COMPARATIVE ATTENDANCE 

 STATISTICS AND DOOR RECEIPTS 



FOR YEARS 1957 AND 1956 



1957 1956 



Total attendance 1,097,561 1,101,512 



Paid attendance 139,834 129,483 



Free admissions on pay days 



Students 35,532 43,256 



School children 167,779 128,880 



Teachers 7,347 6,063 



Members of the Museum 518 579 



Service men and women 757 1,373 



Special meetings and occasions 3,249 2,440 



Press 7 35 



Admissions on free days 



Thursdays (52) 140,056 (52) 137,605 



Saturdays (52) 267,240 (52) 278,057 



Sundays (52) 335,242 (52)373,741 



Highest attendance on any day 



(May 4) 13,382 (March 24) 12,937 



Lowest attendance on any day 



(January 7) 172 (January 9) 204 



Highest paid attendance (September 2) . . . 3,541 (July 4) 3,781 



Average daily admissions (363 days) 3,024 (364 days) 3,026 



Average paid admissions (207 days) 675 (208 days) 622 



Number of picture postcards sold 221,896 225,401 



Sales of Museum publications (scientific 

 and popular). General Guide, and 



photographs; checkroom receipts. .. . $27,501.56 $24,221.95 



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