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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1956 



Many visiting scientists and scholars from Federal departments, 

 universities, and research organizations all over the world have come 

 to the Smithsonian Institution during the past year. We were espe- 

 cially honored by a visit on November 5, 1954, from Mrs. Dwight D. 

 Eisenliower and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. 



Tablk 1. — Visitors to certain Smithsonian luildings during the year ended 



June SO, 1955 



A special record was kept during the year of groups of school 

 children visiting the Institution. These figures are given in table 2 : 



Table 2. — Groups of school children visiting the Smithsonian Institution, 1954-55 



Year and month 



Number of 

 groups 



Number of 

 children 



1954 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1955 



.January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



95 

 91 

 63 



245 

 301 

 139 



201 

 277 

 752 

 1, 742 

 2,468 

 942 



7,316 



2,986 

 2,211 

 2, 065 

 7,703 

 9, 958 

 3,829 



5,693 



8,415 



23, 960 



71, 376 



116,032 



33, 967 



288, 195 



