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The approximate cost of each of these sections is as follows : 



Space 



cu. ft. Cost 



Roosevelt Memorial Hall 3,057>6oo $1,987,440. 



Roosevelt African Hall 1,035,720 673,218. 



Asiatic Hall, Southeast Wing 1,181,050 667,650. 



Oceanic Hall, Southeast Court 1,027,000 667,550. 



Exhibition and Preparation Hall, Southwest 



Court 384,615 250,000. 



Astronomic Hall, Planetary System, Central 



Pavilion 2,281,000 1,482,650. 



Aztec Hall, West Central Pavilion 1,046,000 679,900. 



South American Hall, Central West Wing 2,577,000 1,675,050. 



Auditorium, Lecture Hall, Capacity 3,000 1,541,800. 



^,625,258. 



The American Museum building to date has cost 

 $5,319,821.48, and the additional total cost of the projected 



buildings will be not less than $10,000,000. 

 Comparative This figure is to be compared with educational 

 Bufldinss and other buildings in the City of New York, 



the approximate cost of which is shown in the 

 accompanying table : 



Total appropriations for new Schools and High Schools 



during the administrations from 1898-1917 $119,307,742.69 



Cost of Municipal Building of the City of New York 15,000,000.00 



Cost of the State Capitol at Albany 25,000,000.00 



Cost of the New York Public Library and Branch 



Libraries (buildings) , 1898-1917 12,143,500.00 



Cost of Metropolitan Museum of Art to date (plans 



about one-half completed) 6,542,000.00 



Cost of the American Museum of Natural History to 



date 5,319,821.48 



Cost of the Pennsylvania Terminal Building 14,830,000.00 



The cost is to be considered on the basis of the magnitude 

 of the service the Museum will render: that this will be 

 the central Nature Exhibition, Education and Storage 

 Building from which will radiate nature-education to one 

 million school children annually in and about the City of 

 New York. At present the Museum reaches 1,000,000 school 

 children annually. This number will be further increased 

 at least a quarter by 1924. 



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