Identifier: homegeographyofn00stra (find matches)
Title: A home geography of New York city
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Straubenmuller, Gustave
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel New York (N.Y.) -- History
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc) Ginn & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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. In cases we find Indian relics, which help us to understand alittle about Indian life. There are thousands of objects gatheredhere that show us something of the customs and domestic life ofmany of the different races found in North and South America, 92 MUSEUMS AND PAKKS CHILDKEN SHOULD VISIT 1)8 and in other countries. There is a large lecture hall in which lec-tures are given to teachers and pupils of the public schools and alsoto the general public. Cases containing specimens for study aresent directly to the schools. They are helpful in the study of birds,insects, corals, sponges, woods, and minerals. Children are alwayswelcome in the museum, and the director and curators take pleasurein assisting teachers and children in their school work. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This museum is in CentralPark opposite the East 83d street entrance. It is the largest andrichest art museum in America. Here may be seen the worksof great sculptors and painters. Here may be found antiquities.
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Mkti!oi<)litax Museum of Aut wrought-iron work and bronzes, arms and armor, vases, porcelains,old laces, musical instruments of all nations, and many other inter-esting things. The original paintings of many of the pictures that you havein your home and school can be seen and studied here. Do you 94 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY know the name of any great picture in this museum ? Do youknow the name of the artist who painted the picture ? Name someof the famous pictures you have seen. Name some of the famousartists you have heard of. Do you know of any famous statue inthe museum or in any part of the city ? Do you know the nameof the sculptor who made the statue ? The Aquarium is in Battery Park. Both salt- and fresh-waterfish may be seen in the tanks of the Aquarium. Fish from allparts of our country and from Bermuda are here placed on exhibi-tion. The handsometrout, the beautifulangel fish, and thecurious moonfish areapparently quite athome in the largeglass tanks. Here may als

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