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The Germanic Museum Association, which was formed last spring, has issued a pamphlet declaring the object and plans of the association. The museum will illustrate, through objects of art and industry, the history of civilization among the Germanic peoples, primarily in Germany, but also in Scandinavia, Denmark, the Low Countries...
It is thought that an American Germanic Museum will interest three classes of people. Americans of German, Scandinavian, or Dutch descent; Americans, regardless of descent, whose intellectual life has been influenced by German ideals; and Germans and their kindred in Europe. With this interest assured, it is hoped that the...
The scheme of the Museum is similar to that of several European museums among which are the Germanic Museum at Nuremburg, the Swiss Museum at Zurich, the Norse Museum at Copenhagen, and the Hotel de Cluny at Paris. "Models and reproductions (either plastic or photographic) of typical work illustrating Germanic...
In the organization of the Germanic Museum Association, special effort was made to have all sections of this country as well as the more prominent cities of Germany represented.
Professor Francke has been traveling in Switzerland, stopping for some time at Berne. He is at present in Germany, and plans to make a considerable stay in Berlin and in Flensburg, his native town in Schleswig--Holstein. He is rewriting in German his "History of German Literature," and is also...