62 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1946 
CHANGES IN EXHIBITIONS 
Changes in exhibitions totaled 662, as follows: 
Chinese arts: 
Bamboo) Caryn ges 2 a ern ee ene ge ae a 
Bronze, 222 2205 ee eg OR ee ee ee 143 
Bronze; and. coldest A a 4 
Bronze-ang Hades. w Be eee ek ee ee 16 
Golds 22d ie a ie ae ioe eee de aa ee ee ee ve 
Gold:and iron ee ee eo ee eal ee eee 4 
DX e gee a = ee ie ee cee 2 ee 183 
Mietnc a le ig sire vin 5 ae ag 2 hag Re ee 3 
TP Sh i To ge ee ie heh ee a eee 2 an on) 63 
PO Et Tay pe ee oe Se 2 Se ee 101 
Silver and silver seit oma See ae Ret ei ee ee 28 
Wood"? Scull Gurr ei Re eee ae a at aie A ee NS AAD ee 6 
Japanese arts: 
Waa CQUET 9a Ba ee Toh ee Wai ee Ree o_o oe ae 11 
Paitin ge ee eee ee ae Ne See A ee Oe 42 
) ECO) 5) Bo eee ae SS pA gh Ne a ane peed eS ee 36 
Korean arts: 
Pottery se i EMA Oe Shs Ret IS EAL neh Cees’. MARIN PR 16 
ATTENDANCE 
The Gallery was open to the public from 9 to 4: 30 every day except 
Christmas Day. The total number of visitors to come in the main 
entrance was 97,822. The weekday total was 65,311, and the Sunday 
total was 82,511. The average weekday attendance was 203, the aver- 
age Sunday attendance 626. The highest monthly attendance was in 
June, with 10,454 visitors; the lowest in December, with 3,874 visitors. 
There were 1,625 visitors to the main office during the year; the pur- 
poses of their visits were as follows: 
Hor .generaleinformation==] 2282s ee eee eee 1, 074 
To. seen stafhiimtembersa eS s Soe eee et eee Sat sede Fea 174 
To read_inithe library 222 Se ee ee ee ee 161 
To make sketches and tracings from library books__--_------~ 6 
To see building-and installations. 252s See eee Nee eee 21 
To make photographs, sketches, ete., in court__-_____---__---_- 21 
To examine, borrow, or purchase photographs and slides___--- 324 
To submit objects for examinations22 2s ee ee 354 
To see objects in storage: 
Washington MU aniescr ip ts ae ae BERS LIE ee 63 
Far Eastern paintings and textiles_____________-_--_- 47 
Near Eastern paintings and manuscripts__-___________ 23 
Tibetan) Paintin ges Sek ae ik ee ee 2 
Indian} paintings and manuseripts==— =e 19 
AMERICAN. pain CNG Soe ee eee ee 42 
Whistlenprints2 2 ie7 eet oleae ee 5 
