ii6 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
Placement OF Collections: — The Department occupies 
the North Court, the east alcoves of the South Court, the north 
alcoves of the West Court, Halls 30, 31 and 34 in the northwest 
quarter of the building, all of the east half of the building includ- 
ing nearly all of the east annex, and the east and south galler- 
ies of the East Court. The more precious exhibits of the De- 
partment, especially those of gold, are installed in Hall 32. 
The North Court is occupied mainly by collections illus- 
trating the archaeology of Europe. 
The east alcoves of the South Court are devoted to overflow 
collections of North American ethnology. 
The East Court and its alcoves contain groups of exhibits 
relating to North and South American archaeology. 
Hall 9 is filled with Egyptian antiquities, and halls on the 
north side (1,2,3 5* 6, 7, and 8), and the entire southeast sec- 
tion (ii, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18) are devoted to the 
ethnology of America. (Hall 18, or Ayer Hall is devoted es- 
pecially to collections donated by Mr. Ayer, which pertain 
exclusively to the tribes of the Great Plains.) Hall i is de- 
voted to temporary exhibits of newly acquired or loan collec- 
tions. At present it is occupied by material from New Guinea; 
Halls 2 and 3 are occupied by exhibits from the tribes of the 
Columbia River and adjacent regions; Hall 4 is occupied by 
collections from the Eskimo; Halls 5 and 6 contain overflow 
collections from the Plains hall and are devoted exclusively to 
the Algonkin tribes of the Plains. Hall 7 may be regarded as 
a continuance of Halls 16 and 17 of the opposite sections; it is 
devoted to the non-pueblo tribes of the Southwest, namely, 
the Navaho, Apache, and tribes of Piman and Yuman stock. 
Hall 8 contains archaeological collections from the Southwest. 
The east alcoves of the South Court and Halls 10, ii, 12, 
13, 14, and 15, contain collections from the Northwest Coast. 
Halls 16 and 17 are devoted to the Hopi Indians of the South- 
west, and with Hall 8 represent the results of the Stanley Mc- 
Cormick Hopi expeditions. 
The north alcoves of the West Court contain overflow col- 
lections from Ayer Hall and are devoted to the Caddoan tribes 
of the Plains. Halls 30 and 31 contain ethnological collections 
from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Brazil, 
Paraguay, and Argentina. Hall 34 is devoted exclusively to 
collections from California; the collections from the Mission 
Indians are necessarily placed in Hall 2. 
