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THE Report of the Advisory Council of the Science Museum for 1935 has recently been published (London: H.M. Stationery Office. Is. net). For the first time, the Report is signed by Sir Henry Lyons, who succeeded the late Sir Richard Glazebrook as chairman. Sir Richard served on the Council for twenty-three years and was chairman from 1931 until 1935, and the Report contains a tribute to the work he did for the Museum. There are to-day perhaps few Government institutions doing more within the scope of their activities, for education, scientific research and industrial progress, than the Science Museum, which has become a recognized centre for special exhibitions and scientific gatherings, and a place of popular instruction. During 1935, the total number of visitors rose to 1,327,190, the highest ever reached; 25,337 persons attended the public lectures, and 8,682 the special lectures, while in the galleries were held at various times excellent exhibitions relating to rubber, welding, noise-abatement, electro-deposition and air transport. The Report contains much evidence of the thought and work devoted to the acquisition and arrangement of the exhibits and of the logical illustration of the developments of physical science in all its branches. A special feature of the Report for 1935 is a detailed review of the collections in Division V, which include objects relating to physical phenomena, the structure of matter, magnetic, electrical, thermal and acoustical instruments, and the many branches of geophysics. Once again, the Council emphasizes the need for more accommodation, and the reconstruction of the central block. The present buildings in this portion of the Museum were built so long ago as 1862, and then only formed part of the temporary buildings for the Exhibition of that year. They are quite out of date, and their replacement is a matter of urgency if the Museum is to continue to make progress as it has done in the past.
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The Science Museum, South Kensington. Nature 138, 157 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138157b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138157b0