THE MUSEUM BUILDINGS. 
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most conspicuous objects are stone figures of a lion and a 
bull that once stood on the capitals of edict-pillars erected 
by x4§oka in northern Bihar. These are among the oldest 
sculptures in the Museum. 
The outer sides of the colonnade are occupied on the 
west by various offices ; on the north by geological, on the 
east by zoological and on the south by archaeological galleries. 
x4nother archaeological gallery (that of the Bharut Stupa) 
opens direct from the vestibule on the south side, as does 
also a geological gallery (that of the Sivalik fossils) on the 
north. x411 the geological galleries on this floor are in direct 
communication one with another^ and this is also the case with 
all those of archaeology. The bridge to the Ethnological 
Gallery in the Sudder Street Block opens from the Insect 
Gallery in the north-east corner. 
The first storey can be reached by two staircases from 
the inner vestibule and also by two smaller ones on the east 
side of the Quadrangle. The former open above on a broad 
landing in the centre of which stands a marble statue 
of Queen Victoria presented to the people of India by the 
late Mahatab Chand Bahadur, Maharajahdhiraj of Burdwan. 
Behind the statue is the entrance to the Zoological Library, 
not open to the general public. North and south from the 
library extend galleries in which zoological collections are 
stored for purposes of research, while the north-west corner 
is occupied by entomological laboratories and store-room. 
A colonnade like that on the ground floor extends round the 
quadrangle On the north side is a gallery containing fossils ; 
in the north-east corner a bridge extends from the Small 
Mammal Gallery to the Industrial Gallery in the Sudder 
Street Block; the Large Mammal Gallery occupies the 
east side, while the south end contains the Bird and 
Reptile and the Eish Galleries and also the skull room, 
the last not being open to the public. A bronze tablet with a 
portrait-bust of the late Dr. John Anderson occupies a promi¬ 
nent place in the east verandah. 
A third floor (second storey) has recently been built on 
the front of the building and extends along the whole of the 
New Wing. With the exception of a public lecture-room 
