178 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



Building. Erected in 1908 at a cost of $125,000 paid for by sub- 

 scription. 



Administration. By a board consisting of a house committee, 

 director, and executive committee. 



Scope. Special emphasis is laid upon local collections, supple- 

 mented by lectures. 



Library. 2000 volumes, pertaining to history, with special 

 emphasis upon publications of local interest. Open to members and the 

 public. 



Publications. 12 volumes of Proceedings published between 

 1800 and 1893. 



Attendance. Open week-days from 9 to 5 and on Sundays 

 from 2 to 5. Free on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons. On other 

 days an admission of 25 cents is charged. Attendance is estimated at 

 50,000 annually. 



NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM. 



Stafp. Director, John M. Clarke (also state geologist and paleon- 

 tologist) ; State botanist, Charles H. Peck ; State entomologist, E. Porter 

 Felt; Zoologist, F. H.Ward; Archeologist, A. C.Parker; Mineralogist, 

 H. P. Whitlock; Ornithologist, E. H.Eaton; Assistant state geologist, 

 D. H. Newland; Assistant geologist, C. H. Hartnagel; Assistant state 

 paleontologist, R. Ruedemann; Assistant state entomologist, F. T. 

 Hartman; Assistant state botanist, S. H. Burnham; Assistants, Henry 

 Leighton and H. C. Wardell (geology); Taxidermist, A. J. Klein; 

 12 temporary scientific assistants, and 6 clerks and stenographers. 



Anthropology. Archeology of New York, 6000; Ethnology of 

 New York," 500. A series of Iroquois groups is in preparation, compris- 

 ing life-size casts representing domestic and civil life of the Iroquois 

 nation; this will include not less than 40 figures and constitutes the 

 Myron H. Clark museum of Iroquois culture. 



Botany. Cryptogams, 80,000, types and figured specimens, 

 2000+ ; Phanerogams, 20.000, types and figured specimens, 35001b; 

 Special collections of fungi, 2500; Tree trunk sections, 106. 



Commerce and Industry. Series showing development of 

 natural mineral products from the crude to the finished state. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 6400, in storage, 10,000; 

 General geological collection, on exhibition, 2500, in storage, 10,000; 

 Relief maps, 14. This section is organized as the New York state 

 geological survey. 



History. A historical department has recently been inaugu- 



