New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19
A MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN.
NArrRA1. HISTORY COLLECTIONS AR
DANCED FOR YOUNG STUDENTS.
IT WILL BE KNOWN AS THE BEDfO8D Pam
BRANCH OF THE BROOKLYN INs1lTUTh
oF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

TT WILL, BE KNOWN AS THE BEDFORD PARK
pp.ScY OF THE BROOKLYN INsTITuTE
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
An entirely new departure IN the provision OF
educational advantages Is about TO be mace III
r-,,, hr tho onenng OF a museum that has FOR
a., oA,.o. the consideration OF childrens interests
q, ~ ,ursu,t ~ information concerning the natu-
-, ,,or,d II is asserted that this new museum
mill he the first 70 arrange It's coHec'on Go ~
hiring II easily within the comprehension Vi VI.
Young and make II possible Tor the'n 10 ue
alone and understandingy their invesugau'hs III
geology. minerslogy. botany and natural n's'0''
generally ,,.,, ,-,.,
n, Gail who is IN charge OF the collections ~neh
explaining the plan to be carried out In .hls ounu
ing which will be known as the BeoIoru run
pranch OF the Brooklyn Institute OF Ar's anu
Sciences, said:
This will be primarily type museum. There n,
mails and plants and they will be placed IN csr eS
SO that ea6n Tss o, the species plant animal
NAV be traced by even chilo'
,no sys,e,, carried out will be similar In certain
no,nts TO that followed in the Agassiz Museuri ~
ror,h-,aq. hut that which will render the coheo-
C"''DI ,,,a On, tho immature student will be
-. -.o,ror n, It's labelling. G. b. Good' OF inc
,-,,aa s,o,es Museum at Washington Is quo'ed
os having said that the best museum was one -
dating OF an excellent system OF laoe's
,nec,nen. 70 match on this principe t"e I
a. ,ho TYNE museum for children VIII give IN
every case the commonly known nam" II =, CO.
80 .r,,na,s and make the scientific name OF sec
80 inheritance This will be another means OF
o,r.r,,fvInq for children the tedium OF inVes"sA-
ton .. M pr suoWN
,r.-. ,,un n. certain things to guide them IN the
,.aI,r,ng OF their search. For example case
nth he labelled Ways That Nature lah " -,
In
ha found specimens mounted on cafuoo"' "
many kinds OF seeds u wild ana cuIu'"'
parea,b them are pasted typewriter names
- ,or,a orst the scientific name followins-
80 ~. dIrerent stages OK the development OF 'he
-, ave shown on different cards down 10 .ne
rod,,,on when Il IS ready 10 become the
=, ,ha wind In this way each case VIII 'e"
story in itself $780,, MI,
e.u oro,ber new thing about the BEDFORD PARK
Museum will be the collection there SHOWN OF am
-o,s nIsnts and minerals peculiar TO the neigh
mn MAJ To,g Islsnd IN particular Will be repre-
800. hv all sorts OF natural specimens. NO other
,,u.eunn In America has made speciai opJee' !"
hortrg The fora and fauna OF It's own ols'ric''
In England the museums at Leeds "S"0"
and Hull have carried out this ioea 10 oe'
s,,.nt but they on the other hand' nave uon'
ro,hinR 10 make their collections popular TOT CHI
dren. -, ...,,,.,s
paatdes showing merely the natural specnehs
,h.,. are 10 be exhibited at the Bedford PARK mu-
-. ..u,,.s OF all the Industries OF Brooklyn
80 N.wYork For instance. a gas plant VIII De
h.ron.trated Not only will coal and COKE De ex-
bibi,ed but the products OF these ano photosrhPns
~ each part OF the machinery used IN the manu-.
o. go ~ gas the retorts and scrubbers. VIII De
u some OF the other industries 70 be demon.
straied are gassmaking. iron ma ma .ne
cork indnsrry work Which win be trsoesbl. from
e. sai ti shown as stuffed specimen through