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A Museum Conference

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MR. PATON'S suggestion about a museum conference is an admirable one, although I think that it should not be confined to officials only. The time has come when an Association for the Promotion and Systematic Arrangement of Museums must be formed. I trust, therefore, that those competent to do it will take the matter up and produce some practical result.

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ALLEN, J. A Museum Conference. Nature 21, 468 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021468a0

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