﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  27 
  

  

  ATTENDANCE 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  from 
  July 
  1, 
  1942, 
  to 
  June 
  30, 
  1943, 
  was 
  

   1,508,081, 
  a 
  daily 
  average 
  of 
  4,132 
  visitors, 
  over 
  25 
  percent 
  of 
  this 
  

   number 
  being 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  in 
  the 
  uniformed 
  military 
  services. 
  

   In 
  spite 
  of 
  war 
  conditions 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  at 
  the 
  National 
  

   Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  has 
  been 
  increasing. 
  The 
  first 
  6 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  calendar 
  

   year 
  1943 
  the 
  attendance 
  was 
  876,460, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  577,360 
  during 
  

   the 
  first 
  6 
  months 
  of 
  1942, 
  while 
  the 
  attendance 
  during 
  June 
  — 
  the 
  

   last 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  — 
  was 
  164,202 
  in 
  1943, 
  compared 
  with 
  

   91,810 
  in 
  1942. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  activities 
  contributing 
  to 
  the 
  consistent 
  growth 
  of 
  popu- 
  

   larity 
  of 
  the 
  Gallery 
  are 
  the 
  Sunday 
  night 
  openings, 
  the 
  special 
  exhi- 
  

   bitions 
  of 
  contemporary 
  art, 
  the 
  variety 
  and 
  excellence 
  of 
  the 
  Sunday 
  

   evening 
  musical 
  concerts, 
  the 
  Sunday 
  night 
  suppers 
  for 
  servicemen, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Servicemen's 
  Room, 
  which 
  has 
  furnished 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  relaxation 
  

   for 
  many 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  military 
  services 
  who, 
  especially 
  on 
  week 
  ends, 
  

   visit 
  the 
  Gallery. 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  information 
  rooms 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  building, 
  the 
  Gallery 
  con- 
  

   tinues 
  to 
  pursue 
  and 
  expand 
  its 
  policy 
  of 
  making 
  catalogs, 
  color 
  repro- 
  

   ductions, 
  and 
  similar 
  publications 
  available 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  at 
  moderate 
  

   cost. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  available, 
  without 
  charge, 
  a 
  general 
  information 
  

   booklet 
  containing 
  a 
  short 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  painting 
  and 
  

   sculpture 
  from 
  the 
  thirteenth 
  to 
  the 
  nineteenth 
  centuries, 
  as 
  illustrated 
  

   by 
  the 
  Gallery's 
  collections, 
  and 
  clearly 
  marked 
  floor 
  plans 
  to 
  guide 
  

   visitors 
  in 
  their 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  exhibits. 
  The 
  booklet 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  

   assistance 
  to 
  visitors 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  at 
  the 
  information 
  rooms 
  

   on 
  request. 
  

  

  AIR-RAID 
  PROTECTION 
  

  

  The 
  Gallery 
  staff, 
  which 
  is 
  organized 
  to 
  form 
  five 
  air-raid 
  services, 
  

   namely, 
  fire, 
  police 
  (including 
  morale), 
  health 
  (first 
  aid), 
  mainte- 
  

   nance, 
  and 
  evacuation, 
  has 
  been 
  kept 
  in 
  constant 
  training 
  through 
  the 
  

   medium 
  of 
  weekly 
  building 
  air-raid 
  drills. 
  Drills 
  held 
  in 
  coordination 
  

   with 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  authorities, 
  when 
  visitors 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  

   building, 
  gave 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  measure 
  of 
  efficiency 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   reached 
  by 
  the 
  protective 
  organization 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery. 
  

  

  ACQUISITIONS 
  

   GIFTS 
  OF 
  PRINTS 
  

  

  On 
  December 
  29, 
  1942, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  accepted 
  from 
  Mr. 
  

   and 
  Mrs. 
  J. 
  Watson 
  Webb 
  two 
  sets 
  of 
  etchings 
  by 
  James 
  Abbott 
  

  

  