158 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



The aim of this museum is to set forth an adequate impression of 

 the character and power of the world's masterpieces, the copies being 

 a special selection for this purpose. The reproduction of the Sistine 

 Madonna of Raphael is celebrated, for example, as the best copy ever 

 made of that painting. 



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

 holidays, from' , Q to 5, and on Sundays from 2 to 5. 



ROLLA: 



MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



The survey maintains a museum in charge of H. A. Buehler, state 

 geologist, and comprising 1000 invertebrate fossils and about 5000 

 minerals and rocks. The collections are confined to the state and are 

 maintained chiefly as a working collection. The survey also has a 

 geological library of 7000 volumes. 



MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES. Museum. 



The museum is supported jointly by the state and the University 

 of Missouri, the appropriations varying according to the needs of 

 each year. The collections are in charge of G. H. Cox, professor of 

 mineralogy and petrography; L. S. Griswold, professor of geology; and 

 V. H. McNutt, assistant in mineralogy and petrography. They include 

 2000 minerals on exhibition and 4000 in storage; 1000 rocks on exhibi- 

 tion and 1000 in storage; 50 relief maps, models, and specimens of 

 dynamic geology; 700 specimens of economic geology on exhibition 

 and 500 in storage; 1000 invertebrate fossils on exhibition and 500 

 in storage; and 200 plant fossils in storage. The most noteworthy col- 

 lections are the calcites, and the lead and zinc ores of Missouri; 

 these include the state display at the St. Louis exposition. The 

 Colonel Kingston collection of about 800 specimens, rich in pseudo- 

 morphs, has recently been acquired. The museum has developed 

 chiefly since 1904 and is extensively used for teaching purposes; it is 

 also open on all school days for the inspection of the public. 



SPRINGFIELD : 



DRURY COLLEGE. Edward M. Shepard Museum. 



Staff. Curators, Charles H. Spurgeon (biology); Edward B. 

 Hall (geology). 



Anthropot-OGY. Ethnology, native. 5oo±, foreign, 250^. This 

 material includes collections from the South Sea Islands, Egypt, 

 Mexico, and the Pueblo Indians. There is also a valuable collection de- 



