6 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1952 



preparation of a series of educational exhibits in German schools and 

 museums, and from the Institute of Inter- American Affairs a total of 

 $45,705 for the period January 1 through June 30, 1952, for the opera- 

 tion of the Institute of Social Anthropology, including the issuance 

 of publications resulting from its work. 



From the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 

 $157,803 for archeological projects in connection with the River Basin 

 Surveys. 



VISITORS 



Visitors to the Smithsonian group of buildings during the year 

 1951-52 reached an all-time high total of 3,425,987, more than half a 

 million more than the previous year. April 1952 was the month of 

 largest attendance, with 490,983 ; May 1952 was the next largest, with 

 461,750. Largest attendance for 1 day was 50,329 on May 31, 1952. 

 A summary of attendance records for the five buildings is given in 

 table 1. These figures do not include 3,294,569 estimated at the Na- 

 tional Zoological Park and 1,522,596 at the National Gallery of Art. 



Table 1. — Visitors to the Smithsonian buildings during the year ended June SO, 



1952 



Year and month 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 Building 



Arts and 

 Industries 

 Building 



Natural 

 History 

 Building 



Aircraft 

 Building 



Freer 

 Gallery 

 of Art 



Total 



1951 



July.. 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1952 



January. 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



83, 251 

 84, 690 

 53, 235 

 43, 510 

 34, 001 

 20, 771 



24, 667 

 32, 087 

 34, 723 

 92,611 

 92, 430 

 65, 302 



661, 278 



198, 583 

 214, 620 

 125, 845 

 104, 923 

 72, 822 

 39, 956 



60, 337 

 73,516 

 75, 917 

 245, 755 

 212,643 

 162, 993 



87,618 

 92. 867 

 73, 173 

 59, 341 

 49, 022 

 29,819 



40, 026 

 48, 885 

 57,113 

 111,754 

 118,030 

 86, 815 



30, 346 

 31,918 

 22, 563 

 15, 570 

 12, 668 

 8,581 



10,518 

 13, 230 

 15,437 

 31, 167 

 31,559 

 23, 839 



1,587,910 



854. 463 



247, 396 



9,861 

 10, 714 

 7,052 

 5,870 

 3,872 

 2,507 



2,972 

 3,781 

 3,992 

 9,696 

 7,088 

 7,535 



74, 940 



409, 659 

 434, 809 

 281,868 

 229, 214 

 172, 385 

 101,634 



138, 620 

 171,499 

 187, 182 

 490, 983 

 461,750 

 346, 484 



3, 425, 987 



During the last 4 months of the fiscal year a special record was 

 kept of groups of school children visiting the Smithsonian. The count 

 showed that 159,784 school children came in 4,289 groups, or at an 

 average of 37 to each group. By months the figures are : March, 420 

 groups, 12,066 children; April, 1,022 groups, 38,286 children; May, 

 2,207 groups, 85,881 children ; June, 640 groups, 23,551 children. For 

 the 4-month period, therefore, 10.7 percent of all visitors were in this 

 category. 



