...collections. The Congress which passed the act of foundation enumerated as within the scope of the Museum " all objects of art and of foreign and curious research...and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States," thus stamping the Museum at the very outset as one of the widest 9 range and...

...collections. The Congress which passed the act of foundation enumerated as within the scope of the Museum " all objects of art and of foreign and curious research...and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States," thus stamping the Museum at the very outset as one of the widest range and at...

...collections. The Congress which passed the act of foundation enumerated as within the scope of the Museum " all objects of art and of foreign and curious research...and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States," 9 thus stamping the Museum at the very outset as one of the widest range and...

...secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was slowly developing the National Museum, in which are deposited "all objects of natural history, plants and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States." Baird was quick to appreciate the wonderful opportunities that were his, for...

...important of these is the National Museuni. The original act establishing the Smithsonian provides that objects of art and of foreign and curious research,...belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, should come to the Smithsonian Institution and be placed in...

...important of these is the National Museum. The original act establishing the Smithsonian provides that objects of art and of foreign and curious research,...belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, should come to the Smithsonian Institution and be placed in...

...important of these is the National Museum. The original act establishing the Smithsonian provides that objects of art and of foreign and curious research,...belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, should come to the Smithsonian Institution and be placed in...

...important of these is the National Museum. The original act establishing the Smithsonian provides that objects of art and of foreign and curious research,...objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralological specimens belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in...

...art. Whenever suitable arrangements can be made from time to time for their reception, all objects oí art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects...and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody they may be, shall...

...and objects of art Whenever suitable arrangements can be made from time to time for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research,...objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralógica! specimens belonging to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in...