CONTENTS 



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Board of Trustees 1 



Scientific Staff 2 



Index of Exhibition Halls 7 



Introduction: 



History and Work of the Museum 10 



Location 10 



Hours of Admission 10 



Study Collections 13 



Publications 134 



Workshops 18 



First Floor: 



Visitors' Room 21 



Memorial Hall (South Pavilion) 21 



Meteorites 23 



Indians of North Pacific Coast (South Central Wing) 23 



Eskimo Collections (South Central Wing) 26 



Mural Decorations (South Central Wing) 26 



Auditorium (Central Pavilion) 27 



Indians of the Woodlands (Southwest Wing) 27 



Indians of the Plains (Southwest Pavilion) 31 



Indians of the Southwest (West Wing) 34 



Polar Maps (East Corridor) 37 



Jesup Collection of North American Woods (Southeast Wing) 37 



Darwin Hall, Invertebrates (Southeast Pavilion) 39 



Second Floor: 



Amphibians, Reptiles (South Pavilion) 47 



Local Birds (West Corridor) 51 



Ancient Monuments of Mexico and Central America (Southwest Wing) . . 53 



Prehistoric Man of North America and Europe (Southwest Pavilion). ... 55 



Collections from Africa (West Wing) 57 



Birds of the World (South Central Wing) 58 



Recent Fishes (Corridor of Central Pavilion) 63 



Mammals of North America (Southeast Wing) 67 



Preparation of Elephant Group (Southeast Pavilion) 74 



Third Floor: 



Members' Room (East Corridor) 75 



Monkeys. Apes, Rodents and Bats (South Central Pavilion) 75 



Right Whale Skeleton (South Pavilion) 77 



Habitat Groups of North American Birds (South Central Wing) 77 



Public Health: Water Supply, Insects and Disease (West Corridor) 85 



Auduboniana (West Corridor) 90 



Indians of South America (Southwest Wing) 91 



Chinese and Siberian Collections (Southwest Pavilion) 95 



Shells (West Wing) 97 



Mammals of the World, Their Families and Evolution (Southeast Wing).. 98 



Hall of Insect Life (Southeast Pavilion) 99 



Fourth Floor: 



Foreword on Fossil Vertebrates 103 



Fossil Fishlike Lizards (West Corridor) 104 



Early Man, Mastodons and Mammoths (South Pavilion) 104 



Mammals of the Tertiary Period (Southeast Wing) 108 



Fossil Reptiles and Fishes (Southeast Pavilion) 112 



Geology and Invertebrate Palaeontology (South Central Wing) 118 



Gems and Precious Stones (West Corridor) 125 



Minerals (Southwest Wing) 126 



Collections from the Pacific Islands (Soiithwest Pavilion) 126 



Collections from the Philippines (West Wing) 129 



Fifth Floor: 



Library. Offices 131 



Index 132 



Popular Publications of the Museum 134 



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