CONTENTS 



Page 

 Index of Exhibition Halls 9 



Introduction 11 



History of the Museum 



Location 



Hours of Admission. 



Administration and Support 



First Floor 



Information Bureau 13 



Memorial Hall (South Pavilion) 13 



Statue of Morris K. Jesup 13 



Meteorites 14 



Model of Solar System 14 



Indians of the North Pacific Coast (South Central Wing) 16 



Indians of British Columbia and Alaska ; Eskimo Collections 

 Mural Decorations 



Auditorium (Central Pavilion) 18 



Power Room (West Central Wing) 18 



Ward-Coonley Meteorites (West Corridor) 18 



Indians of the Woodlands (Southwest Wing) 19 



Including all tribes east of the Mississippi: Iroquois, New York Indians, 

 Seminole, Menomini, Winnebago, Cree, Ojibwa and Delaware 



Indians of the Plains (Southwest Pavilion) 23 



Comprising tribes between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains: Plains 

 Cree, Dakota, Crow, Blackioot, Mandan, Pawnee, Kiowa and Cheyenne 



Indians of the Southwest (West Wing) 24 



Sedentary Indians: Rio Grande Pueblo, Prehistoric Pueblo Bonito, Hopi, 



Prehistoric Cliff Dwellers and Zuni: 

 Nomadic Indians: Apache, Navajo, Pima and Mexican Indians 



Polar Expeditions (East Corridor) '. 28 



Jesup Collection of North American Woods (Southeast Wing) 28 



Darwin Hall: Invertebrates (Southeast Pavilion) 29 



The series in the alcove cases gives a synopsis of the Animal Kingdom and 

 includes Protozoa, Sponges, Polyps, Flatworms, Roundworms, Roti- 

 fers, Sea-mats, Starfish, Annelids, Arthropods, Mollusks and Verte- 

 brates 



Coral 32 



Malaria Mosquito - 32 



Second Floor 



Astronomical Clock (South Pavilion) 35 



Mammals (South Pavilion) 35 



Dogs, small carnivores, the Barbary Lion "Hannibal" and the elephant 

 "Tip" 



Natural History Reading Room . 36 



Children's Room 36 



Room for the Blind 36 



Mitla Ruins (Southwest Pavilion and Restaurant in Basement) 39 



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