COMPARATIVE ATTENDANCE 

 STATISTICS AND DOOR RECEIPTS 



FOR YEARS 1959 AND 1958 



1959 1958 



Total attendance 1,075,426 1,049,401 



Paid attendance 157,643 161,593 



Free admissions on pay days 



Students 53,662 45,106 



Schoolchildren 166,298 156,469 



Teachers 10,883 8,955 



Members of the Museum 756 708 



Service men and women 840 811 



Special meetings and occasions 3,640 3,519 



Press 43 41 



Admissions on free days 



Thursdays (52) 141,491 (51) 131,665 



Saturdays (52) 251,262 (52) 246,379 



Sundays (52) 288,908 (52) 294,155 



Highest attendance on any day 



(November 28) 13,888 (November 29) 15,133 



Lowest attendance on any day 



(January 5) 149 (January 6) 244 



Highest paid attendance (September 7) . . . 3,236 (September 1) 3,332 



Average daily admissions (363 days) 2,963 (363 days) 2,891 



Average paid admissions (207 days) 765 (208 days) 777 



Number of picture postcards sold 278,682 247,866 



Sales of Museum publications (scientific 

 and popular), General Guide, and 



photographs; checkroom receipts $ 35,179 $ 29,675 



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