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Financial Support. Entirely from private sources. 



Building. The building is of brick, and was planned in 1898 to 

 be built in sections, of which about one-fifth has already been erected. 



Scope. The scope of the museum is archeological and ethnolog- 

 ical, the archeology coming down as late as the Roman period. It 

 is intended to afford the university material for instruction and inves- 

 tigation and to offer free educational facilities to the public. 



Library. A reference library is maintained in the museum pri- 

 marily for the staff and students. 



Publications. The museum has published a Babylonian series, 

 an Egyptian series, and an anthropological series dealing with inves- 

 tigations carried -on in several sections. It also publishes Transac- 

 tions at irregular intervals. 



Attendance . Open free to the public on week-days from 10 to 

 5 and on Sundays from 2 to 6. The average yearly attendance is 

 50,000. 



UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Wistar Institute of Anat- 

 omy and Biology. 



The Wistar Institute, M. J. Greenman, director, maintains as one 

 of its activities a research museum, including extensive series of 

 preparations and material relating to human and comparative anatomy. 

 Extensive experiments have been made in museum installation, in- 

 cluding metal cases, exhibition jars, storage cases, etc. The institute 

 has an income of $50,000 a year from an endowment given by J. J. 

 Wistar. It maintains an anatomical library of 6860 volumes and 5388 

 pamphlets, and subscribes to 64 anatomical or zoological journals. 

 The greater part of the resources is expended in the maintenance of a 

 research staff . The institute publishes the following journals: Jour- 

 nal of Morphology, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology, 

 The American Journal of Anatomy, The Anatomical Record, and The 

 Journal of Experimental Zoology. 



WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE. (17th St. and Mont- 

 gomery Ave.) 



Staff. Superintendent, John G. Rothermel; 1 general assistant 

 and 1 janitor. 



Anthropology. Archeology, native, 3ooo±, foreign, 24. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 5ooo±, in storage, i4oo±; 

 Rocks, 3261c; Relief maps, models, etc., 5. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 2o,ooo± , in storage, 

 8ooo±, types and figured specimens, 1231b ; Vertebrates, on exhibition, 

 278, in storage, 32; Plants, on exhibition, 200, in storage, i5o±. 



