Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-22

How the Nasienal Mussun WIN Bs
Represented.
OBJECTS sELRCrKD WITH A VIEW 70 ILLUSTRATING
THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE MusEuM-A DISPLAY
ARRANGED IN A FoRTSIoHr-MATERIAL THAT Has
NEVER BEEN SHOWN BHFoRE
Ten thousand feet Of the space assigned TO the
National Government at the Ohio Valley Centen-
NAL Exposition, TO be opened at Cincinnati July l.
Will be filled BY the exhibition made BY the Smith
sonian Institution and National Museum, in con-
nection with the Bureau Of Ethnology. For q
fortnight one OF the halls In the National Museum
has been nlled with packing cases. Any one peer.
ing into the hall might have seen the fragments
OF whales or other huge monsters scattered about
the hall.
Active preparations for this exhibit were begun
as soon as me OH making the required appropria
force OF men was Immediately put TO work. glass
Lor exhloltlon cases was ordered by telegraph from
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Skins were placed In the hands OF taxidermists In
Eochestef New York and this city. and objects
II Is the intention OF the Smithsonian to have a
creditable display upon the moor OF the exhibition
building ready for the opening on July 4 Ship.
menus Will be commenced to-day or tomorrow. Al
least three carloads will be dispatched this week
containing mainly exhibition cases, which win be
SET on the moor In readiness to receive the exhibits
which will go few days later
Inc time allowed for the preparation Of this
exhibition has been, so Museum Official said,
New Orleans exposition six months were allowed,
and Tor the Centennial at Philadelphia year.
Various delays that have occurred have shortened
the time for preparation for this exposition to
three weeks, and some departments OF the Museum
have had less than Two weeks in which to get Their
material ready.
THE PLAN OF THE EXHIBIT.
cases OF selected objects will be taken from
several departments, but mainly from the depart
ments OF anthropOlogy, zoology, and of arts and
industries The intention is TO have the exhibits
taken from the department OF anthropology, Illus.
trate the plan upon which the museum Is being
arranged by means OF a number OF cases showing
the geographical distribution and physical char.
acteristics OF the races OF men, the processes and
also by collection Illustrating the subject OF bib
Heal archaeology and collection OF remains OF pre-
historic man In Europe, Asia, and America, The
connection with this department, choosing for its
topic the pueblo OF Zuni, the arts and industries,
and also an exhibition OF models Of Indian mounds
Of the Mississippi valley.
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES.
From the collection OF the department of arts
and Industries two subjects are chosen for Illus
tration. One subject is the history Of trade and
commerce Of the United States, and the exhibits
illustrating this Will include a series Of models
showing the history OF water transportation In
The OHIO valley, and another series showing the
history OF land transportation for three centuries
Especially In connection Will the migration across
the Allegheny Mountains. There will be also a
series OF models showing the different rigs OF sea-
going vessels.
The other subject to be illustrated BY the de-
partment Of arts and industries is the history of
graphic arts In America. This collection Is being
prepared under the direction Of Mr. =. h Koehler,
ton OF similar nature, and will be an extension of
the series now on exhibition. 1t is intended TO
show, In the first place, by series OF selected
ticed, one group illustrating wood engraving, an
other etching, another copper plate, another mez-
zo1,lnt, and SO on: There viii also be shown as
Illustrating the history and present condition OF the
art OF engraving and etching in America and by
also be shown In considerable detail the history
engraving by mechanical processes beginning
with photo-lithography and extending through all
the modern processes ofphoto-engraviny autotype,
The foundation OF this part Of the exhibit will be
the historic collection presented TO the
Smithsonian by j. w. Osborne OF this city. The
nucleus OF other series taken from museum colleC-
lions has Deen very greatly extended by loans
etcherS Another interesting collection will be
one showing the history and applications of
photography In America. This collection has
been In preparation for four years by Mr.. Smille,
the photographer OF the National Museum, and
Will be exhibited for the FIRST time In Cincinnati
IL Is also Intended to show collection OF en-
graved portraits OF men connected with the his
tory or American science during the last three
centuries, this being a portion OF the collection
lnaC mas Oeen accommodating at the Smithsonian
Institution Tor twenty years past. A large num-
Der OF photographs or objects In the Museum TOO
valuable or bulky TO be removed will also be sent.
A complete set OF photographs OF the Grant ana
Washington relics and set OF photographs show
Ing each exhibition hall and laboratory In the
Museum and Smithsonian Institution will be dis
played In order that the people who visit the ex-
position may obtain some idea OF tue methods Of
work and the appearance OF the buildings
THE POLICY OF THE SMITHSONIAN
In preparing for this exhibition 1t has been the
policy OF the Smithsonian Institution to draw as
far as possible from its own resources In every
group OF objects exhibited the bulk OF the material
Is drawn directly from the collections OF the Mu-
scum, but when necessary special objects have
been made or purchased TO NIL vacancies In scenes
which would otherwise be Incomplete ana of little
value for exhibition purposes
Since, during the continuance Of the exhibition
at Cincinnati, from 100000 to 200 900 persons Will
probably visit the National Museum, care has been
taken not TO denude the exhibition here subjects
not heretofore exhibited here will be brought into
prominence. This Is practically necessary Tor the
National Museum made a considerable display In
Cincinnati In 1884, and IL Is not thought desirable
10 send again TO The same city things with which
the people there are 10 some degree familiar. On
| that account material which otherwise would be
very proper 10 send there is purposely withheld.