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Incidentally mention should also be made of lectures for use by 

 the Young Men's Christian Association throughout the country and 

 of films for educational moving pictures, prepared within the last 

 few years by members of the scientific staff. 



VISITORS. 



The Museum exhibition halls, scattered now in four buildings, 

 were open free to the public as usual on all week days, holidays 

 included, with one exception. All were closed on November 11, 

 1921, on account of the burial of America's Unknown Soldier. The 

 Natural History Building was open on Sundays from 1.30 to 4.30 

 p. m., and the Smithsonian Building on the Sundays in April during 

 the same hours. 



The number of visitors to the Natural History Building during 

 the year reached 357,321 for week days and 84,283 for Sundays, At 

 the Arts and Industries Building and the Aircraft Building, week 

 days only, the attendance was 262,151 and 46,380, respectively. At 

 the Smithsonian Building it was 82,560 on week days and 824 on the 

 five Sunday afternoons. The slight falling off of visitors to all the 

 buildings, as compared with the preceding year, was due in part to 

 the fact that 1920-21 was inaugural year and in part to the present 

 disturbed economic condition of the country, since the Museum 

 attendance quickly reflects the number of sight-seeing parties in 

 the capital city. 



The following tables show, respectively, the visitors for each month 

 of the year, and for each year since 1881, when the building now 

 devoted to arts and industries was first occupied. 



Number of visitors during the year ending June SO, 1922. 



Year and month. 



1921 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1922 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Museum buildings. 



Arts and 

 Industries. 



26,330 

 38,543 

 27,819 

 22,990 

 17,680 

 14,589 



11,729 

 11,109 

 16, 139 

 28,755 

 22,628 

 23,840 



262, 151 



Natural 

 History. 



32,921 

 49,715 

 38, 550 

 40,055 

 36,624 

 27,949 



25,895 

 24,513 

 33,058 

 52,373 

 40,228 

 39,723 



441,604 



Aircraft. 



4,103 

 6,950 

 5,703 

 4,203 

 3,508 

 2,965 



1,989 

 2,194 

 2,797 

 4,415 

 3,678 

 3,875 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 Building. 



46,380 



7,886 

 12,470 

 8,583 

 7,115 

 5,321 

 4,710 



3,480 

 3,346 

 5,359 

 10,758 

 6,115 

 8,241 



83,384 



