12 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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 f Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed 

 Wednesdays I •^^°^^' Prints and Drawings, Porcelain, 

 ' Glass & Majolica ; Prehistoric, British, 

 Anglo-Saxon, Mediaeval and Ethnogra- 



and 



Fridays j^phical Collections. 



On Tuesdays,! Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman 

 Thursdays, I Galleries (exclusive of the Vase Rooms 

 and I and Bronze Room) ; American Collections 



Saturdays J and the Waddesdon 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 

 everv weekday, 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 4, 5, or 6 p.m., according to the season of 

 the year. 



