Report on the Progress and Condition of the U. S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1910 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report on the Progress and Condition of the U. S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1910 Pending the removal Of the collections to the new building, little work was done on the exhibition series. A small number of Objects, not heretofore shown, was installed in the Egyptian section, and some labels were prepared and printed. At the close of the year, the Egyptian and a large part Of the asse-babylonian and Hittite col lections had been transferred, but there still remained in the 'old building the entire series of Objects Of recent religious art. Studies were made of the ancient potteries, with a view to their arrangement under the new conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.