200 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



and Frank E. Lutz (invertebrate zoology), Louis Hussakof (fossil 

 fishes), Walter Granger (fossil mammals), Barnum Brown (fossil 

 reptiles), R. H. Lowie and H. J. Spinden (anthropology); Assistants, 

 Roy C. Andrews (mammalogy), W. deW. Miller (ornithology), 

 Charles W. Mead and Alanson Skinner (anthropology), Mary C. 

 Dickerson (in charge of woods and forestry), Anthony Woodward (in 

 charge of maps and charts); Preparators and technical employees, 37; 

 Administrative and clerical employees, 42; Engineers and mechanical 

 employees, 28; Custody of building, employees, 72. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 

 94,000, foreign, 15,000; Ethnology, native, 31,000, foreign, 108,500. 

 There are 12 life-size ethnological groups on exhibition. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 13,000, in storage, 5000; 

 Rocks, on exhibition, 1500, in storage, 10,000; Relief maps, 23. Other 

 collections include 1450 gems on exhibition and 1550 in storage, 580 

 meteorites, and 1050 building stones. Material of special interest 

 includes collections from Mt. Pele; the Willamette meteorite; and 

 "Ahnighito," the Cape York meteorite. The last weighs 36.5 tons 

 and is the largest and heaviest meteorite known. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 236,000, in stor- 

 age, 8300, types and figured specimens, 8500; Vertebrates, on exhibi- 

 tion, 2coo±, in storage, 18,000, types and figured specimens, 1000; 

 Plants, on exhibition, 1500, in storage, 1000. Material of special 

 interest on exhibition includes 49 complete mounted skeletons of mam- 

 mals and 24 of reptiles and amphibians. There are also important 

 series illustrating the evolution of the horse, and extensive series of 

 dinosaurs. 



Zoology. Shells, on exhibition, 65,ooo±, in storage, 185,000, 

 types and figured specimens, 140; Insects, extensive collections with 

 numerous types and figured specimens; Fishes, batrachians, and rep- 

 tiles, small collections; Birds and mammals, extensive collections. 

 There are special economic exhibits of insects; local and seasonal ex- 

 hibits of birds; and enlarged models and life-size groups of inverte- 

 brates. There are 56 large and 10S small groups of animals exhibited 

 in natural surroundings; among these special mention may be made of 

 the habitat groups of birds. 



Other Departments. The department of public education 

 maintains a children's room, an exhibit for the blind, and loan collec- 

 tions of nature study material. During the school year 463 cabinets 

 have been sent to 384 schools, containing over a million children. 



The departments of physiology and public health are at present 



