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CONTEXTS 



Page 

 Index of Exhibition Halls 9 



Introduction 11 



History of the Museum 

 Local ion 



Hours of Admission 

 Administration and Support 



First Floor 



Information Bureau 13 



Memorial Hall (South Pavilion) 13 



statue of Morris K. Jesup. 13 



Meteorites 14 



Model Of Solar System 14 



Indians of the North Pacific Coasl (South Central Wing) . . 16 



Indians of British Columbia and Alaska; Eskimo Collections 

 Mural Decorations 



Auditorium (Central Pavilion) 18 



Power Room (Wesl Central Wing) I s 



Ward-Coonley Meteorites (Wesi Corridor) Is 



Indians of the Woodlands (Southwest Wing) 19 



Including all tribes east of the Mississippi: Iroquois, New York Indians, 

 Seminole. Menomiiii. Winnebago, Cree Ojibwa and Delaware' 



Indians of the I 'la ins (Southwesl Pavilion) '-':{ 



Comprising tribes between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains: Plains 

 Cree, Dakota. Crow. Blackfoot, Mandan. Pawnee. Kiowa and Cheyenne 



Indians of the Southwest (Wesl Wing) '-' I 



Sedentary Indians: Rio Grande Pueblo, Prehistoric Pueblo Bonito. Ilopi. 



Prehistoric Cliff Dwellers and Zuni: 

 Nomadic Indians: Apache, Navajo, Pima ami Mexican Indians 



Polar Expeditions (East Corridor) 28 



Jesup Collection of North American Woods (Southeast Wins). . . . 2s 



Darwin Hall: Invertebrates (Southeast Pavilion) 29 



The series in (he alcove cases gives a synopsis of the Animal Kingdom and 



includes Protozoa, sponges, Polyps, Flat w onus. Roundworms, Roti- 

 fers, Sea-mats, Starfish, Annelids, Arthropods, Mollusks and Verte- 

 brates 



Coral AJ 



Malaria Mosquito :i2 



Second Floob 



Astronomical Clock (South Pavilion I 35 



Mammals (South Pavilion) 35 



Dogs, small carnivores, the Barbarj Lion "Hannibal" and the elephant 



"Tip" 



.Natural History Reading Room •'{(> 



Children's Room ^<> 



Room for the Blind :il> 



Mitla Ruins (Southwest Pavilion and Restaurant in Basement) M 



