REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1924 



15 



request of the American Automobile Association, was broadcasted 

 on April 3, 1924, from the studio of the Radio Corporation of 

 America. 



VISITORS 



The Museum exhibition halls — in the Smithsonian Building and 

 in the three buildings belonging exclusively to the Museum — are 

 open free to the public on week days and holidays, and those in the 

 Natural History Building are open also on Sunday afternoons. As 

 a mark of respect to President Warren G. Harding all the exhi- 

 bition halls, as well as the offices, were closed at noon on August 3, 

 1923, for the remainder of the day and again from 1 p. m. on Au- 

 gust 7 until after the funeral in Marion, Ohio, on August 10. The 

 Aircraft Building was temporarily closed from January 11 to Feb- 

 ruary 4, 1924, to permit of the installation of the Fokker airplane 

 T-2. The flags on the several buildings were flown at half-mast 

 on the following daj^s: August 3 to September 3, 1923, out of re- 

 spect to President Harding; from February 4 to March 4, 1924, on 

 account of the death of former President Woodrow Wilson, and on 

 May 30, Decoration Day, as customary, from 8.30 a. m. till noon. 



The number of visitors to the Natural History Building during 

 the year aggregated 432,754 for week days and 108,022 for Sundays, 

 being a daily average of 1,400 for the former and 2,038 for the latter. 

 At the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Building, and 

 the Aircraft Building the total attendance was 290,012, 104,601, and 

 43,534, respectively, with daily averages of 938, 338, and 150. 



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, 192J/ 



Year and 

 month 



1923 



July 



August 



September 

 October. _. 

 November 

 December, 



Museum buildings 









Smith- 









Arts 

 and 



Nat- 

 ural 



Air- 



sonian 

 Build- 



Indus- 



His- 



craft 





tries 



tory 







32, 041 



47, 851 



4,942 



11,853 



38, 246 



62, 800 



6,034 



14, 949 



29, 589 



56, 425 



5,072 



10, 376 



22, 801 



45, 025 



3, 166 



8,799 



16, 644 



36, 926 



2,634 



5,786 



13, 983 



29, 920 



2,941 



5,062 



Year and 

 month 



1924 

 January... 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



Museum buildings 



Arts 

 and 

 Indus- 

 tries 



11, 682 

 11, 906 

 17, 156 

 37, 023 

 27, 349 

 31, 592 



290, 012 



Nat- 

 ural 

 His- 

 tory 



31, 216 



27, 471 

 38, 039 

 58, 954 

 54, 938 

 51,211 



540, 776 



Air- 

 craft 



761 



2,116 

 2,327 

 4,651 

 4,000 

 4,890 



43, 534 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 Build- 

 ing 



4,724 

 4,016 

 5,407 



14, 705 

 8,626 



10, 298 



104, 601 



