ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. H 



The Exhibition Galleries of 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), are open to the 

 public, free, as under : — 



Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday — 

 The whole of the Galleries. 



Tuesday and Thursday — The whole of the Gal- 

 leries, except British and Mediaeval Antiquities 

 and Ethnography and rooms in the " White '* 

 Wing. 



The hours of Admission are from — 



10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, February, November, 

 December. 



10 a.m. till 5 p.m. in March, September, October. 

 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. in April, May, June, July, 

 August. 



Also on — 



Monday and Friday Evenings (8 to 10 p.m.) — 

 Egyptian, Assyrian, Semitic, Religious and 

 American Collections. 



Wednesday and Saturday Evenings (8 to 10 p.m.) 

 — Greek and Roman Collections. 



Tuesday and Thursday Evenings (8 to 10 p.m.) — 

 Manuscripts, King's Library, Porcelain and 

 Glass, and Prints and Drawings, Prehistoric, 

 Ethnographical and Mediaeval Collections. 



The Museum is closed on Sundays,* Good Friday, Christmas 

 Day, and days of Public Fast and Thanksgiving. 



Persons applying for the purposes of research and reference 

 are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations 

 every day, except the days specified below, in the months of 

 January, February, March, April, September, October, 

 November, and December, from 9 a.m. till 8 p.m. ; and 

 in the months of May, June, July, and August, from 9 till 7. 

 The Newspaper Room is open, under similar regulations, 

 from 10 a.m. until ten minutes before the hour of general 

 closing. 



The Reading Room, Newspaper Room, and Students' Room, 

 Department of Manuscripts, are closed on Sundays, Good 

 Friday, Christmas Day, and the first four week-days in March 

 and September. 



"•"' See postscript on p. 13. 

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