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Placement of Collections. — The Department occupies the 
North Court, the East Court, the east alcoves of the South Court, 
the southeast section of the main building, the southern series of 
halls of the northeast section, and the east and south galleries of 
the East Court. 
The North Court is occupied mainly by collections illustrating 
the archeology of Europe. 
The East alcoves of the South Court are devoted to repro- 
ductions of Central American antiquities. 
The East Court and its alcoves contain groups of exhibits 
relating to North and South American archeology. 
In Hall lo are installed exhibits of musical instruments. Hall 
9 is filled with Egyptian antiquities, and the rest of the halls on 
the north side (4, 5, 6 and 7) are occupied by collections illustra- 
ting the ethnology of Africa Asia and Pacific Islands. 
The southeast section is devoted to the ethnology and arch- 
eology of America. Halls 10 and ii contain collections from the 
Eskimo of Alaska, Labrador and Greenland. Hall 18 or Ayer 
Hall is devoted especially to the collections donated by President 
Ayer. These exhibits pertain largely to tribes of the great in- 
terior region. Halls 12 and 13 contain exhibits from the North- 
west Coast, beginning at the southwest with South Alaska, and 
ending at the northeast with the State of Washington. 
Halls 14, 15, are devoted to the ethnology of South America. 
Halls 16 and 17 are devoted to the ethnology of the Hopi Indians 
of Arizona. Halls 30 and 31 contain well selected exhibits illus- 
trating the textile art, and Hall 33 is devoted to ceramics. 
The physical laboratories, and collections illustrating physi- 
cal anthropology, occupy the galleries of the East Court. 
NORTH COURT. 
EUROPEAN ARCHEOLOGY. 
The central floor space of this court is devoted to European 
archeology, while the alcoves contain miscellaneous exhibits. 
