New York State Museum

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Excerpt from New York State Museum: Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the Regents for the Year 1890Since Dr. Merrill has already shown a deep and appreciative interest in the Museum, its plans, purposes and its future advance ment, he has naturally turned his attention to its present condi tion, both in the building upon State street, and to the location of departments in the State Hall and the Capitol.At the present time the Agricultural and Geological Hall on State street is the only available place for collections which are to be arranged for public exhibition. The building scarcely afi'ords accommodation for the officer in charge of the Museum and for the Assistant Zoologist. The State Botanist is located in a room in the State Hall, the State Entomologist has quarters in the Capitol, while the State Geologist and Assistant Palaeontologist, with the enormous collections in the latter department together with the draughtsmen occupy rooms in the upper story of the State Hal]. It is needless to comment upon the inconvenience coming from these distant and isolated locations, and the barrier it places to free intercourse and consultation among the members of the Museum staff. Nothing would more conduce to harmony and unanimity of purpose and action than the concentration of the Museum staff in a single well lighted and fire proof building, adapted to the wants of a scientific Museum in all its departments of natural history. But I need not dwell upon this aspect of the case, it has already been presented to your honorable body on many occasions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.