The park museum, in New Village, a gift to the Nation from the Laura
Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, is a spacious and appropriately designed
building in which are housed a large number of exhibits loaned or
contributed by park enthusiasts.
These exhibits are appropriately displayed in rooms devoted to the
following major fields: Geology, birds and animals, Indian history,
trees, and flowers.
The museum grounds have recently been beautified by plantings of native
wild flowers and shrubs, a project made possible by a gift from Marjorie
Montgomery Ward. Flower lovers will find this garden a great aid in
identifying flowers that they have seen along the roads and trails.
An Indian exhibit is conducted back of the museum daily during the
summer by inhabitants of the local Indian village.
The museum also contains a library well supplied with scientific and
historical books and periodicals, all of which are available to
visitors.
Naturalists at the museum are at the service of the public to answer
questions and to instruct regarding the park and its wildlife.
[Illustration: In late spring azaleas grow in profusion in Yosemite
Valley.]