But the value of Museums is not to be judged alone by the numbers of people Who visit them, although may' be argued that these all derive some benefit from their visits for they would not take the time and trouble to make them. Museums are Tterally "storehouses of knowledge, pests as moths and beetles that de-Stroy clothing, cereals and other commodities, with the object of discovering effective methods of coping with them. The members of the staff Of the Mammais Department were similarly engaged ina search for ways Of destroying such vermin as ats and mice.
In the Department of Ichthyolony research on the possible value as food of certain fishes usually thrown away by fishermen was being conducted. fact the members of the staff of such institutions in England were rendering their country" as great, perhaps leven greater, service -through their research work in the museums than they could have done in the trenches in France.
The same applies to the natural history museums in America and
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