What are the benefits to an organized museum collection--and by which methods should that collection be arranged? This was the question on the mind of the Smithsonian's Department of Ethnology Curator in 1884.
With a growing collection, the Department of Ethnology sought to define its specimens and gather and display them using a more scientific method. Learn more about this process in the 1884 monthly curator's report and help transcribe this unique look at Smithsonian history!
What are the benefits to an organized museum collection--and by which methods should that collection be arranged? This was the question on the mind of the Smithsonian's Department of Ethnology Curator in 1884.
With a growing collection, the Department of Ethnology sought to define its specimens and gather and display them using a more scientific method. Learn more about this process in the 1884 monthly curator's report and help transcribe this unique look at Smithsonian history!