20 Report of the President 



The eight sections of the American Museum thus far com- 

 pleted have cost $5,319,82148, and the total additional cost of 

 the nine new projected sections will be not less than ten 

 million dollars. As shown in the Fifty-first Annual Report, the 

 SOUTHEAST WING (ASIATIC HALL) and the SOUTH- 

 EAST COURT (OCEANIC HALL) are the buildings most 

 urgently needed to accommodate and exhibit the invaluable 

 collections which we have been receiving during the past six- 

 teen years. Next in order of urgency by city appropriation 

 is the SOUTHWEST COURT (SCHOOL SERVICE 

 BUILDING). The plans for the EAST CENTRAL WING 

 (ROOSEVELT AFRICAN HALL) and for the EAST 

 CENTRAL PAVILION (ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL 

 HALL) have been completed and presented to the State 

 Roosevelt Memorial Commission, of which President Osborn 

 is Chairman. Plans for the CENTRAL PAVILION (AS- 

 TRONOMIC HALL) will be presented to the Carnegie Cor- 

 poration as affording a great opportunity to make an educa- 

 tional exhibit of the work of the Mt. Wilson and other great 

 American observatories. The completed plans for the WEST 

 CENTRAL PAVILION (AZTEC HALL) were approved 

 by the Trustees in May, 1910. This Hall will house all the 

 collections, presented by the Due de Loubat and others, of the 

 ancient monuments of Mexico and Central America. It has 

 been decided to devote the WEST CENTRAL WING 

 (SOUTH AMERICAN HALL) also to anthropology in or- 

 der to complete the geographic arrangement of the collections. 

 The accompanying diagram, lettered to correspond with above 

 description, shows clearly the relation of these nine new build- 

 ing sections to the future design of the Museum. 



It is our duty to bring before the people, before the govern- 

 ments of the City and State of New York, and before our 

 Trustees and Members the extreme urgency of more build- 

 ing space. It is with the Museum, as with the schools and 

 colleges which the Museum serves, that every year's delay 

 means a serious spiritual, moral and intellectual loss to this 

 community. The Museum has become an intimate part of the 

 educational system of not only the city but of the entire coun- 

 try. It is estimated that the account and plan of the Third 



