Senate Joint Resolution No. 26, adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia in 1964, directed the Department of Conservation and Economic Development to make a study and to offer a plan for the encouragement or establishment of a Museum of Science, Archaeology, and Natural History in Richmond.

Pursuant to the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 26, the Governor appointed an Advisory Committee of nine members to assist the Department with this study.

The Advisory Committee has completed its study and has submitted a report entitled Report of State Science Museum Committee. The Report of the Advisory Committee has been reviewed and approved by the Board of Conservation and Economic Development and is submitted herewith as the report of the Department.

The Department is grateful for the able assistance rendered by the Advisory Committee.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ M. M. Sutherland, Director
Department of Conservation and Economic Development