USNM CURATORS ANNUAL REPORTS -- Department of Oriental Antiquities: Annual Report, 1896-97

Since the founding of the Smithsonian in 1846, collaboration with other learning institutions on research and collecting has been key. In 1896, that collaboration went across the globe, to Shanghai. What collections were being exchanged between the Smithsonian and St. John’s College in China? Find out with this 1896-97 annual curator’s report from the Department of Oriental Antiquities. Among other things, the report details collections exchanges among other institutions worldwide.