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lections are the property of the city but are in the care of the public 

 library, where they occupy a room on the second floor and are open 

 to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Visitors from out- 

 of-town are admitted at any time. The museum is used by teachers 

 and school children for educational purposes. 



RIPON: 



RIPON COLLEGE. 



The college maintains teaching collections in connection with 

 its departments of classics, biology, and geology. 



The archeological collection includes 250 Roman coins of the 

 most important reigns of the empire; 50 terra cotta lamps illustrat- 

 ing all the types; Etruscan, Greek, and Roman vases dating from 

 750 to about 300 b. c; bronze fibulae, keys, letter stamps, bone stili, 

 spoons, dice, etc.; several fine specimens of glass from Greece and 

 Italy; inscribed amphora handles and numerous other articles con- 

 nected with the daily life of the ancient Romans; and several thous- 

 and carefully selected photographs and slides, illustrating Greek 

 and Roman history, geography, and art. 



The mineral collection comprises about 2000 specimens, includ- 

 ing the Barber collection; the New Orleans collection, from the New 

 Orleans Exposition; the Armstrong collection; and the educational 

 series of rocks distributed by the United States geological survey. 



The biological collections include a synoptic series of invertebrate 

 and vertebrate animals, and the Congdon collection of bird eggs, 

 obtained chiefly in Wisconsin and Canada. 



These collections are open free to the public whenever the college 

 is in session. 



ST. FRANCIS: 



ST. FRANCIS SEMINARY. Salzmann Museum. 



The Salzmann Museum is the property of St. Francis Seminary, 

 and is in charge of the professor of natural sciences, Rev. William 

 Metzdorf. The primary purpose of the museum is college teaching, 

 and the collections include 5000 Indian relics; 75 skulls; 800 coins, 

 including 200 old Roman coins; 1500 specimens in botany; 2000 

 minerals, including especially fine agates and gold ores; 200 fossils; 

 and a zoological collection comprising 500 shells, 15,000 insects, 50 

 other invertebrates, 5 fishes, 2 batrachians, 12 reptiles, 250 birds 



