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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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A MODERN MUSEUM OF CELEBES Btf lioii C. Andnirs WHKN ;i naturalist's waiKlerings in the South St'us carry him to a nati\(' city of coniparatiN-cly small white population, and he finds there a museum emhodyinu' modern ideas of exhibition, he experiences considerable surprise. It was my good fortune on Christmas Day of 1009 to find such a museum and also to visit it with its founder and (iiiatoi. His Excellency Haron Quarles de (^uarles, (j()\(>rnor of ("clehes. Tlie All)atross had hut recently dropped anchor in the Bay of Makassar. While dri\-in<i- in Makassar, the i)rincipal city of South Celehes, we came upon a lar.uc, oliloiii;' huildiui;' set on piles and haxinu' an entrance-way j)rojecting from the front. As usual the little shag<iy brown horse drawiui,^ the rickety "carametta" in which we were ridin<!: was rushin<; aloui,^ at a furious pace and we had ahnost passeil the house before we caught sight of an English sign reading "Museum." The building was closed, but its keeper was finally located and although he spoke only Dutch and Malay, we managed to exchange ideas and made a l)i'ief inspeetion of the place. Later (aptain Mc('orinack and myself visited the Museum, conducted by Baron de Quarles, who presented to the American Museinn a small collection representing some of the most characteristic features of the native 149

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1911
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  • booksubject:Natural_history
  • bookpublisher:New_York_American_Museum_of_Natural_History
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  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
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