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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSErjM, 1902. 

 Number of visitors during the fiscal year lyOl-H. 



Year and month. 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



Museum 

 building. 



1901. 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November -. . . 



December 



1902. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May r 



June 



Total 



Approximate daily average on a basi.s of 313 days in the year 



6,106 

 10, 192 

 11,738 

 13,261 

 10, 638 

 12, 517 



10, 101 

 9,935 

 16,267 

 17, 761 

 13, 993 

 11,598 



10, 199 

 16, 129 

 15, 690 

 13, 641 

 12, 027 

 13, 725 



11, 688 

 11,066 

 18, 425 

 19, 437 

 16,533 

 15, 328 



144, 107 

 460 



173, 888 

 555 



Number of visitors to the Museum and Smilhsonian buildiuys since the opening of the 



former in 1881. 



« Years of Presidential inaugurations. 



Oil the evening- of Februiirv IT, 1002, the Museum building was 

 open from 8 to 11 o'clock to enable the historical collections to be 

 specially viewed by the Societ}^ of the Daughters of the American 



