2o6 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



gan; Dino and Ellis collections of arms and armor; Mrs. S. P. Avery 

 collection of spoons; Moses Lazarus collection of fans; Burgundian 

 Gothic tapestries; Crosby-Brown collection of musical instruments; 

 Woodwork and furniture. 



Historical Sketch. The movement which resulted in the 

 establishment of the museum was initiated by the Union League Club 

 in 1869. The institution was incorporated in April 1870, and the 

 nucleus of the collections was formed by the purchase of three collec- 

 tions of old masters in 187 1 and of the Cesnola collections of Cypriote 

 antiquities, 1872-6. Prior to 1880 the museum occupied rented 

 quarters, first on Fifth Avenue and then on Fourteenth Street, and 

 the present building was opened to the public in 1880. 



Financial Support. The museum has the following sources of 

 income: endowment; city appropriation, optional within fixed limits, 

 in 1909, $200,000; memberships, $45,860; admission fees, $11,622.50; 

 sale of publications, $8,759.93. The administration expenses for 1909 

 exceeded $285,000. 



Building. Erected in 1874, and opened to the public in 1880. 

 It has since grown to about seven times its original size and still further 

 additions are in progress. All additions have been constructed and 

 equipped by the city, whose property they are. 



Administration. By a board of trustees. 



Library. 15,000 volumes on the fine arts and archeology, 

 housed in a separate library building, and used by the public as well 

 as by the staff. There are large supplementary collections of photo- 

 graphs. 



Publications. These include annual reports (1871 to date), 

 photographs, circulars of information, catalogs, and a monthly 

 Bulletin. 



Attendance. Open to the public daily, from 10 to 6 in summer 

 and 5 in winter (on Saturdays from 10 to 10 and Sundays 1 to 6). 

 Admission is free except on Mondays and Fridays when an entrance 

 fee of 25 cents is charged to all except members, copyists, and teachers 

 with classes. 



NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. (Bronx Park.) 



Staff. Director-in-chief, N. L. Britton; Assistant director, W. 

 A. Murrill; Head curator, John K. Small; Curators, P. A. Rydberg, 

 Arthur Hollick, Marshall A. Howe, H. H. Rusby (economic collec- 

 tions); Museum custodian. Arthur J. Corbett; Head gardener, George 

 Y. Nash; Director of the laboratories, Fred J. Seaver; Librarian, 



