ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and 

 Ethnography. 



I. — Arrangement. 



Prehistoric Saloon. In consequence of the electric light- 

 ing, glazed openings had to be made in the tops of the wall- 

 cases containing the Late Celtic antiquities. This operation 

 necessitated the removal of the contents of the cases, and 

 the opportunity was taken to re-arrange them. 



The bronze antiquities lent by Mr. Layton have been 

 arranged in a table case, and each specimen has been 

 labelled. 



The bust of Mr. Henry Christy has been placed upon a 

 marble pedestal and labelled. A number of tablets in the 

 case of Lake antiquities have been labelled. Forty-six locks 

 have been altered to the new suite. 



Mediceval Room. The contents of two table-cases have 

 been transposed and re-arranged, to make room for new 

 acquisitions. 



Anglo-RoDxan aiid Anglo-Saxon Rooms. Locks of the 

 new suite have been placed on all the wall-cases of this 

 room. The more fragile specimens were removed during the 

 operation. Additional wall-cases have been erected in the 

 Saxon Room, which was necessarily closed for a time, and a 

 selection of the contents of the room was temporarily 

 exhibited in the Greek and Roman department. The whole 

 of the wall-cases have now been re-numbered consecutively. 



The Gowland Collection of ancient Japanese and Corean 

 pottery has been arranged in the Asiatic Saloon. 



A number of Wedgwood medallion portraits have been 

 labelled. 



Ethnographical Gallery. The space obtained in the 

 American section by the removal of the antiquities into the 

 adjoining room has been cleaned, refitted where necessary, 

 and considerable progress has been made in extending the 

 modern American section to fill up the space, and when the 

 arrangement is completed, it will be found that the cases are 

 amply filled. The African section has been slightly extended 

 on both sides of the gallery, and the Micronesian specimens 

 have been removed and re-arranged, and in the cases vacated 

 by the latter has been arranged the collection received as a 

 permanent loan from the London Missionary Society. 



The central case received from the Egyptian and Assyrian 

 Department has been altered, painted, and placed in position, 

 and in it have been arranged the Torres Straits specimens. 

 The large central case of canoes has been cleaned, the 

 specimens examined and re-arranged, with additions. A 

 central case has been devoted to the larger objects from 

 Samoa and the Pelew Lslands, and a series of lime spatulas 



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