Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-11
TO BE BUILT ON THE OLD STATE
UNIVERSITY GROUNDS AT
A COST OF $25o,ooo.
PROF. MILLS TO Be IN CHARGE
Will Be Thrown Open to the Public
Every Day in the Year, Except
on Christmas and on the
Fouth of July.

Columbus.-The plans for the new
Archaeological and Historical museum
to be erected near the main entrance
to the Ohio State University grounds
at cost of $250,000 have been COM
pleted and bids for the construction of
the building will be opened late in
the fall. The structure is to be fire
proof throughout, and is to be built of
Bedford limestone, and the only ma
terial to be used in its construction
will be entirely stone and steel.
The building will be $50 feet long
and constructed in such way as to
allow additions to be added without
marring the beauty of the structure.
1t will be a two-story building with
a deep and spacious basement only a
few feet of which will be under
ground.
Office Rooms and Library.
The main entrance of the building
will lead into beautifully decorated
rotunda off which will be located the
Libraries and museum halls. On the
first floor, directly off from the rotunda
on the left, will be the office rooms.
Back of these will be a library and
the cloak rooms, while on the oppo-
site side will be another large library
and museum hall.
Plans for the second floor are much
along the same line as those for the
lower floor, while in the basement will
hn nd wi q
seating capacity of $50. This room
will be used for lecture purposes and
will be fitted out with a lantern and
large screen. In the basement will
also be located the bindery, printing
shop and storage rooms. There will
also be a recitation room in which
classes in archaeology and history will
| be held
In Charge of Prof. Mills.
The building will be in charge Of
Professor w. C. Mills, curator of the
archaeological department of the uni
versity. Professor Mills has spent {
great deal of time travelling over the
country, visiting the various museum:
and in his opinion Ohio will have
something to be proud Of when thi'
building is completed.
There is enough material stored il
the different buildings at the univer
sity and in other parts of the state
to complete an unusual library anC
museum. Only material and litera
| ture that has to do with Ohio viii
be given space in the building. Th'
Archaeological Society has gathered
together vast collection of materia
which very few Ohio people have eve
seen, but which they have read about
and this will all be placed on exhibi
ton as soon as the building is com
pleted.
Open on Sundays.
1t has already been planned to keel
the building open on Sunday FROM
o'clock until in order that all classe
may have an opportunity to visit tn
museum. About the only days o.
which the building will be closed t
the public will be Christmas and tn
Fourth of July.
Museums all over the country ar
fast becoming more of an educatione
institution than they have ever bee
before and it is wonderful the intel
est that the public is taking in tn
work." stated Professor Mills. H
further stated II at all of the easter
museums were cleaning out, as rapit
ly as possible such things as the tw,
headed sheep and similar curiositie
and putting in their place things tha
were of some educational value an
interest to the public.