New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
propENING THE MUSEUM OF ART.

REOPENING THE MUSEUM OF Aki'
NEW FEATURES AND ATrBACrloNs--A TALK WITH
GENERAL CEsNoLA-1HE PAST AND FUTURE OF
THE MUSEUM.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art VIII DC re re,
opened to the public to-day SeNelal chanSes aio
noticeahle in the various departments the Ceenoia
Collection being the only one that remains eh'neS
The same The basement hall, esgned Tor per,
in9nrnt industrial exhibition, will not be opened
at present The southwest basement room has Dee,
fitted up for library. containing az present aoouS
30O volumes William J.. Andrews has been asked
TO ACCEPT the position OF honorary hnrarian nonu
very valuable works have recently Deen preseite3i
TO The library. Among them are " me turner Eisi-
serv , n large folio presented by Robert Gordon
Elhs'S cyprus Etchngs,' and the Catalo'uo, Va ~
the Palace OF san Donate, the CUTS OF S'l ~ mn
Avery and several volumes OF lllustIatiohS Vi t
in the Island OF Java, winch come rum 'N0
Smithsonian Institution. ~, .. o,o
I'm tbe mairnhall nineteen cases in me centre are
slnd viii now and interesting articles Along the
northern side is the collection OF Esyp'i'h ;'l'-
tiouitics presented 10y George DreNel ana " uh.Du
nj illuminated misSals and old BOOKS WIN covers
o,,inmSiN, ornSmrnfel with silver. About seventy
pieces OF an odd ware, called Ores ue lanle'
come next the G3neIs.Un GSns utnnitics near Tie
stone ware are the gift OF Mr. Evans OF New
Rochelle. On the south siGe OF inc Sfeat nan are
several eases of Vienna porcelain, oidbotatcS Coco
rated and a number OF embrOldcries. professor
Pmmpelly of Newport. has added number OF
wrought-iron sword-gusrdS dating from tne hiiuoie
The smaller of the two western picture galleries
contains the Clifford Memorial CSleeti9n nnn aO,,I
Melted. OF the liz pictures making up the loan
collection in the Other western gallery. about Two
thirds are new to the museum -Four OF the most
rotjceable are gins. Bvnnats portrait of John
TAYLOR Johnst was presented BY the trustees ana
Wylies Death of nenGean Hnded w1S Edgn
has presented historical painting by IeIqiis,,,
entitled "Peder sonnavaders and Master hnut 3
opprobrious entry i9tG s oa Chateau was
presented by Durand Ruel. The Japanese cnrlos III
the northern gallery have received SOME ae1i,iohs
xrini In he
glass gallery, contains eighty silver spoons, ncnly
ornamented, of different epochs and countries
loaned Ivy - p. Avery. Ia the extreme eastern PIC
t1re gallery the Hunt Collection has given place
&c loan collection of the old masters including
two small pictures attributed TO hafhael' any a
head assigned 10 Rembrandt. In the other gallery
are eight oil paintings of the early byzantine style,
the gift of George DreNel
the eastern porch. opening into the picture gallery.
Several of the Flemish and Dutch paintings nay {
been hung along the stairway. In speaking oil tHe
past and future of the Museum. General CeshSia
sad - Cur first loan exhibition cost %2,277 30 for
freight packing and unpacklng. and insurance Oh
pictures ON Third o. this expense was tor "iillan
M Hunts pictures. This expense Will be rulhouS.
Tile Museum should borrow no large objects, the
packing and TRANSFORMATION of which VIII he cN-
pensive | have noticed that 20 per cent OF the
neople coming here on pay DAYS go away without
entering, because they think 90 cents 700 hluch'
and at my suggestion the rare lor aUhli>slon NAG
besn reduced to 70 cents. Then our system OF
checking umbrellas and canes was good III mol
crate crowd; but when there was a rush We mad TO
employ four men at : 10 q month edcn, ana there
were mistakes made that had to be paid for. The
total cost was 81 900 Now have proposed, ana
il was adopted that fee oil cents be eXacted 1oi
each check given The pavement OF the central
hall became partly worn out. and seventy new
States have been put in AS regards the heathlness
of th. Museum an the employees here have been
sick with malarial fever. The marble floors become
SO wet on rainy days that it is necessary to sponge
them several times wooden MOOR mas peen iaaq a
over The marble in the basement. Ihs total
amount received fol- admissions so far is -. -.
The number of catalogues sold and given away mas
been - Csc There is no profit III the catalogues
thev ape simply means of disseminating lnt0rna-
ton Each costs cents TO PRINT ana sells loI
the Museum is that it is private institution.
PeonIe come here and ask Tor the restaurant the
bar and want to eat then lunch in the picture gal
leries: all because they say 1t Is pubhc mstltu-
tion-which it is not"