New Semitic Museum

The new Semitic Museum will be on Divinity avenue south of the Peabody Museum. The plans are now in the hands of Mr. A. W. Longfellow who designed Phillips Brooks House. The details of the building have not yet been decided, but the structure will be made to harmonize with the surroundings. On the ground floor there will be the library and curator's office and three lecture rooms. The exhibition rooms will be on the second floor.

The museum is to cost $50,000 and is given by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff of New York. The amount available for increasing the collections is now $19,240 which is for the most part the money given by others than Mr. Schiff before he doubled his first gift of $25,000, and was originally intended for the building fund.