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Temporary Exhibitions. 



Among temporary exhibitions held during the year the following may 

 be mentioned : — 

 Erasmus Exhibition. 

 Tyndale Quatercentenary Exhibition. 

 Historical MSS. (in connection with the Anglo-American Historical 



Conference). 

 Works of W. S. Gilbert. 



Prints and Drawings of Landscape, Topography and Architecture, 



" From Canaletto to Constable," 

 Select Prints, English and Foreign Drawings, and Water-Colours from 



the Turner Bequest. 

 The Shgo Collection of Altered Plates. 



Prints and Drawings presented by the Contemporary Art Society. 

 Eg3rptian Antiquities lent by Mr. C. S. Gulbenkian. 

 Finds from Sir Leonard WooUey's North Syrian Expedition. 

 Palaeohthic Antiquities from Caves of Cress well Crags found by Mr. A. L. 



Armstrong. 

 Palaeohthic Flint Implements from Warren Hill, in Suffolk (mainly from 



the Sturge Collection). 



Prehistoric and Medieval Gold Work lent from the Royal Collections. 



Stole and Pectoral Cross from St. Cuthbert's Tomb, lent by the Dean 

 and Chapter of Durham. 



Collection of Ordos Bronzes lent by Mrs. Dagny Carter. 



Important Acquisitions of Coins and Medals made in the last 25 years 



(in connection with the International Congress of Numismatists, 



June 30th— July 3rd). 



Representation at Congresses. 



Mr. J. Allan represented the Trustees at the International Congress 

 of Numismatists and the Centenary Celebrations of the Royal Numismat- 

 ical Society in London, and, with Dr. Plenderleith, at the Annual 

 Conference of the Museums Association at Leeds. Dr. H. I. Bell, 

 accompanied by Mr. A. J. Colhns and Mr. F. Wormald, represented the 

 Trustees at the International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Rome, 

 and, with Dr. R. Flower, at the fourth quinquennial Anglo-American 

 Conference of Historians in London. The Trustees were represented 

 by Mr. Reginald A. Smith, accompanied by Mr. C. F. C. Hawkes, at the 

 Oongress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences at Oslo, and by Mr. A. E. 

 Popham at the International Art Congress in Switzerland. Mr. B. 

 Schofield attended the Conference of the Societe Internationale de 

 Musicologie at Barcelona. 



Acquisitions. 



The total number of objects added to the collections in 1936 was 

 379,831, less by 33,507 than in 1935, and by 1,738 than in 1934. 



