MUSEUM BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Staten flsland Association of arts and Sciences 



EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARO, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF 



No. 38. Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y. SEPT. 1911. 



We desire to make one more appeal for contributions to the library fund 

 for the purchase and binding of books. The library is now in satisfactory shape 

 for consultation, and it is the aim of the trustees to make it fully available;for 

 the use of the members. This is scarcely possible, however, so long as many 

 sets of important serials and periodicals remain unbound. A pamphlet can not 

 be handled without becoming torn and soiled; and no bookbinding has been done 

 in our library for a number of years. About $go is still needed to make up the 

 sum estimated as necessary. Contributions should be sent to Mr. C. A. Ingalls, 

 Treasurer, 154 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, 



The museum will again participate in the annual Budget Exhibit of the City 

 of New York, which will be held, as before, in the Terrt-Weller building, 330 

 Broadway, during October. The assignment of space being more satisfactory 

 than last year, the exhibit has been a trifle enlarged. It will consist of two divis- 

 ions, one containing placards showing the statistics of attendance during the 

 five months of our occupancy of the new building as compared with attendance 

 in Borough Hall last year for a like period; the record of accessions for the past 

 fiscal year; a comparison of budget appropriations for the various museums in 

 New York City; explanatory facts about our institution; and samples of educa- 

 tional labels used in the collections. The other division will include photo- 

 graphs of the building, of the two principal exhibition rooms, of our former 

 quarters in Borough Hall, and of several special exhibits. We are again indebt- 

 ed to the Central Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences for its 

 courtesy in printing a number of placards for our use in the Budget Exhibit. 



Application has been made on behalf of the Association to the Board of 

 Estimate and Apportionment for a budget appropriation in 1912 of $g,5ig. 

 The increase of $519 over the current appropriation is to provide for the pur- 

 chase of additional exhibition cases and for fitting up the outbuildings for museum 

 purposes. 



In the next issue of the Bulletin we hope to make announcement of a 

 number of important accessions. Some of these have already been delivered and 

 are awaiting action by the Committee on Accessions, while others are awaiting 

 delivery. 



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