1 86 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF BROOKLYN. 



The institute does not maintain a museum but has the John 

 Milton Smith collection of minerals, occupying a wall case about 25 

 feet in length and 7 shelves high. 



BUFFALO: 



BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY. Albright Art Gallery. (Dela- 

 ware Park.) 



Staff. Acting director, Cornelia B. Sage; 1 stenographer, 1 

 assistant, 1 superintendent, and 4 guards. 



Art. Oil paintings,, 241 ; Engravings and etchings, 657, including 

 the Willis O. Chapin collection of engravings and the James collection 

 of etchings; Arundel prints, 62; Cartoons, 15; Drawings, photographs, 

 etc., 66; Medals andplaquettes, 6 ; Miniatures, 10; Sculptures and casts, 

 39; Miscellaneous. 38. 



Historical Sketch. The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy was organ- 

 ized in 1862 and an art gallery was opened in American Hall. After 

 occupying a number of other buildings the present Albright Art Gallery 

 was dedicated in 1905. This building was erected by Mr. J. J. Al- 

 bright at a cost of about $400,000 and provides approximately 19,190 

 square feet of exhibition floor space in addition to an auditorium. 



Financial Support. By the income from a maintenance fund 

 of $140,000 and a city appropriation which amounted in 1909 to 

 $12,000. 



Administration. By an acting director, responsible to a board 

 of 29 trustees. 



Scope. Instruction of the general public is the chief aim of the 

 art gallery. 22 special exhibitions of paintings and bronzes were 

 given in 1909. 



Library. 45 volumes on art. 



Publications, (i) Catalogs. (2) Academy Notes, issued monthly 

 since June, 1905. (3) Bulletin, issued quarterly, since 1910. (4) 

 Blue Book, issued annually. 



Attendance. The galleries are open to the public daily from 10 

 to 5.30 except on Sundays and Mondays, when the hours are 1 to 5.30. 

 Admission is free except on Sunday and Monday, when a fee of 25 

 cents is charged. The attendance for 1909 was 113,676. 



BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society, of which Frank H. Severance is secretary and 

 treasurer, maintains museum collections obtained by gift and inci- 

 dental to its primary work of historical research and publication. 



