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Excerpt from Museum: Illustrating the History of the State The purpose of an Historical Museum is to visualize to the people of today, by exhibiting objects of historical interest, the life, the habits and the important occurrences of former times. Such exhibitions create in the mind of the observer a stronger appreciation of the reality of the principal facts, of the chronology, and of the significance of history. They give a sense of intimate touch with the past, and aid in understanding the present and future, through an understanding of that which has transpired. It is necessary to discriminate in selecting material for such a museum. Objects should not be shown simply because they are old, but because they either illustrate some mode of life now changed or forgotten, or else, by actual association with some significant event in history, aid in fixing in the mind of the observer the reality, importance and circumstance of that event. Thus, in its museum, the Society aims to display visually the history of the State, as, at Washington, the National Museum visualizes the Country's history. The objects in the museum have been arranged chronologically as far as their size and shape would permit, so that a walk around the balcony, keeping always to the right, will give a general idea of the chronological occurrence of events and use of objects. While the Society has attempted to verify as far as practicable the descriptions that have accompanied the objects placed in its museum, it can not guarantee that these statements are entirely correct in every instance. The name of the donor of an object is given only when such information bears on the authenticity of the object. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.