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REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
THE SEA COAST EXHIBIT. 
The seacoast exhibit at the World’s Fair consisted of a larsre 
number of fine photographs of different parts of the State, and 
were the best shown, at the Fair. On their return they were, 
with the rest of the exhibits, stored in Trenton. The State Li¬ 
brarian, Col. Hamilton, turned them over to the State Museum, 
and they were delivered to* the Curator. As many of these pho¬ 
tographs as space would permit have been hung on the walls, 
still there is a large number not yet displayed. As these pic¬ 
tures give such a good idea of different parts of the State, they 
should all be placed where they can be seen. Several of them 
were sent to Buffalo to the Pan-American Exposition, and at¬ 
tracted much attention. 
CIRCUEARS OE INFORMATION. 
That the object of the New Jersey State Museum should be 
understood by the people of the State, the Commission requested 
the Curator to prepare circulars stating its objects, and to have 
them distributed throughout the State. 
In compliance with this request the following circulars were 
prepared, printed and circulated, and are still being distributed: 
Circular No. i. 
State oe New Jersey. 
The State Museum. 
Circuear of Information. 
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The State Museum was established by act of the Legislature, approved 
March 20th, 1895. 
It had its origin in the collections made by the State for the World’s 
Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Governor Werts, in his message 
to the Legislature in 1895, said: “The exhibits include the educational, agri¬ 
cultural, geological and sea-coast exhibits. These exhibits were very fine 
and cost large sums of money. If preserved intact, they are now worth 
more than their original cost, as it would be impossible to duplicate them. In 
my opinion the exhibits should be preserved, and the State should provide 
