PREFATORY NOTE 



It i> frequently necessary to rearrange the exhibits in order to provide 

 space for new materia] or to put into effect advanced ideas regarding 

 methods of exhibition, and as these changes are taking place all the time, 

 it unavoidably happens that now and then discrepancies will he found 

 between the actual arrangement of the specimens and that noted in the 

 ('.i [DE. In some cases further information may he obtained from the 

 Guide Leaflets which describe exhibits of special interest. See list 

 of Popular Publications. 



WEST 

 WING 



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HWEST | 



SOUTHWEST 

 PAVILION 



SOUTHWEST WING 



\%v south n§ i 



SOU 

 PAVILIO' 



FLOOR PLAN OF THE MUSEUM 



Showing the location of the halls and the names by which the}' are designated in 

 this Guide. See Key to Exhibition Halls on opposite page. 



The halls are named according to the position they will have in the completed 

 Museum building, which will consist of four long facades, facing east, west, north 

 and south respectively, each connected with the center of the quadrangle formed by a 

 wing extending between open* courts. Tims the hall at the eastern end of the south 

 facade (the only facade completed) becomes the "southeast pavilion." 



