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Volume XIV. 
SEPTEMBER, 1921 
Number 4 
The Attendance at the Bruce Museum. 
It is gratifying to all connected with 
the Bruce Museum to observe that per- 
sons from all parts of the surrounding 
country are using the building and con- 
sulting the collections. 
Not only do many persons visit the 
museum daily but many others use the 
telephone to arrange for special visits 
from schools and from classes in nature 
study. At first interest was lacking 
because the average smaller museum 
contains only a comparatively useless 
collection of curios and knickknacks 
covered with the dust of disinterested 
ages, but it soon became known that 
Greenwich possessed a museum entire- 
ly up-to-date, beautifully appointed and 
as fine in its exhibition material as any 
other institution of its size in the coun- 
try. It is appreciated, for one reason, 
because the curators have endeavored 
to procure complete collections of the 
local fauna. Visitors frequently come 
to identify a bird or other animal that 
they have seen, while still others study 
the entire collections to make them- 
selves acquainted with the local species 
of birds, insects, minerals, shells, etc. 
Another important function of the 
museum is to aid schools in nature 
work and exhibits. Collections of birds, 
etc., are lent to any school desiring 
them. 
It is interesting to note that since the 
opening of the museum visitors have 
come from every state in the Union 
except only ten, and from foreign 
countries including England, Russia, 
France, Italy, Sweden and Canada. 
The number registered for the past 
three months is five hundred and four, 
and since the opening two thousand 
one hundred and eighty ! This will 
doubtless be surprising, but many per- 
sons visit the museum that neglect to 
register. It is noteworthy that one- 
fourth of all those registered since the 
opening have come in the last few 
months, a fact that plainly points to the 
growing interest in the collections. 
Now that the museum is so favorably 
established, it is to be hoped that more 
funds will be forthcoming to further 
and enlarge the work. No museum can 
be successful and stand still. The col- 
lections must be enlarged and other 
features be added in order to continue 
the educational work and to keep 
abreast of the times. Illustrated talks 
on educational subjects should be given 
regularly through the school year, and 
a moving picture machine should be 
installed for the same purpose. It is the 
sincere desire of the curators and of all 
concerned that these features may be 
added to the museum in the near future. 
Copyright 1921 by The Agassiz Association, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Conn. 
