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REPORT OF NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1925 



The following tables show respectively, the attendance of visitors 

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

 when the building now devoted to the arts and industries was first 

 opened to the public : 



Number of visitors during the year ended June 30, 1925 



Year and month 



Smithsonian 

 Building 



Museum buildings 



Arts and 

 industries 



Natural 

 history 



Aircraft 



Total 



1924 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1925 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total _ 



15, 158 

 17, 190 

 11, 265 



8,447 

 4,863 

 4,410 



3,400 

 3,666 

 7,088 

 13, 902 

 8,091 

 9,862 



107, 342 



38, 847 

 47, 278 

 32, 981 

 24, 614 

 15, 094 

 12, 598 



9,982 

 11, 929 



21, 233 

 41,312 



26, 878 



22, 112 



57, 025 

 76, 713 

 51, 916 

 43, 673 

 35, 409 

 29, 258 



24, 935 

 29, 163 

 43, 288 

 63, 438 

 53, 453 

 48, 745 



6,721 



7,482 

 5,904 

 3,695 

 2,818 

 2,490 



1,565 

 2,094 

 3,525 

 6,047 

 5,046 

 5,400 



117, 751 



148, 663 



102, 066 



80, 429 



58, 184 



48, 756 



39, 882 

 46, 852 

 75, 134 

 124, 699 

 93, 468 

 86, 119 



304, 858 



557, 016 



52, 787 



1, 022, 003 



ISfumher of visitors to the Museum and Smithsoiiian Buildings since 1881 





Smithsonian 

 Biiilding 



Museum buildings 





Year 



Arts and 

 industries 



Natural 

 history 



Aircraft 



Total 



1881 



1882 _- 



100, 000 

 152, 744 



104, 823 

 45, 565 



105, 993 

 88, 960 



98, 552 



102, 863 

 149, 618 

 120, 894 

 111, 669 



114, 817 

 174, 188 



103, 910 

 105, 658 

 103, 650 



115, 709 



99, 273 



116, 912 

 133, 147 

 151, 563 

 144, 107 

 181, 174 

 143, 988 



150, 000 



167, 455 

 202, 188 

 97, 661 

 205, 026 

 174, 225 

 216, 562 

 249, 665 

 374, 843 

 274, 324 

 286, 426 

 269, 825 

 319, 930 

 195, 748 

 201, 744 

 180, 505 

 229, 606 

 177, 254 

 192, 471 

 225, 440 

 216, 556 

 173, 888 

 315, 307 

 220, 778 





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250, 000 

 320, 199 



1883 







307, Oil 



1884 (half year)__ _ 







143, 226 



1884-85 (fiscal vear) 



" 





311,019 



1885-86 







263, 185 



1886-87 







315, 114 



1887-88 







352, 528 



1888-89 







524, 461 



1889-90 







395, 218 



1890-91 _ 







398, 095 



1891-92__ 







384, 642 



1892-93 







494, 118 



1893-94 __ 







299, 658 



1894-95-- _ 







307, 402 



1895-96-- 







284, 155 



1896-97 







345, 315 



1897-98 







276, 527 



1898-99- 







309, 383 



1899-1900 - 







358, 587 



1900-01 







368, 119 



1901-02 







317, 995 



1902-03 







496, 481 



1903-04 







364, 766 



