Statistics, Sc. 



The following are the comparative attendances 

 during the Bank Holidays for the two past years :— 



26,772 25,871 



Showing a decrease on the total of these four weeks of 



901. 



Comparative total attendances for the past two 



years : — 



1900-1 .- 116,246 I 1901-2 .. 116,740 

 Being an increase on the year of 494. 



The Museum was open to the public on 26 \\ days 

 during the year, and the above total for the year gives 

 an average attendance per day of 446. 



The largest attendance on one day was that of 

 Easter Monday, when the number was 6160. This 

 record attendance tested the capacity of the building to 

 its utmost limit. 



On the occasion of the Prince -of Wales' visit to 

 Bristol, the Museum was open during the latter part of 

 the day, when 3330 persons entered between the hours 

 of 3 and 9. 



gg^ In comparing the above satisfactory figures with those of other 

 Institutions, it should be bome in mind that they represent attendances at the 

 Museum only, and not, as is frequently the case elsewhere, the combined 

 attendance at the Museum and Art Gallery. 



The Museum has been visited during the year by 

 789 pupils and 47 teachers from various elementary and 

 higher-grade schools. 



