7 
INTRODUCTION. 
The Guide locates, by means of plans and numbers, the prin- 
cipal objects of interest in the Halls, Courts, Alcoves and Galleries. 
The Columbian Rotunda is described first. The Departments 
are then taken up separately in the order of their usual sequence — 
Geology, Botany, Zoology, Ornithology, Anthropology and the 
Transportation collections. 
If a general view of the entire Museum is desired, it is sug- 
gested that the Departments be visited in the order above indi- 
cated. After viewing the Columbian Rotunda (see page 13) the vis- 
itor may proceed through the Reading Room and Lecture Hall to 
the West Pavilion, where are installed the collections of Geology, 
(see page 17). The Hallsshould be visited in the following order: 
35, 36, and 59 — Paleontology; 60 and 61 — Geographic Geology; 
62, 63, and 64 — Meteorites and Mineralogy ; 65 — Dynamic Geology ; 
66 — Lithology ; 67 to 80 inclusive — Economic Geology and Metal- 
lurgy. 
Returning to the West Court through Hall 35 the Botanical 
Department may be reached by the stairway in Alcove 102. The 
circuit of the galleries should be made from the West to the North, 
then to the East, and finally to the South Gallery. The Botanical 
collections are arranged on a geographical basis, and begin on the 
South Gallery with specimens from Asia, Europe, Africa, and fol- 
low with the South and North American Series. 
After descending to the main floor the visitor may proceed to 
the south side of the West Court and should visit the Halls of the 
Zoological and Ornithological Departments. 
The Department of Anthropologyican be entered from the 
South Court and may be studied in Halls 10 and ii, devoted to the 
Eskimo; 12 and 13 — the North Pacific Coast; 18 — ethnology of 
the .Plains Tribes; 16 and 17 — ethnology of the Southwest or 
Pueblo region; 14 and 15 — South American collections. The East 
