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ACCOUNTS. ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments 

 of Printed Books and Maps, Manuscripts, Oriental Printed Books 

 and Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian 

 Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and Mediaeval 

 Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) is normally 

 open to the public free daily (except on Good Friday and 

 Christmas Day and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving) as 

 follov\rs : — 



On Weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 



After 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December, 

 and after 5 p.m. in March, September, October, only certain 

 of the galleries remain open, viz. : — 



On Mondays, 



Wednesdays, 



and 



Fridays. 



Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed 

 Books, Prints and Drawings, Porcelain, 

 Glass and Majolica ; Prehistoric, British, 

 Anglo-Saxon, Mediaeval and Ethno- 

 graphical Collections. 



On Tuesdays, 

 Thursdays, 



and 

 Saturdays. 



Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman 

 Galleries ; Gold Ornament Room, 

 American, Prehistoric, British, Anglo- 

 Saxon Collections, and the Waddesdon 

 Bequest Room. 



On Sunday Afternoons 



From 



to 



4 



p.m. 



in 



January, February, 



November, 











December. 







5? 



5 



5» 



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October. 







5) 



5.30 



5? 



»5 



March, September. 







»? 



6 



?5 



>5 



April, May, June, July, 



August. 



Persons applying for the purposes of research and reference 

 are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations every 

 weekday, except the days specified below, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. 

 The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, from 

 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. 



The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students' Rooms 

 in the Library and Department of Manuscripts are closed on 

 Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four week- 

 days in March and September. 



