Excerpt from Field Museum of Natural History Manual This review has been prepared in order to supply a constant demand for information concerning the foundation, the endowments, and the activities of the Museum. It contains brief references to the exhibits in the departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology and Zoology, the activities of the N. W. Harris Public School Extension, and the Library of the Institution. A list of contributors to the Museum, and a short account of the more important expeditions undertaken, are also given. The Museum is the property, by free gift, of the people of Chicago. It is the aim and ambition of the Trustees and Staff to maintain high standards of museum technique and efficiency, and to develop, still further, the educational influence of the institution. It is realized that a well conducted and equipped natural history museum is a people's university; a means of culture and recreation. 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.