LEWIS BROOKS MUSEUM.
The Lewis Brooks Museum contains collections illustrating the subjects
of Geology, Mineralogy, Zoology and Botany. Its primary object
is to serve as an aid in teaching Natural History. Each of the
collections is arranged so as to exemplify the principles of the science,
while at the same time, it offers a large variety of subjects for special
study. 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 and 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.
