34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 3 6 



ATTENDANCE 



The Gallery has been open to the public every day from 9 until 

 4 : 30 o'clock, with the exception of Mondays, Christmas Day, and 

 Ne^y Year's Day. 



The total attendance of visitors coming in at the main entrance 

 was 123,418. The total attendance for weekdays, exclusive of Mon- 

 days, was 85,697; for Sundays, 37,721. The average weekday at- 

 tendance was 329 ; the average Sunday attendance, 725. The highest 

 monthly attendance was reached in April (21,807) and August 

 (13,919). The lowest monthly attendance w^as in December (5,460). 



The total attendance of visitors on Mondays, by the south 

 entrance, was 99, making a grand total attendance of 123,517. 



There \\'ere 1,942 visitors to the offices during the year. The 

 purposes of their visits were as follows : 



For general information 340 



To see objects in storage 545 



Far Eastern paintings 134 



Near Eastern paintings and manuscripts 3 



Indian paintings and manuscripts 4 



American paintings 184 



Whistler etchings 14 



American pottery 2 



Oriental pottery, bronzes, jades, sculptures 158 



Washington Manuscripts 46 



To examine building and installation 23 



To read in the library 235 



To make tracings and sketches from library books 11 



To obtain permission to photograph or sketch 24 



To examine or purchase photographs 365 



To submit objects for examination 153 



To see members of the staff 240 



LECTURES 



A course of four lectures on Persian Painting was given by 

 Eustache de Lorey, former Director of the French Institute of Arts 

 and Archaeology, Damascus, Syria, as follows : 



Wednesday, March 11 : 



Firdausi, Infipirer of Art. 

 Thursday, March 12: 



Islam and China. 

 Friday, March 13 : 



The Height of Persian Miniature Painting, XV Century. 

 Saturday, March 14 : 



Behzad, the Great Painter of the Persian Renaissance. 



The total attendance at these lectures was 634. 



Nineteen lectures and illustrated talks were given by members of 

 the staff — at Columbia University and at the Gallery. 



