to arouse a feel- 

 ing of civic pride in our citizens, and also to 

 impress those who come from all parts of 

 our land with the greatness and historic im- 

 portance of our metropolis, and will power- 

 fully stimulate the taste for art, science and 

 history. 



May this grand celebration, in all its vari- 

 ous forms and phases, help to arouse, not only 

 civic pride, but also civic virtue, so that the 

 future progress of our city in material great- 

 ness and spiritual worth may testify to the 

 permanent effects produced by it. 



The following carefully prepared list of 

 museums and institutions, with the time, place 

 and duration of the free exhibitions, may be 



of value, as a reference, to the scientists, and 

 we herewith append them. 



American Museum of Natural History, Seventy- 

 seventh Street, from Columbus Avenue to Central 

 Park West. Open daily, except Sundays, from 

 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. Always 

 free. Special exhibition during the Hudson-Fulton 

 Celebration, from September 1 to December 1. 

 Original objects showing the life and habits of the 

 Indians of Manhattan Island and the Hudson 

 River Valley. (Special illustrated guide for sale, 

 price, ten cents.) 



American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 

 Engineering Building, 29 West Thirty-ninth 

 Street. Robert Fulton exhibition, consisting of 

 paintings, drawings, books, decorations and furni- 

 ture, and working models of John Fitch's steam- 

 boat, the first boat operated and propelled by 

 steam, Robert Fulton's Clermont, the first sruc- 

 cessful application of steam to navigation, and 

 John Stevens's Phosnix, the first steamboat to 

 sail on the ocean. The exhibition will be shown 

 in the council room of the society, on the eleventh 

 floor, and will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 : 30 p.m. 

 during the entire period of the Hudson-Fulton 

 Celebration, and from 9 a.m. until 5 P.M. daily 

 until December 6. 



Brooklyn Institute, Eastern Parkway. Open 

 daily, except Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 6 P.M.; 

 Sundays from 2 to 6 P.M.; Thursday evenings 

 from 7 : 30 to 9 : 30 P.M. Free except on Mondays 

 and Tuesdays, when admission fee is charged of 

 twenty-five cents for adults and ten cents for 

 children under six years of age. Collections illus- 

 trating various departments of archeology, min- 

 eralogy and ethnography. Special exhibition re- 

 lating to past and present life of Indians on Long 

 Island. Portrait of Robert Fulton painted by 

 himself, the property of Col. Henry T. Chapman 

 and loaned by him to the museum. Open Sep- 

 tember 1 to December 31. (Illustrated catalogue 

 for sale.) 



Children's Museum {Brooklyn Institute), Bed- 

 ford Park, Brooklyn Avenue. Collection illustra- 

 tive of the fauna of Long Island. Open free to 

 the public from Monday to Saturday (inclusive) 

 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Sunday from 2 

 until 5:30 p.m. 



City History Club of Neio York, 21 West Forty- 

 fourth Street. Special exhibition of illustrations, 

 photographs, maps and plans relating to the his- 

 tory of the city of New York, and all of the orig- 

 inals used in the City History Club Historical 

 Guide Book of the City of New York. 



