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THE problem of the preservation and proper display of archaeological collections and the associated ‘finds' from the excavation of archaeological sites is discussed by the Editor of Antiquity in the December issue of that journal. Briefly stated, the points to which he directs attention are two: the restrictions of space which preclude display according to modern methods, and differentiation to meet the respective needs of the ‘ordinary’ man and the student; and secondly, the necessity of a better organisation and distribution of the archaeological material available for exhibition. In connexion with the second point, he is clearly preoccupied with the position of the British Museum (Bloomsbury), and here, as he points out, the question of reorganisation and distribution involves legislation. Further comment on the allocation of space to archaeological exhibits may perhaps be postponed, pending the publication of a promised article in Antiquity which will deal with museum buildings.
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Archæological Museums. Nature 136, 981–982 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136981c0
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