Appendix 1. 



REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 

 tions of the United States National Museum for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1913: 



IMPORTANT MATTERS OF THE YEAR. 



Although manj^ important matters developed, as usual, in con- 

 nection with the operations of the Museum during last year, those 

 of chief general interest related to the exhibition collections in the 

 new building and to the progress of work in the department of arts 

 and industries. As explained in the last report, only the first and 

 second stories of the new building, with an aggregate floor area of 

 185,294 square feet, are being utilized at present for the permanent 

 installations, which, with a single exception, relate wholly to natural 

 history. The last of this space was opened to the public during 

 April, 1913, but to a certain extent the exhibits still remain incom- 

 plete and the arrangements provisional. The plan of three wings 

 particularly adapts this building to the three departments of anthro- 

 pology, biolog}^, and geology, representing the organization of the 

 natural history collections, each of which has been allotted an entire 

 wing for its exhibition series, the overflow from each being continued 

 into the adjacent ranges. 



Of the several branches which are administered in the department 

 of anthropology, three have been established in the new building as 

 constituting what is now commonly recognized in museum classifica- 

 tion as one of the great divisions of natural history. They are 

 physical anthropology, ethnology, and archeology. Physical anthro- 

 pology is not yet represented in the public halls, though an important 

 installation of a technical character has been provided in the labora- 

 tory. Each of the other subjects, however, has been extensively illus- 

 trated on a popular though none the less instructive basis, to which 

 purpose a total floor area of 65,941 square feet has been assigned. 

 Ethnology occupies the entire available space allotted to the depart- 

 ment in the first story, namely, the northern section of both ranges, 

 and all parts of the north wing surrounding the picture gallery, 

 which is temporary in its location here. The total area covered is 



