USNM CURATORS ANNUAL REPORTS -- Department of Ethnology: Annual Report 1894 –1895

It’s an issue any modern day museum professional is probably all too familiar with—how do we store and catalogue an ever-expanding collection? It was also a question on the mind of the Smithsonian’s Department of Ethnology Curator in 1894-95! Learn more about the department’s extensive cataloguing project—and collection storage issues—in this annual curator’s report. Then, help transcribe this document for the use of future museum professionals!