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BRITISH MUSEUM. AT
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A7

1877

A GUIDE

TO THE

EXHIBITION ROOMS

OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF

NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.

1877.

(Price Sixpence.)

Museum

QH

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A7

1877

9-367.

Levi L. Barbour Beg.

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1. The Central Saloon (Anthropoid Apes: Chimpanzee, Orang, Gorilla—

Bats-Walrus-Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus-Giraffe, Antelopes,

Goats, Sheep)

2. The Southern Zoological Gallery (Hoofed Mammals: Antelopes, Goats,

Sheep and their horns; Deer, Oxen, Llamas, Camels-Thick-skinned

Beasts: Tapirs, Swine, Hyrax-Horse-Tribe-Armadilloes, Ant-eaters,

Sloth-Echidna, Platypus-Basking Shark).

3. Mammalia Saloon (Whale and Narwhal Skeletons-Monkeys and Lemurs-

Carnivorous Mammals - Marsupials or Pouched Mammals - Seals-

Gnawing Mammals-Corals and Sponges)

4. Eastern Zoological Gallery (Birds-Shells-Lemurine Monkeys in Table-

cases)

5. Northern Zoological Gallery.-First Room (Nests of Birds and Insects-

Gigantic Land-Tortoises)

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Second Room (Reptiles and Batrachia-Star-fishes and Sea-urchins) .

Third Room (British Animals)

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III. (Fossil Reptiles-Bird remains-Eggs--Mammalian remains).

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IV. (Fossil Reptiles-Mammalian remains-Fossil Sponges-Gigantic

V. (Mammalian remains-Corals - Nummulites Stone-lilies -Sea-
urchins-Worms-Fossil Insects-Crustacea-Shells)

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VI. (Osseous remains of the Edentata and large Pachydermata, such as
Elephants and Mastodons Remains and casts of Marsupial
Animals-Fossil human skeleton-Human remains, with worked
implements of stone and bone-Mammalian remains from South
America-Remains of the " Pigmy Elephant "-Shells)

Introduction
METEORITES

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY.

MINERALS. Division I.-The Native Elements, Room I.

II.-Compounds of the Arsenoid and Thionid Elements, Rooms I.

III.-Compounds of the Halogen Elements, Rooms II. and III.

IV.-Compounds of Oxygen, Rooms III. IV. II. and I.

V.-Mineral Organic Substances, Room I..

VI.-Pseudomorphs, Room II.

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.

Introduction

CELLULAR CRYPTOGAMS (Fungi, Algae, Lichens, and Mosses).
VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS (Clubmosses, Horse-tails, Ferns, &c.)
MONOCOTYLEDONS (Grasses, Rushes, Palms, Screw-pines, &c.)
GYMNOSPERMS (Cycads, Conifers)

DICOTYLEDONS-Parasitical Plants

Fruits and Stems

Proteaceæ.

FOSSIL PLANTS

Room I.

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ANTIQUITIES.

Introduction

ANGLO-ROMAN ANTIQUITIES (Sarcophagi-Tessellated Pavements-Pigs of Lead

-Ogham Inscriptions, &c.)

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ROMAN ICONOGRAPHY (Busts and Statues of Roman Emperors and of Greek and

Roman personages)

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FIRST GRECO-ROMAN ROOM (Statues, heads and reliefs of Deities, and heroes

of the Greco-Roman period)

SECOND GRECO-ROMAN ROOM (The same continued, including the Townley

Venus-the Discobolus-the Pourtalès Apollo)

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THIRD GRECO-ROMAN ROOM. The same continued

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GRECO-ROMAN BASEMENT-ROOM (Figures, heads and reliefs of Græco-Roman

or Roman period; tessellated pavements and mosaics from Carthage and

Halicarnassus; miscellaneous objects in marble and other material)

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LYCIAN ROOM (Architectural and sculptured remains from ancient cities in

Lycia; Statues from Branchidæ, &c.) .

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ANTEROOM BY LYCIAN ROOM (Statues from temenos of Demeter, Cnidus)

MAUSOLEUM ROOM (Remains of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, erected by

Artemisia to Mausolus, Prince of Caria)

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ELGIN ROOM (Sculptures and architectural marbles from the Parthenon-

Temple of Wingless Victory at Athens-the Erechtheum-and from the

Temple of Diana at Ephesus-Colossal Lion from Cnidus)

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HELLENIC ROOM (Frieze from Temple of Apollo, near Phigalia-Casts from

metopes of a Temple at Selinus-Pedimental sculptures from a Deric

Temple at Ægina-Archaic statues, &c.)

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ASSYRIAN GALLERIES. Introduction .

Kouyunjik Gallery (Bas-reliefs from the Palace of Sennacherib and Assur-

banipal-Seals, Engraved Stones, Cylinders, and Gems-Terracotta

Figures, Weights, Necklaces-Bronze Fetters. Swords, &c.-Terra-

cotta Tablets with cuneiform Inscriptions-Chaldean Account of the

Creation, Deluge, and Tower of Babel, &c.),

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