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Administration. By a curator, responsible to the board of 

 regents of the University of Nebraska. 



Scope. The maintenance of local collections and the instruction 

 of the general public are the purposes of the museum. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days from 7.30 

 to 5.30. The attendance during the first year was 50,000. 



In addition to this museum there are teaching collections in the 

 departments of art and botany. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park, established in 1905, contain- 

 ing 3 birds and 16 mammals. 



OMAHA: 



CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY. 



The university has a teaching collection of about 700 minerals; 

 a small collection of Indian war bonnets, implements, and arms; and 

 an astronomical observatory equipped for student work. These col- 

 lections are in charge of William F. Rigge. 



OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. 



The museum contains the Byron Reed collection of American and 

 foreign coins, said to rank third in value and size in the United States 

 when it was received in 1893. This collection occupies a room affording 

 about 1800 square feet of floor space. There is also a general museum 

 containing loan collections of Indian and Egyptian material; a collec- 

 tion of birds, shells, baskets, articles from the Philippines, etc. ; and a 

 collection of pictures purchased from the Trans- Mississippi Exposition. 

 The museum is open free to the public on week-days and the average 

 attendance is 100 a day. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 35 acres, established in 

 1897, containing 7 birds and 77 mammals. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



CONCORD: 



NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society maintains a small historical collection in charge of 

 the librarian. 



