ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUMi 11 



The British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Depart- 

 ments of 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 Ethno- 

 graphy, and Coins and Medals) is open to the public free 

 daily (except on Good Friday and Christmas Day and days 

 of Public Fast or Thanksgiving), as follows : — 



On Week-Days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 



After 4 p.m. in January, February, November, Decem- 

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

 certain of the galleries remain open, viz. : — 



On Mondays, ^ Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed 

 Wednesdays, (Books, Prints and Drawings, Porcelain, 

 and (Glass, Majolica, Prehistoric, British, Me- 



Fridays J diaeval and Ethnographical Collections. 



ThursdayF'1 ^gyP*^^*"' Assyrian, Semitic, Greek 

 „ 1 ' >and Roman Galleries ; Religious and 

 Saturdays J American Collections. 



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. 



2.30 „ 7 „ „ 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, 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' 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. 



Other Students' Rooms are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, 

 and Christmas Day, and occasionally for cleaning. 



