COMPARATIVE ATTENDANCE 



STATISTICS AND DOOR RECEIPTS 



FOR YEARS 1956 AND 1955 



1956 1955 



Total attendance 1,101,512 1,072,676 



Paid attendance 129,483 129,151 



Free admissions on pay days 



Students 43,256 39,272 



Schoolchildren 128,880 98,408 



Teachers 6,063 5,739 



Members of the Museum 579 397 



Service men and women 1,373 1,595 



Special meetings and occasions 2,440 1,778 



Press 35 9 



Admissions on free days 



Thursdays (52) 137,605 (52) 132,699 



Saturdays (52) 278,057 (52) 302,283 



Sundays (52) 373,741 (51) 361,345 



Highest attendance on any day 



(March 24) 12,937 (May 7) 16,227 



Lowest attendance on any day 



(January 9) 204 (February 7) 209 



Highest paid attendance (July 4) 3,781 (September 5) 3,430 



Average daily admissions (364 days) .... 3,026 (363 days) 2,955 



Average paid admissions (208 days) 622 (208 days) 620 



Number of picture postcards sold 225,401 239,020 



Sales of Museum publications (scientific 

 and popular), General Guide, and 



photographs; checkroom receipts... $24,221.95 $20,443.37 



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