58 ANNUAL. EEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 31 



Of booklets issued by the gallery, the following were sold at cost 

 price : 



F. G. A. pamphlets 117 



Synopsis of History pamphlets 105 



List of American paintings 37 



Annotated outlines of study 17 



Gallery books 204 



Floor plans 18 



BUILDING 



The workshop has been constantly occupied with the making of 

 necessary equipment, as well as with the work necessary to the upkeep 

 of the building. Under the latter the most important item was the 

 renewal of the attic shade system with new and better operating 

 parts and a complete set of new curtains. A new device for holding 

 the smaller paintings to be photographed, four new exhibition cases, 

 two bookcases, and additional frames for the card display are among 

 the items of new equipment. The report of the superintendent, 

 which gives a detailed account of shopwork and of the planting in 

 the court, accom|)anies this report as Appendix C (not printed), 



ATTENDANCE 



The gallery has been open every day from 9 until 4.30 o'clock with 

 the exceptions of Mondays, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. 



The total attendance for the year was 125,789 ; the total attendance 

 for week days was 82,574; the total Sunday attendance 43,215. As 

 before, the average Sunday attendance is much more than twice that 

 of week days, 831 being the average for Sunday and 318 that for a 

 week da}'. Attendance reached its height in April and August with 

 totals of 23,401 and 14,950, respectively. 



The total number of visitors to the offices was 1,510. Of these, 

 91 came for general information, 295 to call upon members of the 

 staff, 119 to see objects in storage, 100 to submit objects for examina- 

 tion, 74 to study the building and installation methods, 11 to visit 

 the galleries on Mondays, 216 to study in the library, 203 to see the 

 reproductions of the Washington Manuscripts, 19 to make photo- 

 graphs and sketches, and 16 to make tracings, while 229 came to pur- 

 chase photographs, and 137 to examine photographs of objects in the 

 collection. 



Fifty-two groups, ranging from 2 to 47 persons, were given docent 

 service in the exhibition galleries, and 10 classes in groups ranging 

 from three to nine persons were given instruction in the study room. 



On Thursday, March 12, 1931, Dr. Rudolf Meyer Riefstahl gave an 

 illustrated lecture on Islamic Painting before an audience of 163 

 persons. 



