The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1874

Globe, Volume I, Issue 13, 15 June 1874, Page 2

The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1874

Yesterday witnessed the opening of the Museum for the first time on a Sunday. The trustees saw the wisdom of acting up to the resolution passed by the Provincial Council, and threw the doors open to an eager crowd of visitors. The fact that nothing marred the enjoyment of the large concourse assembled in the Museum, proved that those who came to spend their afternoon in seeing the collection, which owes so much to Dr Haast’s care and trouble, were prepared to behave themselves. That the crowd of sightseers should have reached three thousand, proves the interest taken by the community in the contents of the building; and that the people collected together were of every class in the province, proves that this interest was general and not confined to any particular section of the public. We hope that certain regulations as to the locomotion in the Museum may be made, and also that the suggestion to place cocoanut matting on the floors of the various apartments in the building may be carried out. At present the noise from a large quantity of people assembled together on the wooden floors of the Museum is a serious drawback to the pleasure of inspecting the collection, and as it is probable that the attendance will be very large throughout the winter months, it is to be hoped that the trustees will make up their minds to incur the expense alluded to. We also trust that the number of officials connected with the Museum may be added to, if it is proved 1 that the attendance on Sunday will increase their labor in any serious degree, and that the fact of allowing the public harmless recreation on that day, will not render it necessary to overwork any of the officials in question.