New Britain herald., 1917-10-27
MUSEUM WEEK To
Open HERE MONDAY
Many New Objects to Be Placed
on Display

| Monday is to be the opening day Of
Museum Week" at the New Britain
| Institute. The fact that New Britain
| is the first city in the country to
| have a Museum Week." will assure
| an unusually large attendance dur
| ing the coming week at the popular
| institution.
| Curator Schurr has planned for and
! looked forward to museum week
! for some time and 1t promises 10
| prove q most interesting event. AL
I though Mr. Schurr has peen some
| what disappointed in not pelng able
| to get q few new cases from the lac
! tory in time for Museum week,
nevertheless there will be put on dis
play many objects which will greatly
! increase the Museum displays.
! The object in having museum
| Week" is not only for the purpose
! of increasing the exhibits at the Mu-
scum, but to create a more general
interest in science and art Up to a
few years ago museums of art and
science were looked upon by the
masses as "fossilized" places-insti-
buttons which had to do with things
of ages gone by and which only af
forded entertainment and instruction
museums have been conducted in
manner which did not make the insti-
tutions over popular with the public.
Even in the present day Of progress
siveness, some museums about the
country, although possessing magnii-
cent buildings, do not attract great
numbers of people within their doors
because no efforts are made to make
the institutions welcome places to go.
However,, the majority Of museums
endeavor in every way possible to at
tract all classes of people, young and
old.
The museum of today Is place of
instruction which makes it a pleas
ure to young and old to visit frequent
ly. That the Museum of Natural His
tory and Art of tho New Britain Insti-
tute is popular with the people, and
that it is a pleasure to go there often,
is proven beyond a doubt by the
large attendance which it constantly
has. thousands of people go there
monthly. Yesterday being a holiday
with the children, owing to the teach
ers' convention, the museum was WIS.,
tied by 344 young people and parents
between and 5 o'clock. In the eve
ming, as it is every night, there were
many visitors.
During Museum Week" it is hoped
that all who can will visit the mu-
scum and note the progress it has
made since it's opening to the public,
not eighteen months ago. Plan to
visit the museum next week. Take
notice Of the cards on the objects dis
played and see how many people
have helped the museum to grow
Museum Week." October 20 to No.
vember 8 is the beginning of several
events which will take place at the
Institute Museum during the winter
Following Museum Week" and be-
ginning Monday, Nov. 5, and lasting
throughout the month, there will be
an exhibition Of Pictorial Photog-
raphy by American artists, contain
ing over one hundred of the finest
pictures which Photographic art can
produce. At the close Of this eXhi-
bition the museum will have what
will be called New Britain Wood
lands Week." when there will be put
on display a large, specially arranged
case of game and song birds, which
will show the .feathered creatures in
! their nesting and feeding habits. This
! case of birds IS we'll as other bird
groups, are he gift of E. H. Dawson,
| and as all the specimens in these
! displays were collected in or near
| New Britain, and because all are to
be put on exhibition at one time, the
museum will herald it, New Britain
| Woodlands Week." Curator Schurr
! planned to have the Dawson Case of
Birds and bird groups on exhibition
during Museum Week." but as it
! proved impossible to get the case
| from the mill in time, they will be put
! on display as above mentioned.
| Other activities at the museum will
| be announced later. For the present
| all attention is focused on next week
| Visit the museum one or more times
during the coming week and see how
| it has grown.