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ACCOUNTS ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments 

 o£ Printed Books and Maps, Manuscripts, Oriental Printed Books 

 and Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian 

 Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and Mediseval 

 Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) is normally 

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

 Day and days o£ Public Fast or Thanksgiving) as follows : — 



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, Briti.sh, 

 Anglo-Saxon, Mediaeval and Ethnographical 



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 2 to 4 



p.m. in January, February, November, 

 December. 

 2 ,, 5 „ ,, October. 



2 „ 5.30 „ „ March, September. 

 2 „ 6 „ „ April, May, June, July, August. 



Persons applying for the purposes of research and reference are 

 admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations every week- 

 day, 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 weekdays in March 

 and September. 



