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objects. The museum is in charge of T. Van Hyning, assistant curator, 

 under the direction of Edgar R. Harlan, curator of the department and 

 successor to the founder after the death of the latter, March 8, 1908. 

 The museum is now being organized in a fireproof building recently 

 completed by the state for the housing of the department. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 50 acres, established in 

 1896, containing 6 birds and 75 mammals. 



DUBUQUE: 



HERRMANN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



Staff. Archeologist, Arthur Herrmann; Botanist, Henry Herr- 

 mann; Librarian, Rosalie Herrmann; Taxidermist, Oscar Herrmann. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 

 20oo±; Ethnology, native, 2oo±, foreign, 50. Civilized peoples, 

 ancient, 2o±. 



Art. Sculpture, 6; Prints and engravings, 5o±; Oil paintings, 

 9; Water colors, 20; Ceramics, 25. There is also a collection of mats 

 and basketry, chiefly from the Pacific coast. 



Botany. 4oo± pressed plants of Dubuque County; 200 plants 

 from Vancouver, Philippines, southern California, etc.; 50 mosses, 

 lichens, etc. 



Commerce and Industry. 5o± specimens illustrating Illinois 

 and Wisconsin mining industries; 200 specimens illustrating the 

 pearl button industry, etc. 



Geology. Minerals, 8oo±; Rocks, 5oo±; Dynamic geology, 

 etc., 20. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, 30,000; Vertebrates, 5000; Plants 

 1000. 



Zoology. Shells, 1000; Insects, 300; Other invertebrates, 200; 

 Fishes, 2; Batrachians, 1; Reptiles, 3; Birds, 50; Mammals, 10. 



The museum is the property of the Herrmann family. It was 

 founded about 1S80 by Richard Herrmann and now occupies about 

 800 square feet of floor space for exhibition in the Herrmann residence. 

 It is open free to the public and is much used by teachers and scholars. 



FAYETTE: 



UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY. Museum. 



Staff. Curator, Guy West Wilson, who is also professor of 

 biology. 



