Appendix VIII. 



REPORT ON THE LEWIS AND CLARK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 

 PORTLAND, OREGON, 1905. 



Sib: I have the honor to submit the following report on the exhibit of the 

 Smithsonian Institution and National Museum at the Lewis and Clark Cen- 

 tennial Exposition held at Portland, Oregon, from June 1 to October 14, 1905, 

 inclusive : 



An act of Congress approved April 13, 1904, provided for a Government 

 exhibit to be made by the several Executive Departments, bureaus, and other 

 organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, 

 under the management of a Government board. The sum of $200,000 was 

 appropriated for this exhibit, another appropriation of $25,000 was authorized 

 for an exhibit by the district of Alaska, and $250,000 was appropriated for the 

 construction of suitable buildings. 



The main Government building was located on an islandlike peninsula in 

 the lake included in the exposition grounds. This peninsula was connected 

 with the main portion of the exhibition grounds by the " Bridge of Nations," 

 which was about one-third of a mile in length. Adjoining the main building 

 on the south, and connected with it by a colonnade, was a smaller building for 

 the exhibits of the Bureau of Fisheries of the Department of Commerce and 

 Labor; while a similar building was on the north side, containing the exhibits 

 of Alaska and the Philippine Islands. Behind the latter was another and 

 smaller building containing irrigation and forestry exhibits. 



The total floor space of the Government building and its annexes was about 

 80,000 square feet. The portion in the Government building assigned to the 

 Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, comprising about 5,000 square 

 feet, was located in the rear of the building and had no frontage on the main 

 aisle, but was divided into two unequal parts by a secondary aisle. 



In accordance with the intent of the law, the Government exhibit consisted 

 chiefly of portions of the exhibits made at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 

 during the preceding year. The plans formulated for the exhibits of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution and its bureaus were entirely along the lines laid down at 

 the St. Louis Exposition, although the choice of specimens required considerable 

 care, as the space allotted to the Institution and the National Museum was only 

 about one-third of the area of the space assigned to them at the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PROPER. 



This exhibit, which was placed against the west wall of the Smithsonian 

 space, comprised pictures of James Smithson, foxmder of the Institution, a 

 facsimile of his will, a cast of the bronze tablet placed on his tomb at Genoa, 

 Italy, and views of the tomb itself, and a photograph of the mortuary chapel 

 in the Smithsonian Institution where Smithson's remains now rest; photo- 



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