CONTENTS 



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Board of Trustees 1 



Scientific Staff 2 



Index of Exhibition Halls 7 



Introduction: 



History and \\ ork of the Museum 10 



Location 10 



BOUTS of Admission 10 



Study ( Soiled ions 12 



Publical ions 15 



Workshops 16 



First Floor: 



Visitors' Room 19 



Memorial Hall (South Pavilion) 19 



Meteorites 20 



Indians of North Pacific Coast (South Central Wing) 20 



Eskimo Collections (South Central Wing) 23 



Mural Decorations (South Central Wing) 23 



Auditorium (Central Pavilion) 24 



Indians of the Woodlands (Southwest Wing) 26 



Indians of the Plains (Southwest Pavilion) 29 



Indians of the Southwest (West Wing) 32 



Polar Maps (East Corridor) 35 



Jesup Collection of North American Woods (Southeast Wing) 35 



Darwin Hall, Invertebrates (Southeast Pavilion) 37 



Second Floor: 



Amphibians, Reptiles (South Pavilion) 44 



Local Birds (West Corridor) 49 



Ancient Monuments of Mexico and Central America (Southwest Wing) . . 51 



Prehistoric Man of North America and Europe (Southwest Pavilion) .... 54 



Collections from Africa (West Wing) 55 



Birds of the World (South Central Wing) 56 



Recent Fishes (Corridor of Central Pavilion) 59 



Mammals of North America (Southeast Wing) 65 



Preparation of Elephant Group (Southeast Pavilion) 70 



Third Floor: 



Members' Room (East Corridor) 71 



Monkeys, Apes, Rodents and Bats (South Pavilion) 71 



Right Whale Skeleton (South Pavilion) 72 



Habitat Groups of North American Birds (South Central W T ing) 72 



Public Health : Water Supply, Insects and Disease (West Corridor) 80 



Auduboniana (W r est Corridor) 84 



Indians of South America (Southwest Wing) 85 



Chinese and Siberian Collections (Southwest Pavilion) 89 



Shells (West Wing) 91 



Mammals of the World, their Families and Evolution (Southeast Wing) . 92 



Hall of Insect Life (Southeast Pavilion) 93 



Fourth Floor: 



Foreword on Fossil Vertebrates 96 



Fossil Fishlike Lizards (West Corridor) 97 



Mastodons and Mammoths (South Pavilion) 97 



Mammals of the Tertiary Period (Southeast Wing) 99 



Fossil Reptiles and Fishes (Southeast Pavilion) 103 



Geology and Invertebrate Palaeontology (South Central Wing) 109 



Gems and Precious Stones (West Corridor) 115 



Minerals (Southwest Wing) 117 



Collect ions from the Pacific Islands (Southwest Pavilion) 117 



Collections from the Philippines (West Wing) 121 



Fifth Floor: 



Library. Offices 122 



Index 123 



Popular Publications of the Museum 125 



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