USNM CURATORS ANNUAL REPORTS -- Department of Oriental Antiquities: Annual Report, 1895-96

Musical instruments, coins, and gems. What do these objects have in common? They were all on display as part of the United States National Museum’s Department of Oriental Antiquities collection! Read more about the department’s work, and what else was on display at the Smithsonian, in this 1895-96 annual curator’s report. Then, join other digital volunteers in transcribing this unique look into the Smithsonian’s past!