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Show WorMS Palace j of ArtMMl Ji HOW THE MMEI1 CfMTUML MTORY WLL APPEM WEff CWPLErEO COffPLZrfP BROOKLYN imTTiTE MO5EUM When the three groat museums of .ho Greater Now York aro completed In tho years to come thero will bo given to the country nnd tho world groups of art palaces the like of which tho world haa never before booh. Tlioy will represent nn expenditure of 150,000,000 exclusive of the priceless collections which will find shelter within tho spacious walls of tho Instl-aitlons. Instl-aitlons. Tho Metropolitan Museum of Ait will bo tho largest building devoted de-voted to nrt In tho world; tho completed com-pleted museum of natural history will ivcrshndow tho llritlsh museum, nnd tho Brooklyn Instltuto museum Is planned along tho sumo mngnlflcent Ines. In the case of tho last named the eastern wing, recently finished, "omplotos nn entire front of tho struc-:ure, struc-:ure, Including the corner towers. In tho caso of the Natural History museum tho great outer wnll lias Innlly turned tho southwestern corner mil Is being cnrrled some distance northward. Tho now wing Is the first )t tho great sldo walls of the building. The Fifth nvonuo fncado of the Metropolitan Met-ropolitan museum Is being cnrrled this year nearly n block northward from .ho main entrance. Tho new wing Is particularly interesting, slnco It Is tho list wall to bo built besides the en-annce, en-annce, on tho outor lino of tho building. build-ing. Tho museum will ultimately In-"lose In-"lose the great hollow rectangle, whoso longest dimensions will parallel Fifth avenue. The ninln buildings of :he museum to-day, those In red brick, will In time bo completely Inclosed. The outer wnlls will be of a light gray itone. Tho cost or this building when !ompleted, It Is estimated, will bo 22,000.000. Sir Caspar Pardon Cinrko mid lecently that he believed the treat museum would bo completed In .en yenis, when it will cerlnlnly lie tho -hlef architectural feature of tho city. 3omo Idea of tho proportions of this aulhllng may be had from tho state-aiont state-aiont ihat tho present Fifth avenue 'acado, nearly two blocks In length, Is ess than one-fourth tho length of the ?omplotcd custom front. Tho new wing Is built of a somewhat some-what lighter stono than Iho ninln en-.rnuco. en-.rnuco. The same alignment Is main-.allied. main-.allied. It Is two Honrs In holght, with a basement. Ono of tho featuros of Iho now addition Is a spacious lecture mil opening from this wing Into Iho 'liner courtyard. Tho need of such a mil has been foil for years. Tho walls if tho new wing on tho Inner courts no of white brick, and tho greater part of the roof Is of grass. Tho Inferior In-ferior Is designed with tho same effect ef-fect of lofty spaciousness ho characteristic charac-teristic of tho older halls of tho museum. Tho iminngoniont of tho museum hns long been embarrassed for room, and the new wing will bo quickly uken up. The second Hour, according to Jho present plans, will be devoted to Hubert Fulton nnd Uendrlck Hud-Jon Hud-Jon and their times. Tho display of those collections will have a peculiar timeliness In view of tho approaching Hudson anniversary. It Is prohablo that the Ilcnchel collection, tho property prop-erty of Mr. J. Plerpont .Morgan, will also bo allotted space lu this wing. Although tho new wing, us soon froiil tho street, appears to bo practically complete. It is not expected that It will be rogulnrly thrown open to the public for somn mouths. The Natural History museum will be carried n slop nearer cniiiplotlon this year by tho opening of the south wing of the wost fnendo and by a now approach ap-proach to tho central power houso nnd tower. The museum, It Is perhaps not generally ronilzod, will ultimately considerably excood In slzo tho llritlsh museum. It Is now nearly 20 years hi nee tho first hall was built, ono of Uio interior wings, which Is now almost completely hidden. Since then the entire Miuth facade has be.'n completed an aU'tiuc block in length The new whig carries the line of the corner tower on tho west nearly a city block northwest, thus giving the llrsl suggestion of tho nppenranco or the west front ns It will ultimately np pear. Tho great building will somt dny occupy tho cntiro space facing Cnntral park, measuring threo city blocks In length and one avenue block In width. A great central tower wll ultlinntoiy rlso high fbove tho present roof line. Desplto the nppnrently endless cor rldors of tho present structure the museum Is badly cramped for room Thero are tons of valuable material gathered at great expense, which It It Impossible to display. Space In the wing with Its live brond lloors Is, how evor, already heavily mortgaged. With ninny exhibits (lemnndlng space. It has been decided to devoto the now wing to the now Congo nnd Phlllpplno collections. Tho Congo exhibit, recently re-cently obtained In Uelglum, of iiniisunl popular ns well ns scientific Interest, Is especially timely. It Is belloved it will mako u very strong popular appeal ap-peal and will amply Justify tho spaco devoted to It. Tho second wing, which la nvnllnblo for exhibition purposes this year, leads from tho contrnl power houso directly westward. Whllo smaller than the south wing on tlo street sldo, It Is nevertheless an Important addition to tho museum. This wing will bo given over to various Ilslt exhibits. it will soon bo thrown open to the public. These wings together mako tho most Important addition to tho museum in some six years. As in tho enso of Us neighbor, tho Metropolian museum, tho now wing standB practically comploto so far ns its outer appearance Is concerned. Tho broYn stono used In Its construction construc-tion Is of courso somewhat lighter In tono than in tho older parts of tho building, but n few years of cxposuro wllj correct this. Tho now addition to tho llrooklyn Instltuto museum has already doublec' tho capacity of tho building. Tin work hero has boon completed souk months In ndvnnco of tho similar addl Hons to tlto other city museums. Thf completion of this wing hns done limit for the general nppenranco of tin building ihuu have tho nddltlons t( tho other museums. An entire fncaib of tho llrooklyn museum now standi comploted where boforo n alnglo wlnf appeared somewhat Isolated and do inched. Tho museum will ultimate!) Inclose a groat hollow sqiiaio. with I in prosslve towora nt tho four corneri and with elaborate staircases lendlnc up at Iho center of each sldo. The new wing carries tho building froir the central entrance to tho corner thus rendering tho faendos syminet ileal. The now wing has so Tor cost $2. 100,000, nnd It stands to-dny loss than oiio-fouith complete. Tho contrnl tnircuso and approach to the ousi wing cost alone nearly $00,000. It ! In some respects the moat bonutlfu nrcliltecturnl feature In the city. |