Plantin-ttoretus Museum: In my introductory glowing about Belgium I more than hinted at its chief regional sights, but further details may here be added.
Antwerp, the third or fourth seaport in the world, is a town dear to all who love the beauties of the Flemish School of Painting. It has a lot that's modern too, including one of the highest skyscrapers in Europe (25 stories) as if that were a distinction in so venerable a city. Perhaps competition played a part in this, for the vast Gothic cathedral has a ower that has been scraping the sky at over 400 feet since 1592. Don't niss Rubens' Home (reconstructed), just off the central thoroughfare :alled the Meir; and if you like old printing, don't miss the Plantin-ttoretus Museum, where a family of pioneer printers helped pave the ?ay to learning four centuries ago.
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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