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has been given for the work accomplished. In some of the 
a@ivisions the work of the year has been conducted under ex- 
ceptional difficulties due to the occupation of certain ex-~ 
hibition halls of the Natural History Building by the War 
Risk Bureau. The exhibits belonging to these halls had to 
be stored in other exhibition halls which were thus necessari- 
ly closed to the curators as well as to the public. It is 
gratifying to observe, however, that the restoration of the 
exhibits to their places has afforded the opportunity of mak- 
ing noteworthy improvements in their installation. 
It may not be inappropriate to note in this place that 
the head curator's lifelong interest in art has led during 
past years to a considerable expansion of his duties; first 
to the care of the art works and to consideration of the art 
side of installation generally, and finally to his appointment 
as curator of the rapidly developing National Gallery of Art-- 
-a work which has added greatly to his responsibilities. In 
the administration of the two departments the head curator 
has been assistéd by Miss Louise A. Rosenbusch, recorder. 
The additions to this department were received in 
400 accessions, with a total of 15,421 specimens, of which 
5,088 were loans or deposits, classified and distributed as 
follows: Division of ethnology, 1,140 specimens; art textiles 
collections, 62 specimens; section of musical instruments, 2 
