New-York tribune., 1879-04-16
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM or ART
AN APPEAL THAT SHOULD BE HEARD.

AN APPEAL THAT SHOULD BIZ HEARD.
THE MUSEUM IL THE PARK-wHAT 1T NEEDS
NEw-YORK ASKED FOR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
NEw-YORK April II. 1870.
The collections of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art are now removed from the temporary quarters
in Fourteentl-st tO the new and comm0dl0us hre-
proof building in Central Park. erected by the CITY,
The museum possesses the Dl CeSnola collection
of antiquities from Cyprus, with the hurum .
treasures, winch are unique and OF rare educationa
value. II has in addition valuable paintings,
marbles and other articles OF real artistic merit
The trustees have lately acquired the McCall0m
collection of laces, and are now IN treaty for
various other objects which. if secured, will add
great value to the exhibition.
As New-IOTk is the commercial centre, so II
sboud be the art centre of the United States. The
character of the city. its attractions rs place 0i
and trade and the Ting value OF property
within Its limits, all are dependent on INSTITUTIONS
ike this. The trustees rely on the appreciation II
these truths 10y their fcllOw-cltzcns, They desire,
when they reopen the museum in the Park bulld-
Ing to increase he power and influence ot the III
stItution by methods like the following:
To form, as heretofore loan collections OF PIC
lures satuary and other objects of art, similar to
the practice Of the KensinctOn Museum.
70 obtain carefully selected series OF casts OF an
tique and modern sculpture for the use OF art stu
dents
To increase and perfect its collection of art an
tiquities and archaeological specimens
To make large additions to the collection OF pot
terry and porcelain
valuable examples.
To establish collection exhibiting the progress
and position of the industrial arts. TO include IN
compact form in each department, the raw material,
the material in process of manufacture, ana the
completed work, with models or samples OF the
tools and machinery used. This collection to COM
prise, among other articles gems gold and sllver
work, brOnZes and other metal work, hOusenold
decorations such as paper hangngs Ssed leather,
furniture etc. textile fabrics, bOOkblndlng, laces.
dyes stained glass etc.
To carry out these and other like purposes the
trustees ask from the citizens OF NeW-lorS the sum
= A tl.1.r hl
81 90 900 shall have been subscribed. win the ui-
derstandng that the first general Application OF the
money will be
TO buy the King collection OF gems.
To purchase casts.
TO purchase architectural models.
To purchase archaeological antiquities.
TO purchase examples of fabrics, and start school
of design for the arts and trades.
TO establish system of prize medals or awards
To create fund for lectures on art.
Subscribers NAV designate, II they so desire, the
objects to which their donations shall be applied
Subscriptions can also be made payable one-halt
III the present year and Ouc-hdlf in 1850
For some years past the museum has been WITH
out funds for the purchase OF objects constantly
have institutions Literally supplied with fundS by
their citizens and have been able 10 purchase even
in NewYOrk. objects which ought to have become
our own.
The annual expenses of the museum have been
met only by strict economy, ana occasional making
up of Deficiencies bv the trustees and friends OF the
institution. The labor of carrying On the museum
has been willingly done by the trustees, who have
given TO il their best energies and they now ash
for the means of extending its usefulness. keeping
il on an advanced footing, and making IL worthy
of the metropolis of the Union.
JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON. President.
l.. =. DI CESNOLA, secretary.
L. w. RH1NbLANDER, Treasurer.
TRUSTEES
John TAYLOR Johnston. Joseph II. Choate.
William &. Prime, Rutherford Stuyvesant,
Daniel Huntington, William w. AstOr,
T. W. Rhnelauder $. J.. NJ. Barlow,
l.. u. di CesnOla, Salem H. Wales,
+. f.. Church. +. W. stevens,
j. @. A. Ward S. Whitney Phoenix,
Henry q. Marauand Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Richard VI. Hunt, lheO Weston.
Robert Gordon, Richard Butler.
George William Curtis, William l.. Andrews,
Robert Hoe ir. Samuel Z. Avery,
Samuel Gray Ward w. l.. Dodge, jr