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, ( Exhibitions of Manuscripts, Printed 



Wednesdays I ^^^^^' Prints and Drawings, Poi-celain, 



, ' ■{ Glass & Majolica ; Prehistoric, British, 



^^ I Anglo-Saxon, Mediaeval and Ethnogra- 



Fridays (^phical Collections. 



On Tuesdays, f Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman 



TnuRSDi^YS ' Gralleries (exclusive of the Vase Rooms 



, ' I and Bronze Room) ; Gold Ornament 



^^ Room, American Collections, and the 



Saturdays 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, from 9 a.m. 

 until 7 p.m. 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. 



