September 26, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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tumes are at hand, single figures may take 

 their place. 



Since these proposed exhibition units are 

 to represent terrestrial areas, it follows 

 that their order in the museum should ap- 

 proximate as nearly as may be the geo- 

 graphical order. If, for example, we are 

 dealing with North America, the most 

 northern group or unit should come first, 

 and the groups to the south follow accord- 

 ing to degree of intimacy in geographical 

 relations. In this way neighboring environ- 

 ments, cultures and peoples come together, 

 and their interrelations may be presented 

 and studied to advantage. 



Assuming that the museum space to be 

 occupied is an ordinary hall or series of 

 halls having a convenient width of say 120 

 to 150 feet, the several members of each 

 series would be assembled somewhat as 



ordinary visitor would thus be able to pass 

 down the central aisles, observing the vari- 

 ous peoples as represented by the lay- 

 figures, giving slight attention perhaps to 

 the associated exhibits ; while the student of 

 a particular branch, as, for example, 

 .weapons of war and the chase, could pass 

 from section to section, examining and com- 

 paring in geographical order the successive 

 exhibits illustrative of this branch. The 

 thing most to be desired in conducting the 

 visitor through such a great series of exhib- 

 its is to bring the various features before 

 him in logical order. The world is pre- 

 sented to him in miniature and the arrange- 

 ment is such as to teach definite and impor- 

 tant lessons. 



it frequently happens that a particular 

 ethnic area contains a cultural feature of 

 exceptional importance, which is repre- 



FiG. 2. Section of museum building, showing central sky-lighted hall, A, with galleries, B, and 

 side-lighted halls, G. This grouping of halls seems well adapted to the great body of anthropologic 

 exhibits. 



shown in the diagram. The lay-figure cases, 

 A, A, would be ranged down the center of 

 the space with wide aisles at right and left, 

 the associated exhibits, a, h, c, d, e, coming 

 at the sides in whatever order seems most 

 advantageous, each series extending en- 

 tirely across the hall, as shown in I. and II. 

 or otherwise, standing at the sides as indi- 

 cated in III. and IV., where B and C are 

 the family groups facing the main aisle. 

 The order and relative positions of the 

 separate exhibits in each exhibition unit 

 should be approximately uniform. The 



sented by such a large body of material 

 that to display it in the systematic series 

 would be to throw the whole representation 

 out of symmetry. This exigency would be 

 most happily provided for by arranging 

 the plan and section of the •museiun build- 

 ing as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. While 

 the systematic geographical series are pro- 

 vided for in the main sky-lighted hall (A), 

 and its lateral gallery spaces (B), say 140 

 feet in total width, lateral tiers of inferior 

 side-lighted halls (C), properly connected 

 by doorways with the main hall, may 



