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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  another 
  generation. 
  Care 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  to 
  

   provide 
  for 
  such 
  emergencies 
  as 
  time 
  may 
  bring 
  and, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  natural 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  institution 
  will 
  uncover 
  

   demands 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  presented 
  themselves, 
  experience 
  has 
  

   taught 
  such 
  vivid 
  lessons 
  in 
  the 
  economy 
  of 
  space 
  that 
  jt 
  is 
  alto- 
  

   gether 
  likely 
  we 
  shall 
  be 
  equipped 
  for 
  such 
  conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  plan 
  indicates 
  the 
  general 
  arrangement 
  of 
  

   space 
  alloted 
  to 
  the 
  Science 
  Division, 
  exhibition 
  rooms 
  and 
  offices. 
  

   The 
  most 
  notable 
  feature 
  in 
  this 
  arrangement 
  is 
  the 
  great 
  hall 
  

   extending 
  the 
  full 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  front, 
  580 
  feet, 
  with 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  

   54 
  feet. 
  This 
  noteworthy 
  room 
  covering 
  fully 
  30,000 
  square 
  feet 
  

   of 
  floor 
  space 
  is 
  broken 
  only 
  by 
  architectural 
  features 
  extending 
  

   at 
  intervals 
  partly 
  outward 
  from 
  the 
  walls, 
  sufficient 
  to 
  divide 
  the 
  

   magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  into 
  sections 
  adequately 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  

   diversity 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  collections 
  without 
  interrupting 
  the 
  vista 
  

   through 
  the 
  entire 
  space. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  assign 
  this 
  space 
  to 
  the 
  

   collections 
  in 
  structural 
  and 
  industrial 
  geology, 
  mineralogy, 
  strati- 
  

   graphy 
  and 
  paleontology, 
  thus 
  bringing 
  together 
  collections 
  which 
  

   in 
  this 
  museum 
  have 
  been 
  treated 
  as 
  homogeneous. 
  This 
  fine 
  

   chamber 
  presents 
  a 
  problem 
  in 
  the 
  treatment 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  for 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  designed, 
  as 
  its 
  great 
  length 
  and 
  hight 
  will 
  tend 
  to 
  

   dwarf 
  its 
  contents 
  unless 
  these 
  are 
  displayed 
  with 
  studied 
  care 
  and 
  

   with 
  all 
  possible 
  assistance 
  from 
  approved 
  and 
  adequate 
  appliances. 
  

   From 
  the 
  centra] 
  architectural 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  chamber, 
  the 
  inclosed 
  

   dome, 
  corridors 
  leading 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  into 
  the 
  north 
  wing, 
  open 
  

   into 
  a 
  large 
  room 
  13 
  t 
  x 
  106 
  feet 
  affording 
  a 
  floor 
  space 
  of 
  13,886 
  

   square 
  feet. 
  This 
  room 
  is 
  not 
  divided 
  except 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  series 
  

   of 
  columns 
  affords 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  partition 
  into 
  communicating 
  sec- 
  

   tions, 
  should 
  the 
  materials 
  to 
  be 
  installed 
  require 
  such 
  treatment. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  present 
  plan 
  to 
  reserve 
  this 
  large 
  apartment 
  to 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  zoology, 
  both 
  vertebrate 
  and 
  invertebrate, 
  inclusive 
  of 
  the 
  

   extensive 
  collections 
  in 
  economic 
  and 
  faunal 
  entomology. 
  To 
  the 
  

   right 
  and 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  corridors 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  wing 
  are 
  the 
  offices 
  

   Df 
  the 
  Zoologist, 
  equipped 
  with 
  room 
  for 
  necessary 
  clerical 
  force 
  

   tvith 
  dry 
  and 
  wet 
  laboratories 
  adjoining, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Archeologist. 
  

   All 
  the 
  rooms 
  thus 
  described 
  and 
  apportioned 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  

   but 
  over 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  chambers 
  mentioned 
  are 
  mezzanines 
  which 
  

   afford 
  space 
  for 
  storage 
  of 
  zoological 
  material, 
  maceration 
  and 
  

   plaster 
  casting. 
  

  

  The 
  architectural 
  necessity 
  of 
  introducing 
  trusses 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  

   floor 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  crossing 
  the 
  inner 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  

  

  