182 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



(fine arts), Stewart Culin (ethnology), E. L. Morris (natural science), 

 Susan A. Hutchinson (books), Jacob Doll (entomology), George K. 

 Cherrie (ornithology) ; Associate curators, Charles Schaeffer (entomol- 

 ogy); Assistant curators, A. D. Savage (fine arts); Artist, Herbert B. 

 Judy; Chief taxidermist, J. W. Critchley; Superintendent of buildings, 

 T. F. Casey; 7 clerks and stenographers, 12 preparators and mechanics, 

 7 engineers, firemen, and electricians, and 21 attendants, cleaners, 

 and watchmen. 



Anthropology. 75oo± specimens illustrating very fully the 

 customs and occupations of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest and 

 of the California Indians; also some from the Haida and related tribes; 

 small collections from Japan, China, and Siam. 



Art. Sculpture, 39; Oil paintings, 213; Water colors, 442; Cer- 

 amics, European, 569, Chinese, 50, Japanese, 191, Corean, 98, Sara- 

 cenic, 7, Moresque, 109, Greek, 64, Italic and Etruscan, 22, casts from 

 antique pottery moulds, 57; Textiles, European lace, etc., 22, Egyp- 

 tian, 19; Chinese and Japanese lacquers, 131, bronzes and other metals, 

 17, ivories, 50, wood carvings, 10, miscellaneous art objects, 9; Egyp- 

 tian antiquities, 2675; Chaldaeo-Assyrian, 385; Greek and Italian 

 bronzes, etc., 19; Replicas of Mycenaean metals, 12; Greek and Roman 

 jewelry, 224; Greek terra cottas, 31 ; Etruscan and Roman terra cottas, 

 8 ; Roman mosaics, 2 1 ; Photographic enlargements of European archi- 

 tecture, 640; Surveys of European architecture, 60. 



Botany. Cryptogams, 7000; Phanerogams, 23,000. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 4025, in storage, 3050; 

 Rocks, on exhibition, I30±, in storage, 950; Relief maps, 5o±. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, in storage, 4000^. There is 

 also a fairly complete mastodon from Newburgh and a few other verte- 

 brate fossils. 



Zoology. Shells, on exhibition, 3755±, in storage, 50,000=1=; 

 Insects, on exhibition, 40oo±, in storage, 5o,ooo±, types, 1242, figured 

 specimens, 64; Other invertebrates, on exhibition, iooo±, in storage, 

 20oo±; Fishes, on exhibition, 175, in storage, 6oo±; Batrachians, on 

 exhibition, 25, in storage, ioo±; Reptiles, on exhibition, 80, in stor- 

 age, 3 7 5 ± ; Birds, on exhibition, 500=1=, in storage, 55oo±, types, 11; 

 Mammals, on exhibition, 250, in storage, iooo±. There are 15 small 

 and 15 large groups of animals exhibited in natural surroundings. 



Historical Sketch. The nucleus of the museum is to be found in 

 a collection of birds, fishes, and shells exhibited by the old Brooklyn 

 Institute as early as 1854. The present museum was organized in 18S9 

 and is maintained as a public institution under the auspices of the 

 Brooklvn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



