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IT is now announced that the new Museum of Practical Geology will be formally opened next July. Advantage has been taken of this to arrange a joint celebration of the centenary of the Geological Survey and the opening of the new Museum. In the new Museum at South Kensington ample accommodation has been provided to display the exhibits in a building specially designed to meet modern museum requirements. New material has been acquired from many sources and the extent and scope of the exhibits has been enlarged. For the past three or four years, geologists of the Survey and Museum have been mainly engaged in rearranging and bringing up to date the collections, their normal field work being subordinated to the needs of the Museum. At the back of the Museum new offices have been provided for the Geological Survey, together with modern laboratories for the prosecution of petro-logical and mineralogical research. Enlarged accommodation has been provided for the Library and collection of maps which, as in the past, will be available for consultation by the public. The Museum is to be opened by the Duke of York on July 3. On July 4 there will be a morning reception of delegates to the Centenary, followed by an address by the Director of the Survey on the history and functions of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. On the evening of July 4 there will be an evening reception by H.M. Government. Excursions to several of the classic areas of British geology follow immediately after the meetings. It is expected that a large and representative gathering of geologists from all parts of the world will be present for the celebration.
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Opening of the New Museum of Practical Geology. Nature 135, 463 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135463b0
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