REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1920. 41 



Kumber of visitors to the Mti^ciim find Smithsoiiiai} hiiiUJiiujs since 1881. 



Museum buildings. 



Year. 



ISSl ;... 



1SS2 



1KS3 



18M (half year). 

 1884-S5(fiscal year) 



1885-S6 



1886-87 



1887-88 



1888-89 



1889-90 



1890-91 



1891-92 



1892-93 



1893-94 



1891-95 



1895-96 



1896-97 



1897-98 



1898-99 



1899-1900 



1900-1 



Arts and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



Natural 

 History. 



150,000 

 167,455 

 202, 18S 

 97, 661 

 205^026 

 174,225 

 216, 562 

 249, 665 

 374, 843 

 274, 324 

 286, 426 

 269, 825 

 319,9.30 

 195, 748 

 201, 744 

 180, 505 

 229, 606 

 177,2.54 

 192, 471 

 225, 440 

 216, 556 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 Building. 



100,000 

 152, 744 

 104,823 



45, 565 

 105, 993 



88, 960 



98, 552 

 102, 863 

 149,618 

 120,894 

 111,669 

 114,817 

 174,188 

 103, 910 

 105,058 

 103,650 

 115,709 



99,273 

 116,912 

 133,147 

 151,563 



Museum buildings. 



Year. 



1901-2. . . 

 1902-3... 

 1903-4... 

 1904-5... 

 190.5-6. . - 

 19U6-7... 

 1907-8... 

 1908-9... 

 1909-10.. 

 1910-11.. 

 1911-12.. 

 1912-13.. 

 1913-14, . 

 1914-15.. 

 1915-16. . 

 1916-17.. 

 1917-18.. 

 1918-19.. 

 1919-20. . 



Arts and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



173,888 

 31.5,307 

 220, 778 

 235, 921 

 210,880 

 210, 107 

 299, 659 

 245, 187 

 228, 804 

 207, 010 

 172,182 

 173,858 

 146,533 

 1,33, 202 

 146, 9.56 

 161,700 

 161,298 

 206, 532 

 250, 982 



Natural 

 History. 



50, 403 

 151,112 



281,887 

 319, 806 

 329,381 

 321, 712 

 381,228 

 407, 025 

 401, 100 

 1 132, 859 

 422, 984 



Total I 8,568,244 ' 3,199,497 



Smith- 



sonim 



Buililing. 



144, 107 



181,174 



143, 988 



149,380 



149,661 



153, 591 



237, 182 



198, 0.54 



179, 163 



167, 085 



14.3, 134 



142,420 



102,645 



40, .324 



48,517 



86, 335 



67, 224 



101,504 



8t,013 



4, 922, 009 



1 Building open only three months of the year. 

 PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of the year comprised 9 vohimes and 42 separate 

 papers. The former consisted of the Annual Keport of the Museum 

 for 1919; volumes 54, 55, and 56 of the Proceed i n gs ; volume 21 of 

 (Contributions from the National Herbarium, Bulletins Nos. 106 

 (Text), 107 and lOS, and a very small edition of Bulletin No. 103. 



Of the 42 papers issued in separate form one Avas part of volume 

 1, and one of volume 2, of Bulletin 100; one part of Bulletin 103; 

 four parts of volume 20, and t^vo of volume 22, " Contributions from 

 the United States National Herbarium''; while one was from volume 

 55, 16 from volume 56, and 16 from volume 57 of the Proceedings. 

 A brief guide to the Natural History Building was also issued. 



In addition to the Museum publications, many contributions based 

 on material in its collections were printed by other bureaus of the 

 (jovernment. All of the publications above referred to are cited in 

 the bibliography forming part of this report. The editorial office, 

 besides suiDervising the printing of the Museum publications, also 

 has charge of all miscellaneous printing and binding. 



The distribution of volumes and separates to libraries and indi- 

 viduals on the regular mailing li.sts aggregated 67,382 copies, in 

 addition to Avhich some 14.554 copies of the publications of last and 

 previous years were suj^plied in response to special applications. 



