50 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



ST. AUGUSTINE: 



ST. AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND HISTORICAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society maintains a museum begun in 1884 and now filling 

 seven rooms. The collections include geology, natural history, pre- 

 historic implements and weapons, and material relating to the early 

 history of Florida. 



GEORGIA 



ATLANTA: 



STATE MUSEUM. 



Staff. Curator, S. W. McCallie. 



Anthropology. A collection of 203 Indian relics. 



Botany. 200 specimens of Georgia woods, consisting of sections 

 of trees showing finished and unfinished surfaces, together with some 

 finished products; and an economic exhibit of fruits and grains in 

 glass jars. 



Educational. 10 cases with exhibits of public school work. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 1 2 5o±; Rocks, on exhibition, 

 2 5o±; Minerals and rocks, in storage, iooo±; Building stones, 85 

 eight-inch cubes, including marble, granite, gneiss, hornblende, sand- 

 stone, serpentine, and Caen stone, from various localities in the state, 

 uniformly dressed to show susceptibility to various methods of finishing ; 

 Marbles, 6 slabs from the quarries at Tate; Georgia ores, 149 specimens; 

 Clays, etc. 



Paleontology. iooo± specimens on exhibition. 



Zoology. An economic exhibit of injurious insects, contained 

 in 6 large cases. 



The above collections occupy the corridors of the third floor of 

 the state capitol, and are under the charge of the state geologist. 

 They are open free to the public daily, except Sundays, from 8 to 5. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 140 acres, established in 

 1892, containing 10 reptiles, 132 birds, and 91 mammals. 



MACON: 



MERCER UNIVERSITY. 



No information has been received regarding the collections of 

 this university, which is said by Merrill to include 500 Indian utensils 

 and weapons, about 600 botanical specimens, 2500 fossils, 1000 rocks 

 and several thousand minerals, 1000 specimens of economic geology, 



