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REPORT OF NATIOXAL MUSEUM, 1920. 



not, therefore, satisfy any of the needs set forth in the last report in 

 respect to additional space for the national collections. 



VISITORS. 



The number of visitors to the Natural History Building during the 

 year aggregated 321,508 for week days and 101,416 for Sundays, be- 

 ing a daily average of 1,024 for the former and 1,950 for the latter. 

 At the Arts and Industries Building, which is open only during the 

 week, the total attendance was 250,982, a daily average of 799. The 

 Smithsonian Building, like the Arts and Industries Building, is or- 

 dinarily only open to visitors on week days, but an exception was 

 made for a few Sundays in March and April, 1920, when there was 

 on exhibition a series of exquisite water color paintings of wild 

 flowers by Mrs. C. I). Walcott. The total attendance in this build- 

 ing for the year was 84,223 on Aveek days and 1,790 on the five 

 Sundays, averaging 268 for the former and 358 for the latter. 



It is highly desirable that all three buildings should be open at 

 least a part of each Sunday to give persons employed during the 

 week an opportunity to view the nation's collections. This will be 

 possible when additional funds are provided to cover the extra 

 watchmen and other attendants required. 



The following tables show, respectively, the attendance of visitors 

 during each month of the past year, and for each year since 1881, 

 when the building now devoted to arts and industries Avas first oc- 

 cupied. 



Number of visitors during the year ending June 30, 1920. 



Xc ir and month. 



1919 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1920 



January 



February 



Mm ch 



Apri. 



May 



June 



Totai ■ 



Museum Buildings. 



Arts and 

 Indus- 

 tries. 



24. 7.35 

 29, 501 

 29, 697 

 21,401 

 IS, 971 

 13,149 



11,491 

 10, 168 

 15,815 

 23, 207 

 27. 550 

 25,271 



250, 9S2 



Natural 



History. 



33, 631 

 45, 392 

 44,974 

 36, S06 

 38, 420 

 23, 751 



22, 914 

 21.741' 

 32, 204 

 38, 954 

 46, 089 

 38. 009 



422 «4 



Smithso- 

 nian 

 Building. 



7,812 

 9,594 

 9, 090 

 7, 245 

 5, 875 

 4, 992 



4,264 

 3,439 

 6,371 

 8,121 

 9,978 

 8,632 



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