ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 11 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury 

 (including the Departments of Printed Books and Maps, 

 Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian 

 Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British and 

 Mediseval 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, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings (8 to 

 10 p.m.) — Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Books, 

 Prints and Drawings, Coins and Medals, Porce- 

 lain, Glass, Majolica, Prehistoric, Mediaeval, and 

 Ethnographical Collections, &;c. 



Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings (8 to 

 10 p.m.) — Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, and Roman 

 Galleries, and Prehistoric Saloon. 



The Museum is closed on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas 

 Day, and days of Public Fast and Thanksgiving. 



Persons applying for the purpose 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 regula- 

 tions, 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 lirst four week-days in March 

 and September. 



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