150 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



Administration. By a director, who is responsible to a library 

 and museum commission elected by popular vote. 



Scope. Instruction of the general public and pupils of the public 

 schools, and the maintenance of local collections. Regular circulating 

 collections are maintained for use in the schools, lectures are given at 

 the museum to teachers with their classes, exhibits are made each 

 year at the West Michigan state fair, and special exhibits are held 

 annually at the museum. 



Library, iooo volumes of a scientific character, used chiefly by 

 the staff. 



Publications. Bulletin, issued monthly. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days from 8.30 

 to 5 and on Sundays and legal holidays from 2.30 to 5. The yearly 

 attendance approximates 55,000. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 4 acres, established in 1891, 

 containing 7 reptiles, 48 birds, and 90 mammals. 



HOUGHTON: 



MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. Mineralogical Museum. 



The college maintains the following collections in geology and 

 paleontology in charge of A. E. Seaman, professor of mineralogy and 

 geology: Minerals, on exhibition, 15,300; Rocks, on exhibition, 4000, 

 in storage, 5000; Microscopic sections, of minerals, 2132, of rocks, 

 4973; Exhibits to show the properties of minerals, 485; Specimens 

 illustrating the formations of Michigan, 1975; Natural crystals, 2260; 

 Crystal models in glass, 151, in wood and plaster, 2153; Economic 

 collections, 3000. In paleontology there are 3000 invertebrate, 200 

 vertebrate, and 100 plant fossils. 



In addition to the foregoing there are 250 ethnological specimens; 

 300 specimens of woods; 1000 shells; and a small synoptic collection 

 in zoology. 



LANSING: 



MICHIGAN PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (Capitol.) 



The society maintains a museum on the fourth floor of the capi- 

 tol, including the best collection of Indian relics on display in the state; 

 3000 pieces of china; a collection of fine pewter, brownware, candle- 

 sticks, lamps, etc.; 100 portraits; some very old furniture; and a 

 collection of miscellaneous articles of historical interest. The museum 

 has no endowment or special income but is maintained by th 1 society 

 in connection with its general historical investigation. 



