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pletely, with considerable foreign material; and abont 10,000 zoological 

 specimens, including good representations of the fresh-water shells and 

 the birds of the state. Much of this material is derived from the pri- 

 vate collections of the late Dr. J. P. Kirtland, H. K. Winslow, and the 

 collections of the Kirtland Society of Natural History. A skeleton 

 of the lobster is the largest in existence with the exception of one or 

 two in the American Museum in New York. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 20 acres, established in 

 1893, containing 48 reptiles, 112 birds, and 102 mammals. 



COLUMBUS: 



OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



Museum. (Page Hall, Ohio State University.) 



Staff. Curator and librarian, William C. Mills; Museum assis- 

 tant, A. Brown; 2 janitors. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology of Ohio, 100,- 

 000; Ethnology of Ohio, 2000. Civilized peoples, modern, 700. The 

 museum consists for the most part of explorations in Ohio under the 

 supervision of the curator and includes representative collections from 

 each county. 



Historical Sketch. The Ohio State Archaeological and His- 

 torical Society was incorporated in 1885, as a revival of the Archaeo- 

 logical Society formed in 1875, and has maintained a museum from its 

 beginning. 



Financial Support. The society receives approximately the 

 following amounts each year: life memberships, $395; active member- 

 ships, S102; income from endowment, $244; state appropriation for 

 current expenses, $2377, for publication, $3200, for field work, $1247. 



Building. The museum occupies 7760 square feet of floor space 

 for exhibition, and 1800 for offices and storage, in Page Hall, erected in 

 1 901 by Ohio State University at a cost of $90,000. 



Administration. By a curator, responsible to a committee 

 of the society. 



Scope. Exploration and research by the staff, college teaching, 

 and public school work. 



Library. 4000 bound volumes and 3500 pamphlets on history 

 and archeology, intended for the use of both staff and public. 



Publications, (i) Annual publication, 18 volumes issued. (2) 

 Miscellaneous publications, 6 volumes issued. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days, from 8.30 

 to 5. 



