﻿44 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  CHANGES 
  IN 
  EXHIBITION 
  

  

  Four 
  hundred 
  eighty-eight 
  changes 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  exhibition, 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  Arabic 
  (Amida) 
  painting 
  2 
  

  

  Chinese 
  bronze 
  103 
  

  

  Chinese 
  gold 
  6 
  

  

  Chinese 
  jade 
  104 
  

  

  Chinese 
  marble 
  2 
  

  

  Chinese 
  painting 
  38 
  

  

  Chinese 
  porcelain 
  14 
  

  

  Chinese 
  pottery 
  95 
  

  

  Chinese 
  silver 
  2 
  

  

  Chinese 
  silver-gilt 
  

  

  Chinese 
  sculpture, 
  bronze 
  10 
  

  

  Chinese 
  sculpture, 
  stone 
  2 
  

  

  Egyptian 
  [Fostfl-t] 
  pottery 
  1 
  

  

  Korean 
  bronze 
  1 
  

  

  Korean 
  pottery 
  39 
  

  

  Persian 
  pottery 
  2 
  

  

  Persian 
  silver 
  1 
  

  

  ATTENDANCE 
  

  

  The 
  Gallery 
  has 
  been 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  every 
  day 
  from 
  9 
  until 
  

   4 
  :30 
  o'clock 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Mondays, 
  Christmas 
  Day 
  and 
  

   New 
  Year's 
  Day. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  of 
  visitors 
  coming 
  in 
  at 
  the 
  main 
  entrance 
  was 
  

   53,700. 
  Sixty-nine 
  other 
  visitors 
  on 
  Mondays 
  bring 
  the 
  grand 
  total 
  

   to 
  53,7G9. 
  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  on 
  weekdays 
  was 
  30,759; 
  Sundays, 
  

   22,941. 
  The 
  average 
  weekday 
  attendance 
  was 
  118; 
  the 
  average 
  Sun- 
  

   day 
  attendance, 
  441. 
  The 
  highest 
  monthly 
  attendance 
  was 
  in 
  August, 
  

   with 
  5,832 
  visitors 
  ; 
  the 
  lowest 
  in 
  December, 
  with 
  2,571 
  visitors. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  1,026 
  visitors 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  office 
  during 
  the 
  year; 
  the 
  

   purposes 
  of 
  their 
  visits 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  For 
  general 
  information 
  316 
  

  

  To 
  see 
  objects 
  in 
  storage 
  175 
  

  

  Far 
  Eastern 
  paintings 
  and 
  textiles 
  37 
  

  

  Near 
  Eastern 
  paintings 
  and 
  manuscripts 
  27 
  

  

  Oriental 
  pottery, 
  jade, 
  glass, 
  bronze, 
  sculpture, 
  lacquer, 
  and 
  

  

  bamboo 
  82 
  

  

  Byzantine 
  objects 
  9 
  

  

  Washington 
  Manuscripts 
  20 
  

  

  To 
  read 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  108 
  

  

  To 
  make 
  tracings 
  and 
  sketches 
  from 
  library 
  books 
  18 
  

  

  To 
  see 
  building 
  and 
  installation 
  14 
  

  

  To 
  obtain 
  permission 
  to 
  photograph 
  or 
  sketch 
  7 
  

  

  To 
  submit 
  objects 
  for 
  examination 
  97 
  

  

  To 
  see 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  103 
  

  

  To 
  see 
  exhibition 
  galleries 
  on 
  Monday 
  11 
  

  

  To 
  examine 
  or 
  purchase 
  photographs 
  273 
  

  

  