Tour the National Museum After the First Fifty Years

[national museum east north range] Welcome to the East North Range of the National Museum


Fishery Exhibit

[fish hall] [black ball]Fishing grounds. Models and maps.
[black ball]Apparatus of sea and fresh-water fishing.
[black ball]Clubs, spears, darts, rakes, dredges.
[black ball]Fish-hools, jigs, drails, baits, flies, &ct.
[black ball]Fishing lines and rigged gear.
[black ball]Fishing rods and reels. Nets and seines.
[black ball]Fish traps, weirs, and pounds.
[black ball]Fishing stations, models.
[black ball]Knives, gaffs, and apparatus.
[black ball]Illustrations of fisheries.
[black ball]Fishing vessels, boats and fittings.

[lure][black ball]Fishermen and anglers.

Fishermen and their apparel

[black ball]Food, medicine, shelter.
[black ball]Vessel's papers.
[black ball]Habits of fishermen.
[black ball]Tools and outfits

[black ball]Whaling vessels, boats, harpoons, guns, lances, cutting gear.
[black ball]Fishery products, and their preparation; used for food. clothing, and in the arts.

Fish culture

[black ball]Apparatus and methods.
[black ball]Eggs and young fishes.
[black ball]Fish-ways

[black ball]Deep sea researches.
[black ball]Economic crustaceans, worms, echinoderms and sponges.
[black ball]Aquatic and fish-eating birds and mammals.
[black ball]Economic mollusca and apparatus and appliances used in their capture and preparation for market.

The Whale fishery and its appliances

[black ball]Fishes, casts, photographs, &c.
[black ball]Vessels employed in marine explorations.
[black ball]Apparatus for collecting zoological materials.




See the Handbook for more information on

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MARINE
FISH
MISCELLANEOUS
REPTILES


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