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Statistics of Numbers reached by Museum 

 Extension System 





1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



Board of Educa- 

















tion Lectures. . . 



44,000 



42,212 



45,ooo 



35,o68 



43,386 



28,402 



43,549 



Children's Lec- 

















tures 



35»ooo 



35,ooo 



17,187 



26,312 



22,931 



20,165 



9,242 



Children's Room 









and Mrs. Roes- 

















ler's Special 

















Lectures 









3,376 



5,430 



7,359 



6,368 



Classes visiting 

















the Museum for 

















General Study . . 



7,380 



11,000 



6,813 



7,795 



10,818 



8,712 



9,284 



Meetings of Sci- 

















entific Societies 

















and other Meet- 

















ings and Lec- 

















tures 



21,931 



35,28i 



6,867 



11,784 



15,587 



337,433 



58,926 



General Atten- 

















dance for all 

















purposes 



402,449 



565,489 



476,133 



537,894 1 



,043,582 



839,141 



613,152 



















reached by Cir- 

















culating Collec- 

















tions 



250,000 



375,ooo 



800,000 



725,000 



575,8oi 



922,512 



839,089 





652,449 940,489 1,276,133 1,262,894 1,619,383 1,761,653 1,452,241 



The rise of attendance during the years 1908-1909 was due 

 chiefly to the extraordinary interest aroused by the Tuber- 

 culosis Exhibition, which brought thousands of new visitors 

 from the East Side of the City especially. It was this interest 

 which led to the establishment of the new Department of 

 Public Health, which, when in full operation, will render 

 permanent public service in a new field. 



EXPLORATIONS, COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS 



The income from the Jesup bequest, as well as the generous 

 gifts of special funds, during the past year, has enabled the 

 Museum to carry on more active and successful expeditions in 

 the field than in any previous year of its existence. The wide 

 geographical extent of our exploratory work may be judged 

 from the following summary: 



