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220 Permits are usually issued which must be shown to the guards on demand. For pencil notes or sketches no permits are required. One great collector in New York strenuously objects to having even notes of color combinations made from a case containing his miniatures, so that there should always be an understanding in the matter.

In regard to photographs, it is getting to be more and more the custom to permit the use in the museum of small cameras and kodaks rather freely, provided the owner signs a promise not to put any of the prints on sale.

MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS

Under this head must be considered the bulletin, catalogues, postcards, notices of exhibitions and photographs. There is no one thing more important than the bulletin. On it rests the major part of the reputation of the museum outside the small group of intimates who know its development from day to day. The greatest care should be taken in the choice of paper, the quality of the reproductions and the kind of printing. The physical make-up of the little magazine is important because unless it is attractive and well done, no matter how illuminating the reading matter may be, it will not be read. In the presentation of material several things must be