Word: agissiz
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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...addition to the Agissiz Museum is one hundred and ten feet long. The first forty feet will be devoted to geology and physical geography, thereby creating a separate department for the study of physical geography and extending the space used for geological purposes. The balance of the building will be used for the study of botany. This will not render the work at the botanical gardens useless, merely supplementing the work carried on there. All that will be transferred is the botanical apparatus for explanatory purposes in lectures. This addition will not, therefore, in any way be a public museum...