GRAND RAPIDS:

KENT SCIENTIFIC MUSEUM.

STAFF. Director, Herbert E. Sargent; Assistant director, Edwin R. Kalmbach; Secretary, Lena E. Baker; Assistants, E. S. Holmes and Helen B. Allen; 1 janitor and engineer, and I printer (part time). ANTHROPOLOGY. Uncivilized peoples, native, 3000±; Civilized peoples, ancient, 100 (Egyptian antiquities), modern, 700 specimens. ART. Ceramics, 400 specimens.

BOTANY. Herbaria, 4500± specimens; Display bottles of seeds and grains, 300; Miscellaneous, 500±; Forestry, native woods, 350±, foreign woods (mostly West Indian and South American), 200±.

GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 3610, in storage, large quantities; Rocks, on exhibition, 230. There are many fine cabinet specimens of Grand Rapids gypsum and calcites, and Joplin, Missouri, sphalerites, dolomites, and calcites for exchange.

NUMISMATICS. 1500 specimens.

PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, 2170; Vertebrates, 20, including type specimens of Botherium sargenti; Plants, 300. The collections include the skeleton of a mastodon from Florida, restored and mounted, and a mastodon from Michigan in process of restoration.

ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 2000 species, in storage, 5675; Insects, 4030; Other invertebrates, 1525; Fishes, 40; Reptiles, 40; Birds, on exhibition, 750, in storage, 3000; Mammals, 30; Bird eggs and nests, 600. These collections include a mounted specimen of a 70 foot whale; the Steere collection of Philippine corals, comprising 1000 specimens, said to be the most complete collection of Philippine corals in the United States; and the E. Crofton Fox collection of Bahama sponges.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. The transfer of the collections of the Kent Scientific Institute to the board of education constituted the beginning of the present museum. During the year 1902 these collections, together with several others acquired by purchase, were displayed. in the audience hall of the Central High School. The present museum building was opened to the public on January 7, 1904.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. By an appropriation from city council, the amount being fixed from year to year, and by gifts from interested friends. The last city appropriation was $6774.

BUILDING. Erected in 1870, purchased by the city at a cost of $40,000, and adapted to museum purposes in 1903. It affords 11,000 square feet of floor space for exhibition, and 2500 for offices, workrooms, etc.

ADMINISTRATION. By a director, who is responsible to a library and museum commission elected by popular vote.

SCOPE. Instruction of the general public and pupils of the public schools, and the maintenance of local collections. Regular circulating collections are maintained for use in the schools, lectures are given at the museum to teachers with their classes, exhibits are made each year at the West Michigan state fair, and special exhibits are held annually at the museum.

LIBRARY. 1000 volumes of a scientific character, used chiefly by the staff.

PUBLICATIONS. Bulletin, issued monthly.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on week-days from 8.30 to 5 and on Sundays and legal holidays from 2.30 to 5. The yearly attendance approximates 55,000.

ZOÖLOGICAL PARK.

The city maintains a zoölogical park of 4 acres, established in 1891, containing 7 reptiles, 48 birds, and 90 mammals.

HOUGHTON:

MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. Mineralogical Museum.

The college maintains the following collections in geology and paleontology in charge of A. E. Seaman, professor of mineralogy and geology: Minerals, on exhibition, 15,300; Rocks, on exhibition, 4000, in storage, 5000; Microscopic sections, of minerals, 2132, of rocks, 4973; Exhibits to show the properties of minerals, 485; Specimens illustrating the formations of Michigan, 1975; Natural crystals, 2260; Crystal models in glass, 151, in wood and plaster, 2153; Economic collections, 3000. In paleontology there are 3000 invertebrate, 200 vertebrate, and 100 plant fossils.

In addition to the foregoing there are 250 ethnological specimens; 300 specimens of woods; 1000 shells; and a small synoptic collection in zoölogy.

LANSING:

MICHIGAN PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (Capitol.) The society maintains a museum on the fourth floor of the capitol, including the best collection of Indian relics on display in the state; 3000 pieces of china; a collection of fine pewter, brownware, candlesticks, lamps, etc.; 100 portraits; some very old furniture; and a collection of miscellaneous articles of historical interest. The museum has no endowment or special income but is maintained by the society in connection with its general historical investigation.

MINNESOTA

COLLEGEVILLE:

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY.

The university maintains a museum for teaching purposes in charge of Severin Gertken, curator, and James Hansen and Fridolin Tembreull, assistants. The collections occupy 4576 square feet of exhibition space on the second floor of the library building. There are 6 cases of ethnological specimens, representing the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, the Dakota Sioux Indians, and the Alaska Indians. The herbarium includes 1200 species; and the geological collection, 2500 specimens. In zoology there are 15,000 insects, including 600 species of beetles, and an equal number of butterflies and moths from Minnesota; and 400 mounted specimens of birds and mammals. There are also small collections of shells, coins, and eggs.

MINNEAPOLIS:

MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS.

The society holds occasional exhibitions but maintains no per

manent museum.

MINNESOTA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Museum. (Public
Library Building.)

STAFF. Curator, John W. Franzen.

ANTHROPOLOGY. Skulls, body and limb bones of prehistoric peoples from burial mounds in Minnesota and adjoining states; Indian implements, weapons, clothing, etc., from Minnesota; an extensive and varied collection from the Philippines.

ART. The following collections have recently been placed in the museum by Mr. T. B. Walker: A series of the finest 8th century Persian porcelains; Greek vases and Tanagran sculptured figures of the 6th to the 2nd century B. c.; ancient Greek and Assyrian glassware; Chinese idols and temple gods; 9 bas-reliefs and 4 marble heads. from Palmyra; 3 stone tablets with cuneiform inscriptions from the palaces of Ashur-nazir-pal, king of Assyria; 40 Chinese bronze vases of the 12th to the 18th century; a marble statue of Hercules from Palmyra; etc.

BOTANY. A herbarium of several thousand flowering plants of Minnesota; a collection of Philippine woods.

GEOLOGY. The Walker collection of ornamental stones, said to be the best of its kind in the West; a general geological collection representing the rocks and minerals of Minnesota and adjacent states, and the province of Ontario.

PALEONTOLOGY. Several hundred invertebrate fossils from a number of localities in southeastern Minnesota, forming. the nucleus of a local collection.

ZOOLOGY. An extensive collection from the Philippines, including one of the largest series of corals known from this region, and at large number of specimens of Nautilus which formed the basis of Professor Lawrence Griffin's investigations on this form; 2700 lepidoptera, chiefly from the palearctic, nearctic, and Indo-Malay regions; an excellent representative collection of Minnesota birds and 40005000 mounted and unmounted bird skins from the Philippine Islands, including a number of type specimens and forming one of the most complete collections made in that region.

BUILDING. The museum occupies about 3750 square feet of exhibition floor space in the public library building.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on week-days from 8.30 to 5.30 and on Sundays from 2 to 5.30. The number of visitors is estimated at 20,000-25,000 annually.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

The curator reports that the zoological collections are at present in storage owing to lack of space for exhibition. It is hoped that suitable quarters will be provided in the near future when special attention will be given to the formation of local collections. No information has been received regarding other collections of the university, which are said by Merrill to comprise a herbarium of 325,000 plants, 200 specimens of woods, 2000 jars of botanical material in alcohol or formalin; 570c rocks, 2000 minerals, and 1500 thin sections; and 9700 entries in paleontology, with additional study collections.

WALKER PRIVATE GALLERY. (807 Hennepin Ave.)

In this gallery Mr. T. B. Walker has a carefully selected series of about 250 oil paintings, including many by old masters; a collection of very fine Chinese bronzes and porcelains; Persian, Babylonian, and Egyptian pottery, etc. This gallery is open free to the public on weekdays during the hours of daylight.

ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

The city maintains a zoölogical park of about 10 acres containing 52 birds and 24 mammals.

NORTHFIELD:

CARLETON COLLEGE.

The college has a museum containing approximately 12,000 fossils, 2000 minerals, and 1000 zoological specimens. The collection is now in storage owing to changes in the buildings of the college and there is no curator at present.

ST. PAUL:

HAMLINE UNIVERSITY.

No reply has been received to repeated requests for information concerning the natural history museum of this university, which is said by Merrill to comprise 200 anthropological specimens, 3300 botanical specimens, a general collection of minerals, 1000 specimens of historical geology, 1000 fossils, and the following zoological collections: Shells, 500; Insects, 1000; Other invertebrates, 500 alcoholic and 300 dried specimens; Birds, 200 mounted specimens and 400 skins; Mammals, 100 skins; Osteology, 100 articulated and 250 disarticulated skeletons; Alcoholic vertebrates, 200; Anatomical preparations, 500; Bird nests and eggs, 500.

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

The society maintains a museum, library, and portrait gallery; the two former in the new state capitol building, the latter in the old capitol, where the former governor's rooms are used as a state portrait gallery. The museum contains historical relics, chiefly of local interest, and a large archeological collection, including about 23,000 specimens donated by Rev. Edward C. Mitchell, and about 100,000 specimens, collected and donated by the late Hon. J. V. Brower. From the field notes and maps accompanying the latter collection, there is in press a quarto volume on "The Archaeology of Minnesota," with about 500 maps of aboriginal mounds in this state, by Prof. N. H. Winchell, to be published by the society.

ST. PAUL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

In connection with its department of natural and physical sciences the St. Pau! Institute has established a museum which was opened to the public on February 4, 1910. The museum includes the Mitc' ell collection of 12,000 sponges, corals, shells, other marine invertebrates, and fossils; a collection of 400 game birds and fishes; over 2000 fossils; 600 Indian pottery, implements, and weapons; an ethnological collection of 600 objects from the Philippines, Egypt, and North American , Indian tribes; 2000 geological specimens; a Minnesota herbarium; a