AUDITORIUM 15 



The mural decorations by Will S. Taylor between the windows on 

 Mural both sides of the hall represent the industries and cere- 



Decorations monies of the Indians of this region. Those at the north end 

 of the hall by Frank Wilbert Stokes relate to the Eskimo and their country. 



North Corridor 



The Eskimo collections will be found in the adjoining hallway and 

 corridor. Near the entrance is an Eskimo woman fishing through the 

 The ice. She has formed a windbreak with blocks of ice. The 



Eskimo fish rod and hook and the long ladle arc made of bone and 



with this latter she keeps the water in the hole from freezing over while 

 she is fishing. Just back of her stands a man about to strike a seal under 

 the ice. In another case will be found an Eskimo woman cooking in the 

 interior of a snow hut or igloo lined with sealskin. She is using a stone 

 lamp filled with seal oil, which feeds the flame over which the meal is 

 being prepared. In this section will be found collections obtained by the 

 Stefansson-Anderson expedition from the Eskimo of Coronation Gulf, 

 some of whom had never seen a white man. In other cases are shown the 

 clothing of the Eskimo, the many ingeniously made implements, and 

 many finely carved and engraved ivory objects from the collections made 

 by Peary, Comer and MacMillan. 



The Auditorium, opening from the corridor, has a seating capacity 



of 1400. and is equipped with two screens, 25 feet square, for stereop- 



ticons. Free public lectures are given here Tuesday 

 Auditorium '. „ "? ^ T , 



and Saturday evenings from October to May under 



the auspices of the Board of Education. There are also special 

 lectures for Members of the Museum as well as lectures for school 

 children. At the entrance of the lecture hall is appropriately placed a 

 bust of Professor Albert S. Bickmore, originator of the movement that 

 resulted in the erection of the Museum, first curator, and founder of its 

 lecture system. 



The further portion of the corridor is occupied by the collection of 

 building stones, a series of rocks illustrating the geology of Manhattan 

 Building Island and some large specimens of interest in general 



Stones geology. The center of the corridor is occupied by the 



general collection of meteorites, one of the largest and most representa- 

 __ . tive in this country, containing as it does specimens from 



about 500 of the 700 falls and finds that are known through- 

 out the world. Some of the principal features of our collection are 



2000 or more individual masses from the stone shower which 

 occurred when a large meteorite exploded near Holbrook, Arizona, in 



