144 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. (12 State Street.) 



The society occupies an old-time residence in which it maintains a 

 museum in charge of Herbert D. Braman, superintendent, and Mrs. 

 Ella L. Horr, custodian. The collections are strictly local and include 

 a good herbarium of ferns, lycopods, grasses, sedges, mosses, lichens, 

 liverworts, and flowering plants of Worcester County; the Eliza D. 

 Dodge collection of birds of the county, mounted in natural surround- 

 ings and housed at the Mansion House in Green Hill Park for lack of 

 room in the State Street building; a small but representative collec- 

 tion of local minerals; and a good collection of invertebrate and verte- 

 brate animals of the county. A wild flower exhibit properly labeled is 

 kept on tables in the museum during the flowering season; a garden 

 of local ferns is maintained on the grounds of the society; and classes for 

 the study of different groups of plants, rocks, minerals, insects, etc. 

 in the field and at the museum are maintained every year. Successful 

 bird classes are also conducted at the museum and in the field; bird 

 skins are mounted in celluloid tubes and loaned to schools. Small 

 cases showing the life history of destructive insects are used for public 

 school work. A library of about 600 volumes on science and nature 

 study is maintained for reference. 



The society has some invested funds but is supported largely by 

 private subscription and membership fees. The publications of the 

 society include (1) Annual Reports. (2) "Physical Geography of 

 Worcester," by J. H. Perry. (3) "The Geology of Worcester," by J. H. 

 Perry. (4) "Flora of Lake Quinsigamond," by G.E.Stone. (5) "Cata- 

 log of the flowering plants and ferns in Worcester County," by J. H. 

 Jackson. 



The museum is open free to the public on week-days, except holi- 

 days, from 9 to 12 and 2 to 5. The attendance is 6000-8000 yearly. 



WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ANTIQUITY. 



Xo information has been received regarding this society, which is 

 said by Thwaites to maintain a museum of about 6000 pieces illustrat- 

 ing especially the epochs of the various wars. 



MICHIGAN 



ADRIAN: 



ADRIAN COLLEGE. 



The registrar reports that the museum contains a small collec- 

 tion of animals, birds, insects, and minerals. There is no list or cata- 

 log, no curator, and no regular financial support. 



