10 REPORT OF NEW J ERSEY STATE M HSEUM. 
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM AT THE PAN- 
AMERIOAX EXPOSITION. 
It lias been plainly shown at the Expositions held at Buffalo, 
in 1891, and at Charleston, in 1902, that the idea of establishing 
a State Museum was a wise one. 
For the success of the New Jersey exhibits at Buffalo, and the 
part the State Museum took in them, we quote the following 
from the last Museum report : 
THE NEW JERSEY EXHIBITS AT BUFFALO. 
“We feel proud of the part New Jersey took at the Pan- 
American Exposition, and feel that much credit is due to the 
part the Museum took in aiding these exhibits. It is known that 
in the Museum was placed nearly all of the material from the 
several New Jersey State Exhibits at the World’s Fair at Chicago 
in 1893, including all of the educational exhibit which received 
the highest award, the geological and agricultural exhibits, a 
large collection of photographs of different places in New Jersey, 
and the exhibits of the Women’s Department and the Board of 
Health. 
“Alien the request was made by the Governor and the Pan- 
American State Commission that an exhibit be made at Buffalo, 
the date was so late (March, 1901), that it would have been 
almost impossible to comply with the request, if the State 
Museum had not preserved nearly all of these exhibits, cases, 
cabinets, glass jars, photographs, &c., which were at Chicago. 
"It may be well to state here that the manner of presenting the 
educational exhibits at Chicago by the Department of Public In¬ 
struction, and which was originated by it, has been adopted by all 
the expositions held since 1893, not only in this country but in 
Europe. So New Jersey has received in quite large degree the 
compliment of imitation. 
“In making the geological exhibit at Buffalo, the State Geolo¬ 
gist was prepared to make a first-class exhibit at short notice, for 
which a gold and a silver medal were awarded to that Depart- 
