66 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and 

 Ethnography. 



I. — A rrangement. 



Prehistoric Section. — The construction of wall-cases in tlie 

 new iron gallery has been completed, and the whole refitted. 

 The gallery is devoted to antiquities of the Stone Age in this 

 and other countries ; and includes Drift and Cave objects from 

 England and France as well as neolithic implements from 

 various parts, reaching, in Egypt, to the dynastic period. 

 A number of diagrams and general labels have been prepared, 

 and the exhibition will be opened to the public early in the 

 new year. 



On the floor of the Prehistoric room more space in the wall- 

 cases has been obtained, by the removal of the Stone Age 

 antiquities, for the display of later prehistoric objects, some 

 of which have hitherto been stored in cupboards for want of 

 exhibition space. Two table-cases have been removed to the 

 south wing of the Saloon for part of the Morel collection ; 

 and the large standard case containing collections from the 

 Swiss lake-dwellings has been placed in the centre of the 

 room. Many of the British sepulchral urns have been 

 arranged on plinths and permanently labelled ; and a number 

 of bronze objects from this country mounted on tablets. 



Late-Celtic and Gaulish Sections. — In the Central Saloon 

 the two wall-cases flanking the entrance to the mediseval 

 room have been refitted, and filled with antiquities of the 

 pre-Roman period from Britain and Ireland, as well as a small 

 series from the Continent. 



The wall-cases on the south wing have also been cleared 

 and remodelled, and fitted for the exhibition of a large and 

 important series of Gaulish antiquities collected by M. Leon 

 Morel, of Rheims. Three table-cases have been placed in 

 position for the same purpose ; and part of the Gallo-Roman 

 and Merovingian series is exhibited in the northern angles of 

 this wing. 



Romano-British Section. — Two wail-cases at the head of 

 the main staircase have been filled with pottery from some 

 of the principal Roman sites in Britain. The collection of 

 bronze statuettes and a service of pewter dishes from Hants 

 are also exhibited here. 



A representative series of objects from Hod Hill, Dorset, 

 has been mounted on tablets and exhibited. 



Anglo-Saxon Room. — A number of pottery vases from 

 Merovingian graves have been provided with wooden plinths 

 and permanently labelled. 



