Harvard will act as host to the American Association of Museums when it holds its annual meeting here for the first time over May 12, 13, and 14 at the Fogg Museum. Among the speakers at the main dinner will be President Lowell and A. N. Whitehead, professor of Philosophy, it was announced last night by F. B. Robinson, assistant to the directors of the Museum.

The program of the meeting this year is the largest and most comprehensive ever offered in the history of the Association. The gathering will consider the problems not only of art museums, but of all other types of museums from natural history to seismology. Among the 120 people from all over the country who are scheduled to speak or lead discussions at the meeting are, besides President Lowell and Professor Whitehead, Professor E. W. Forbes '95, director of the Fogg Art Museum, Professor P. J. Sachs '00, associate director of the Museum, and G. H. Chase '96, dean of the Graduate School, who will act as toastmaster at the dinner.