MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



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NSW YOR 

 EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY GHARLE8 LOUIS POLLARD, CURATOR-IN-OHIKF. 



Ko. 6. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. JANUARY, 1SC9 



THE NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



will be held in the readi.Bg r..om of the St. George Branch, New York Public 

 Library, on Saturday evening, January 16, 1909, at eight o'clock. Members 

 wishing to present communications as part of the regular program, are re- 

 quested to notiiy the undersigned in advance of the meeting. 



ARTHUR HOLLICK, 



Secretary. 



AT THE stated meeting of the Board of Trustees on January 2, the 

 following v ere elected to active membership: Mis. Maiy L. Janeway, Miss 

 Agnes L. Pollaid and Miss Edith M. Poilaid, oi jSiew Brighton; Mr, Thos. O. 

 Horton, Stapieton. 



The Board voted to change the public hours of the Museum so that it 

 might be open a poition oi each day. As we £0 to press, however, the matter 

 is in abeyance pending the approval of the Com missi oner of Public Works, 

 as required under o.a constitution. Due announcement will be made when 

 the change goes into effect. 



At the cose of the Board meeting a supper in honor of Senator Howard 

 R. Bayne, President of the Association, was tendered to the trustees and 

 a iew other guests by the Curatci -it.-cbiei, at Lis residence in Jackscn Paik. 



THE MUSEUM is indebted to Mr. Frederic A. Lucas, CuraUr-in-chiet of 

 the Breotlyn Institute Central Musecm, ior his kiricness in printing it r us a 

 set of small outline maps to be used with biological and other exhibits where 

 it is important to indicate geographic distribution. Oar ihanis is also ex- 

 tended to Miss Anna B. Gaiiup, Curator oi the Children's Museum, lor the 

 loan of chai ts to illustrate <sne of the Saturday lectures. Ihe latter, by the 

 way, will be resumed as soon as necessary arrangements can be completed. 



WE HOPE to announce at the coming meeting of the Association a very 

 valuable gift to the Muitum in the department ci anthropology, the doner 

 having already made an informal presentation on the social occasion aLc\e 

 referred to. We may point out in this connection that it is the purpose of 

 the BULLETIN to chronicle every important accession, and this will be sup- 

 plemented, whenever desirable, by a further notice at the meetings. Frequent- 

 ly, howe\er, it is scarcely advisable to exhibit an object prior to its display in 

 the Museum, as this would certainly detract from its interest there; and 

 many accessions consist of material useful for study but unsuitable for exhi- 

 bition. We give space to this explanation because a desire has been expressed 

 -tor greater publicity in regard to the accessions. It is needless to add that 

 the accession record in the Museum is always open to inspection. 



THE ART Committee has been reorganized under the chairmanship of 

 Mrs. T. Livingstone Kennedy. 



