20 Report of the President 



Proposed New Building Sections Cost Without 



Equipment 



Section 11 — Maxwell — School Service Building $570,000.00 



Section 12— African 673,218.00 



Section 13— Roosevelt— Central Park West Entrance 1,987,440.00 



Section 7— Astronomic 1,482,650.00 



Section 14 — Central American 1,675,050.00 



Section 15— Ancient Mexican (Aztec) 679,900.00 



Section 16 — New Lecture Amphitheater 1,541,800.00 



Total future cost $8,610,058.00 



From the above it appears that the City has thus far appro- 

 priated a grand total of $6,934,821.48 for building and equip- 

 ment. This amounts to an average annual expenditure since 

 1874, when the corner-stone of the first building was laid by 

 President Grant, of $144,475 for building and equipment. 



It appears that a minimum of $8,610,058 is needed to com- 

 plete the American Museum as a World Museum, above de- 

 scribed, for the education of a civic population which will ex- 

 ceed 7,000,000. Three plans are on foot whereby the City may 

 be relieved from carrying this entire burden of expenditure: 



First, Section 13 — Roosevelt Hall — has been recommended to the 



Roosevelt Memorial Commission for construction by 



the State of New York; 

 Second, Section 7 — Astronomic Hall — has been recommended to the 



Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation for erection as a 



Memorial to Andrew Carnegie; 

 Third, Section 15 — Ancient Mexican — is also seeking a Benefactor. 



Cordial Cooperation of City and Citizens 

 For every dollar contributed to the American Museum by the 

 City from tax funds, the citizen receives $3.00 in value. Although 

 the present City Government has been more liberal than any of 

 its predecessors, providing for maintenance in 1921 the generous 

 sum of $352,025.52, the generosity of citizens of New York so 

 far exceeds this provision by the taxpayers that it nearly doubles 

 it. The growing appreciation of the Museum by the public is 

 shown by the attendance, which has risen from 613,152 in 1910 

 to 1,174,397 in 1921. Sunday opening, which was one of the 

 most warmly 'debated questions in the early history of the 

 Museum, leading to the resignation of some of our strict Sab- 

 batarians, during the year 1921 totals 327,888, showing that the 

 Museum is sought for wholesome and inspiring education dur- 

 ing the Sunday afternoon hours by constantly increasing num- 

 bers. The Sunday attendance during January, 1922, alone has 

 been 51,062. 



