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LEWIS BROOKS MUSEUM.

The Lewis Brooks Museum contains collections illustrating the subjects
of Geology, Mineralogy, Zoology and Botany. Each of the collections
is selected so as to exemplify the principles of these sciences, and,
at the same time, to exhibit a large variety of subjects for their study. Its
primary object is to serve as an aid in teaching Natural History.

In Geology the collections are large and well selected. The specimens
of rocks show all the different kinds classified according to mineral
character, and the formations in which they occur. The collection of
fossils, plaster casts, maps, etc., is exceptionally fine, and fully illustrates
Historical Geology. In Mineralogy the principles of the science
are made plain by well-chosen suits of specimens, models of crystals, etc.
The general collection of minerals contains all the important minerals,
and many of the rarer ones, in good specimens. The science of
Zoology is well illustrated by a fine and large collection of objects, such
as mounted skeletons, stuffed animals, dried specimens, plaster casts, etc.
In Botany the collections contain charts, papier-maché models of flowers,
fruits, sections of wood, etc. The bulk of the collection is in the
form of an herbarium selected from the most important and interesting
botanical regions of the world.

In addition to the above, a beginning has been made of a collection
to illustrate the geology and mineralogy of the State of Virginia, and this
will be increased as rapidly as possible.