SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
April 1, 1931. 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
c/o American Consul, 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
I am taking up further the subject discussed in my 
letter to you of March 20, which relates to the exhibits 
of the Washington Bicentennial in the Natural History Build¬ 
ing of the National Museum. 
Mr. Cammerer visited the office last Saturday in the 
company of Mr. Winters, who is, as I understand it, also con¬ 
nected with the Fine Arts Commission. At the beginning of 
our talk, I told them frankly that this entire subject was 
one you had under consideration for some time and that I did 
not feel free in indicating even tentatively space which 
might be available for their use, except that it was my under¬ 
standing that the Rotunda would be made available for them 
when the Navy could make plans for moving their exhibit. Funds 
covering the moving of this exhibit are available in appro¬ 
priations for the Bicentennial. I told them that in looking 
over your correspondence, some mention had been made of space 
for murals, but that there was no reason to believe that you 
had decided on any particular location or amount of space which 
might be made available to them. They understood that as far 
as their conversation went they were simply to put up their 
needs and that they would be brought to your attention. I have 
not taken this matter up with Dr. Abbot pending some word from 
you, since it is my understanding that you are considering this 
subject. 
My own feeling is that their desires are going to be 
rather hard to satisfy, since in addition to the Rotunda, they 
will want a considerable quantity of space adjoining the Rotunda. 
There was no discussion of specific space, since they did not 
have any exact figures in mind, but they left the impression 
that they would like to have about half of the West Wing, that 
adjoining the Rotunda, and, in addition, some space in the North 
Wing. Their present idea is that they would prefer the East or 
