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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



{(l) Visitors. 



During the year the number of visitors to tlie Museum building has 

 been 195,322, and to the Smithsonian buihling 91,130. The total num- 

 ber of visitors may, therefore, conlidently be placed at considerably 

 more than 200,000. 



It may be noted that the interest of visitors in the collections appears 

 to be increasing in full proportion to the progress which has been made 

 in affixing descriptive labels. 



The doorkeepers still continue the use of the automatic registers, 

 which are proving much more satisfactory than the turnstile system 

 usually employed in museums and exhibitions. The result of their 

 record is given below in tabulated form. 



Numher of visitors to the Museum building for 1884. 



Month. 



January — 

 February . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . 

 October . . . 

 November . 

 December . 



Total 



Number of 

 visitors, 



15, 114 

 21, 215 



20, 832 



21, 527 

 25, 484 



11, 947 

 13, 671 

 17, 698 

 13, 263 



12, 456 



10, 515 



11, 600 



195, 322 



Number 

 resistered. 



2,207 

 3,321 



2, 938 



3, 092 

 3,716 

 1,486 

 1,516 

 1,838 

 1,645 

 1, 520 

 1, 223 

 1,380 



25, 882 



Nmnber of visitors to Sviithsonian huilding, 1884. 



Number of visitors 1o United States National Museum and Smithsonian Institution for 



1882, 1883, and 1884. 



Tear. 



1881. 

 1882. 

 1883. 

 1884. 



Museum 

 building. 



*150, 000 

 tl67, 455 

 202, 188 

 195, 322 



Smithsonian 

 building. 



* Estimated on basis of register. 



t Estimated on basis of atteudauco from February 8 to December 31. 



152, 744 

 104, 823 

 .91,130 



