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PORTLAND ART ASSOCIATION. Museum of Art. 



Staff. Curator, Annie Bell Crocker. 



Art. A large collection of casts, and about 15,000 Braun carbon 

 photographs, reproducing the paintings and drawings of the more 

 important galleries of Europe. 



Historical Sketch. The museum originated in the gift of a 

 large collection of casts by the late Henry W. Corbett, about the year 

 1896. Later, the collection of carbon photographs and the nucleus 

 of an art library were given by the William S. Ladd estate. 



Financial Support. There is a small return yearly from mem- 

 bership fees and admissions, but aside from this the support of the 

 museum comes through the generosity of a few private citizens. 



Building. A two-story fireproof building affording about 10,000 

 square feet of floor space was erected in 1905, at a cost of $30,000, 

 through the generosity of Mrs. W. S. Ladd. The site was bequeathed 

 by the late H. W. Corbett. 



Administration. By the trustees of the Portland Art Association. 



Scope. The association offers the use of museum and library 

 to the public, to art classes, and to the schools of the city, and also 

 undertakes special exhibits from time to time of loan and traveling 

 collections. 



Library. About 265 volumes relating to the fine arts, and avail- 

 able for use by the public. 



Attendance. Open to the public on week-days from 9 to 5. 

 Admission is free on Thursday and Saturday afternoons; on other 

 days an admission of 15 cents is charged. The attendance for the year 

 ending November 31, 1908, was about 13,000. 



PORTLAND FREE MUSEUM. 



Staff. Curator, Chas. F. Wiegand. 



Anthropology. About 600 specimens, chiefly from this country. 



Art. Several thousand prints, photographs and engravings, 

 framed pictures, and drawings, of which one-half is in storage for lack 

 of exhibition space. 



Geology. About 5000 minerals and 100 rocks on exhibition, and 

 about 3 tons of unclassified material in storage. 



Paleontology. 500 invertebrates, 100 vertebrates, and 100 

 plants, on exhibition, with about the same number, as yet unclassified, 

 in storage. 



Zoology. 10,000 shells, 1000 insects, 50 fishes, 15,000 birds, and 

 150 mammals, including 4 groups exhibited in natural surroundings. 

 There are over 2000 specimens in storage, as yet unclassified. 



