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Its collection is in charge of F. E. Whitmore, curator, and is housed in 

 the Hatch Library building. The collections include 500 birds and 

 300 bird eggs, 54 mammals, 70 fishes, 1 case of shells. 80 other inverte- 

 brates; a small collection of rocks and minerals; Indian relics; and war 

 relics and other articles of historical interest. 



ELMIRA: 



ARNOT ART GALLERY. 



The will of Matthias Ff . Arnot provides for the organization of a 

 corporation with the name Arnot Art Gallery for the purpose of main- 

 taining his residence and art collections as a public art gallery and 

 reference library. The will provides the sum of $10,000 to be used in 

 remodeling the building for its new use, and also an endowment of 

 $200,000. Mr. Arnot's collection of paintings is valued at about 

 $300,000 and is the principal part of his gift to the public. As the will 

 has but recently been admitted to probate the organization of the insti- 

 tution is as yet incomplete. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 16 acres, established in 

 1894, containing 22 mammals. 



GEXESEO: 



LIVINGSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society maintains a small collection of local historical articles, 

 including wearing apparel, furniture, agricultural implements, por- 

 traits, manuscripts, etc. There is also a mastodon skeleton and a collec- 

 tion of minerals. 



GENEVA: 



HOBART COLLEGE. 



The college maintains museum collections in connection with the 

 department of biology and in charge of E. H. Eaton, professor of 

 biology. The museum includes several thousand fossils, mostly from 

 local paleozoic strata; several hundred casts of famous and repre- 

 sentative fossils from all parts of the world; 1400 mounted or alcoholic 

 local vertebrates; skulls, skeletons, and anatomical preparations; 

 several hundred microscopic slides; a collection of North American 

 bird eggs and nests; a collection of stone implements from Europe and 

 North America; a herbarium of 12,000 specimens; and a collection of 

 rocks and ores. It is the aim of the museum to gather material for the 



