48 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1944 
ATTENDANCE 
The Gallery has been open to the public every day from 9 untii 
4:30 o’clock with the exception of Mondays and Christmas Day. 
The total attendance of visitors coming in at the main entrance 
was 62,408. Fifty-four other visitors on Mondays bring the grand 
total to 62,462. The total attendance on weekdays was 35,610; Sun- 
days, 26,798. ‘The average weekday attendance was 137; the average 
Sunday attendance, 515. The highest monthly attendance was in 
August, with 6,789 visitors, the lowest in December with 3,394 visitors, 
There were 1,279 visitors to the main office during the year; the pur- 
poses of their visits were as follows: 
For; general:information 22. -U2n te ecn yee nt Pe eee eee 180 
To, see, members) of the, staff. =~ 23) ss a ee ea ee ae Be ee 505 
To. readin, the Wray ee ee eae 213 
To make tracings and sketches from library books_________________________ 5 
To'iseeibuilding ‘and installacl omg eee ee ee 37 
To. make'photographs) and: sketehes2o< 2£2— 5200s je C2) Be ie Ae ee 15 
Tojysee exhibition: galleries;on, Monday. 22% S28! She eee eet 6 
To examine or purchase photographs and slides___________________________ 378 
To ‘submit objects; for examination 22222 2s ee eee a 96 
To see objectsiimu store ge G a 28 8 ee a PEN a ae 209 
Washington M Ouseni pte 8 ets ae ee ee eee 56 
NariMasterns paintings and textiles = 225202 ee ee 36 
Near Hastern paintings and manuscripts_____-_-_____4_-_-___- == 26 
Tibetsm’: pain tin eee eee a eee ae ea 1 
Endian “pain Ging gees eh a ete 1 
American) ‘paintingss 2.2 3 22 Joe A ee ee eee eee 8 
Oriental pottery, jade, bronze, lacquer and bamboo_________________ 72 
Gold/treasnres. 222 S027 2 sh ee Se SRO ee 2 eee eee 3 
ATL seul tur ete 228 oe Si ee ee a ARE EIA Dg SO es ae RES 5 
Syrian ‘@1ass, ;etes 26266 AE a eee a ST al 
DOCENT SERVICE, LECTURES, ETC. 
By request, 2 groups met in the study rooms and 18 groups in the 
exhibition galleries for instruction by staff members. Total num- 
ber of persons, 321. 
January 21,1944: The Director attended a meeting in New York 
of the Committee of the American Council of Learned Societies on 
Protection of Cultural Treasures in War Areas. ; 
February 10, 1944: A lecture by Miss Guest, on “Flower Painting in 
Persia and China,” before the American Association of University 
Women. 
Two lectures by members of the Civil Service Commission were 
given to supervisors in the auditorium. Total attendance, 224. 
