New-York tribune., 1895-02-12
THE GROWTH OF A YEAR.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART.
INTERESTING FACTS PREsENTED AT THE YEARLY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR a BIG LOAN

EETING-PREPAkATIoNS FOR a BIG LOAN
EXHIBITION NEXT NOVEMBER
The annual meeting of the corporation Of the
METROPOLITAN Museum Of Art was held yesterday
af,ernoon IN the museum. Daniel Huntington.
second yice-president, presided. and among the
trustees OF the corporation present were hlrai"
Hitchcock treasurer; Salem II. Wales. Thomas
w Wood president of the National Academy OF
DESIGN: Richard NJ. Hunt j. W. Pinchot and Mrs
Pinchot, Charles II. Ludington Carl BecKWl'h'
John Bgelow and the secretary, General L. T. -,
Cesnola The meeting was held behind ciosed
doors.
The annual report Of the trustees deals with the
growth and needs Of the museum It's most h'e'-
esting portions given here:
The year 1894 has been marked by gratffS,,hhs III ,hs
museum Considerable additions have been made made
to its collections. while its facilities Tor ihsu uc.o @
has been the opening Of the new north wing The
number of visitors during the year was oIl,'0i Tho
number was sensibly diminished by the frequent frequent
rainy days in the sPrns entered upon thee
years with Columbia College 'he eoptfEnmsd
through % January. February and March, and an an.
other atasoaT Sesnm morning h at Il O'clock iii
the end of March. These lectures are very popo- In
nres during exhibition hours II the halls and gal
eres by teachers and gsfssys Wtb are the Ordinary
privileges Of visitors. Schools, under the guidance
SCI seun an n he dspaTment Of nng the nHmb
OF copysts has been 1sl. and in other departments
The older Of the museum has been thor
As the attendants are all required to be masters
OF some mechanic art, the work has been done at
otherwise possible.
SOME VALUABLE ORIGINAL WORK.
All former catalogues have been brought down
10 date. The catalogue of the Johnston-Kng col
lection of ancient gems has been reissued from
new type. \ catalogue of series of our Baby
rfr,ffn
liberation. and TRANSACTIONS has been made by Dr.
Alfred MolGenke and published by the museum
handbook OF our Babylonian Assyran etc, etc.
lection in the world. has been preparesd pS t"e
fuller E1E e. caaoee M Mays With and his it
should be noted, is the first book of iis KIND A
productions OF noted objects in the Russian and
other European museums An llISsrdieo e,,on Of
Chinese porcelain loaned to the museum by Mr:
been prepared and issued the second volume of the
atlas of the Cesnola Cypriote collection OF which
The museums collections have been considerably
increased during the past year by gift ana oy
psIS@ Special mention should be made of the foowing
, 5 Jon9 o mses nstrnmnt This Collection
has been the basis of series Of Illustrate
by the Rev. William Adams Brown, son OF the
A rare collection of European porcelainIspanissh'
Italian: French Dutch Nsrdmana German ana f'"s"s"
collection OF Japanese pottery, presented 10y
Samuel Colman. -.,.,. ..u.sor,oa ~,
Hn antjoue burmese shrine of Buddha and a
great temple gong and rosewood stand presented
oil painting by Henry Peters Gray Cleopatra
Dissoiying the Pearl presented by Cortland De
Oil painting by George 1nness: S. Peace and
permanent fund is much to be desired IN
order that the trustees may make purchases IN
such departments as may be iess ppperun
ties presented TO them of obtaining VaIuaDie Moihs
The museum is rich for instance IN p"rrgs' md uui
Roman art in which it is important TO Keep pace
with fresh discoveries
FINANCES OF THE MUSEUM
The report of the finance committee contains the
appended statement:
Funds in hands Of Finance Committee December 81
InSesments .....................s5so $3.50. $40 Il
Lean 70 reasurer. a4SSs a4%S 81
Income from, 2s.11s Sc
Snlnn ,5 E1u' ssS %
Total .scl7 255 81
DEBTS
Income funds transferred to ireasurers
premium on railroad bonds ....;.. 1852 80
Funds in hands Of Finance Committee, De
ccmber S I.ai: ~
investments ...............s s'Se sao Gao u
Deposits in United states Trust
Company Of various
5oa.2O4 "A
1otai -' 81
The report OF the treasurer shows receipts from
special funds amounting to A2eS 72. and from ad-
count of special funds s43.032 S6 and for ad-
ministration sl39,4sS "A. A comparison Of the re-
ceipts anu disbursements for administration during
the year shows "a surplus OF 1858 g.
a circd!ar is be issued by the trustees. asking