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REPORT OF NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1923. 



The number of visitors to the Natural History Building during 

 the year aggregated 417,204 for week days and 91,314 for Sundays, 

 being a daily average of 1,332 for the former and of 1,756 for the 

 latter. At the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Build- 

 ing, and the Aircraft Building, the total attendance was 259,542, 

 95,168, and 42,904, respectively, with daily averages of 829, 304, and 

 137. 



The following tables show, respectively, the attendance of visitors 

 during each month of the past year, and for each year since 1881 

 when the building now devoted to the arts and industries was first 

 opened to the public. 



Number of visitors during the year ending June SO, 1923. 



Year and month. 



1922 

 July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1923, 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



Juiie 



Total 



Museum buildings. 



Arts and 

 Industries. 



23,456 

 30,260 

 23,954 

 18,610 

 14,149 

 12,617 



11,302 

 10,754 

 20, 343 

 25,418 

 25,599 

 43,080 





259,542 



Natural 

 History. 



39,085 

 50, 471 

 41,632 

 38, 060 

 34, 873 

 28,571 



26,461 

 23,856 

 42,088 

 62, 601 

 45,323 

 75,497 



508,518 



Aircraft. 



4,128 

 5,961 



4,848 

 2,919 

 2,455 

 2,372 



2,398 

 1,868 

 2,929 

 3,523 

 3,900 

 5,603 



42,904 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 Building. 



8,511 

 11,202 



8,768 

 6,098 

 4,250 

 4,070 



3,840 



3,311 



6,250 



10,015 



8,925 

 19, 928 



95, 168 



Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian Buildings since 1881. 



Year. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884(halfvear). 

 1884-85 (fiscal 



year) 



1885-86 



1886-87 



1887-88 



1888-89 



1889-90 



1890-91 



1891-92 



1892-93 



1893-94 



1894-95 



1895-96 



1S96-97 



1897-98 



1898-99 



1899-1900 



1900-01 



1901-2 



Museum buildings. 



Arts 

 and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



150, 000 



167, 455; 



202, 188 



97,661 



Natu- 

 ral 

 His- 

 tory. 



205, 

 174, 

 216, 

 249, 

 374, 

 274, 

 286, 

 269, 

 319, 

 195, 

 201, 

 180, 

 229, 

 177, 

 192, 

 225, 

 216, 

 173, 



026 

 225 

 562 

 665 

 843 

 324 

 426 

 825 

 930 

 748 

 744 

 505 

 608 

 254 

 471 

 440 

 556 



Air- 

 craft. 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 Build- 

 ing. 



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 

 105,658 

 103,650 

 115,709 

 99,273 

 116,912 

 133,147 

 151,563 

 144, 107 



Year. 



1902-3 



1903-4 



1904-5 



1905-6 



1905-7 



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 



1920-21 



1921-22 



1922-23 



Total 



Museum buildings. 



Arts 

 and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



315,307 

 220, 778 

 235,921 

 210,886 

 210, 107 

 299,659 

 245,187 

 228, 804 

 207,010 

 172, 182 

 173,858 

 146, 533 

 133, 202 

 146,956 

 161,700 

 161,298 

 266, 532 

 250,982 

 286,397 

 262, 151 

 259,542 



9,376,334 



Natu- 

 ral 

 His- 

 tory. 



50,403 

 151,112 

 281, 887 

 319,806 

 329, 381 

 321, 712 

 381,228 

 407, 025 

 401, 100 

 1 132, 859 

 422,984 

 467, 299 

 441,604 

 508, 518 



4,616,918 



Air- 

 craft. 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 Build- 

 ing. 



31,235 

 46, 380 

 42,904 



120,519 



181, 174 



143,988 



149, 380 



149,061 



153, 591 



237, 182 



198,054 



179, 163 



167, 085 



143, 134 



142, 420 



102,045 



40, 324 



48,517 



86,335 



67,224 



101, 504 



86,013 



90,235 



83,384 



95, 16!i 



5,190,796 



1 Building open only three months of the year. 



