48 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1948 
CHANGES IN EXHIBITIONS—continued 
Coptic arts: 
Manu Seript sat 222 a MAE Ae Aid ee ee 1 
airtime Seo a a on I kn 6 
Egyptian arts: 
Pottery 252 2 a Sn ee ee Ie ee 3 
Greek arts: 
Manuscript: 23 = Pee ae ee ee ee eee 16 
Indian arts: 
Ma museriqpy tact SE ae en ee 6 
1 ETB 0W sy 0 ee mene ek ee es 2 ESL eB es oe a er Le Ee 145 
Seuplt ress 526 este Be IN ip De EES ees ates ae ee 12 
Japanese arts: 
Tis uence ee Se 18 
Si G11 ce aa ee ee ee ee eee 125 
POCEGRY seo aero a tte et teres ee ee ee eh ee ee ee 78 
Seupleures se Lee Tae AEA SN as Ss 2 eee 4 
Korean arts: 
Bronzer =a. os a ee ee 1 
Potteryoe sic 22S eo ee Se ee ee eee 30 
Mesopotamian arts: 
Pottery see ont Sa ee ee ee ee ee 8 
Persian arts: 
IBOokbinding 2-214 Ss a ee eee 6 
Manuscriptes 22% sew oe el te i ee Se eee 10 
Metalwork. 22) 2 2 es ee ee eee 23 
Painting: 26-203 Se Shnl Sh cee ee eee 124 
Potterys= 2222 oe 2 ee eee 38 
Syrian arts: 
Gllasg Nae eee es oe a Be ee 8 ee ee ee eee ee ala 
Metalworka.— ee = et eae Soe ee ee eee ee 5 
Veneto-Islamic arts: 
Metalwork 2-22. 3+ fb e222 se ae ee eee 1 
ATTENDANCE 
The Gallery was open to the public from 9:00 to 4:30 every day 
except Christmas Day. The total number of visitors to come in 
the main entrance was 77,012. The weekday total was 61,916 and the 
Sunday total was 15,096. The average weekday attendance was 198, 
the average Sunday attendance was 290. The highest monthly at- 
tendance was in July with 12,230 visitors; the lowest was in December 
with 3,045 visitors. 
There were 1,650 visitors to the main office during the year; the 
purposes of their visits were as follows: 
MOT emer a eda fOr re bl om ee ee 1,113 
To. (see. stati. members. 2222-5 ee ee eee 115 
Mou read. ingthe wi branyo22) poses Se ee eee eee 266 
To make sketches and tracings from library books_-____—--_----_-_- 17 
Toysee building andlinstallations22 2 = eee 46 
To make photographs in court and sketches in exhibition galleries____ 41 
