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0. The specimens will be illustrated and supplemented by pictures,, 

 diagrams, books, and maps, in such manner that the Museum may form 

 an encyclopcedia, the illustrations for which are in the exhibition cases, 

 the text in the labels. 



7. Guide-book manuals of the different departments will be pub- 

 lished, which will embody in concise and systematic form the informa- 

 tion given by the specimen labels, together with such illustrative mate- 

 rial as it may seem necessary to present in addition. 



By reference to the accompanying plan, it will be seen that the four 

 main divisions of the Museum building are the north, south, east, and 

 west "halls." The four square halls included between the main halls 

 in the angles joining the Kotunda are called " courts." The "ranges" 

 are eight in number. Those on the north side are the "North range — " 

 "East North" and "West North." Those on the east side are the East 

 range — "North East" and "South East." Those upon the south side 

 are the South ranges — "East South" and " West South." Those on the 

 west side are the West ranges — "South West" and "North West." 



In the pavilions and towers are the offices and laboratories connected 

 with the various departments. 



The accompanying plan shows the exhibition space allotted to each 

 department, although ruany of the departments are still without any 

 exhibition room whatever. An additional Museum building can alone 

 remedy this condition of affairs. The apportionment of space is at pres- 

 ent a provisional one and will doubtless be considerably modified here- 

 after. 



B.— THE MUSEUM STAFF. 



The staff of the Museum includes two classes — scientific and admin- 

 istrative, the former reporting to the Director of the Museum, and con- 

 sisting of curators, acting curators, assistant curators, assistants and 

 aids, the latter reporting to the Assistant Director, and consisting of a 

 superintendent of buildings with his force, which is detailed elsewhere, 

 and a number of clerks and copyists. 



5. THE SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 



There have been no changes made in the scientific staff since the writ- 

 ing of the last report, except that the section of American prehistoric 

 pottery has been included in the Department of Ethnology, instead of 

 the Department of Antiquities, as heretofore. The Section of Steam 

 Transportation was added to the Department of Arts and Industries in 

 June, under the honorary curatorship of Mr. J. E. Watkins, of the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad Company. Active operations have not been com- 

 menced in this section, and a detailed account of its condition will be 



