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Stedelijk Museum Contains: The late Gothic Stadhuis in the marketplace has a Renaissance outer staircase; the Groote Kerk has late Renaissance stained glass windows (mostly executed by the Crabeth brothers); the Stedelijk museum contains Museum contains materials relating to the town. Nearby is the Augustinian monastery of Steen, where Erasmus took holy orders. The town is much frequented by tourists; a popular trip is to the gardens at Boskoop. Population: (1967) 46,823.
The United States, excellent firearms col-may be viewed at the Springfield (Mass.) Museum; West Point (N. Y.) Museum; States National Museum (Smithsonian, angton, D. C.); Winchester Gun Museum, Haven, Conn.; Connecticut State Library Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.; J. )avis Collection, Claremore, Okla.; Metzger tion, College Station, Texas; Confederate , Richmond, Va.; Huntington (West Va.) ; Milwaukee Public Museum; Metropoli-[useum of Art, New York; and the Chicka-and Chattanooga Military Park, Fort ipe, Ga.
The Field Museum, formerly the Chicago Natural History Museum, occupied its location in Grant Park since I1 Its exhibits embrace anthropology, geology, any, and zoology, and like the Art Institute, heavily engaged in research, publication, teaching. Near the Field Museum in Grant 1 are the John G. Shedd Aquarium and the A Planetarium and Astronomical Museum. Chicago Historical Society maintains a mus< in Lincoln Park concerned with Chicago his and the era of Abraham Lincoln. |
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