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subjects. Different grades or schools may be combined for 

 these purposes. 



The Museum 



Museums are places where objects of art, history, or nature 

 are collected and preserved, not merely for their own sake, 

 but for the pleasure and instruction of the people who come 

 to look at them. They have so important a purpose that 

 in large cities museums have been opened to the public on 

 the Sabbath, that the working classes may have a chance to 

 see them. If a museum is properly classified and labelled, 

 its educational value may be very great. 



Museums of natural history are very popular, and are much 

 visited by old and young. Here not only the common native 

 types may be seen, but also many rare and foreign ones. 



Universities have their natural history collections, their 

 mineral collections, their herbaria, etc. High schools have, 

 or should have, similar small collections, if they expect to 

 do efficient work in the sciences; and there ought to be 

 something of the sort in connection with every common 

 school. In Europe, notably in Germany, there are collections 

 of natural history, minerals, plants, etc., in the common 

 schools. Every school where nature-study is attempted 

 should have at least a cabinet collection of specimens. These 

 should be collected by the teacher and pupils, or donated by 

 friends and patrons. 



Making a collection is interesting work, a work in which 

 the pupils can be easily enlisted. Ask them to bring "speci- 

 mens" of all kinds suitable for preservation, and 3'ou will 

 probably have an embarrassment of riches. The teacher 

 on her travels, or in her vacation, should remember the 



