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PROF. ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, in his Report to the President and Fellows of the Harvard College Museum for 1877 and 1878, to September 1, gives an account of his new laboratory at Newport, a plan of which he has been good enough to send us. This is the first report which has been presented since the Museum has come under the care of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, and the description given by Prof. Agassiz sufficiently indicates that the Museum is a model of its kind. During the past eighteen months increased funds have been placed at the disposal of the Museum, and excellent use has been made of them. Not only is the Museum arranged so as to make it of the greatest service to students, but in such a way that the portion thrown open to the public must have an excellent educational effect. Everything has been done to make visitors clearly understand what they see, and evidently this attention is appreciated and is answering its purpose.
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A Zoological Laboratory . Nature 19, 317–319 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019317a0
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