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BRITISH MUSEUM 



BRITISH MUSEUM, W.C.I. 



The Museum is open free to the public on weekdays from 10 a.m. 

 to 6 p.m., but after 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December, 

 and after 5 p.m. in March and October, some only of the galleries 

 remain open, viz. : — 



Ground Floor. 

 Exhibitions of Manuscripts and Printed Books. 



On Mondays, 

 Wednesdays, 



and 

 Fridays. 



Upper Floor. 

 Prehistoric Room ; Coins and Medals ; Roman- 

 British, Anglo-Saxon, Oriental, Religious, 

 and Ethnographical Collections ; Fourth, 

 Fifth, and Sixth Egyptian Rooms ; Assy- 

 rian, Babylonian, Phoenician, Carthaginian, 

 and Coptic Rooms ; Glass, China, and 

 Mediaeval Collections. 



On Tuesdays, 

 Thursdays, 



and 

 Saturdays. 



Ground Floor. 

 Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek 

 Sculpture. 



and Roman 



Upper Floor. 

 Prehistoric, Terra-cotta, Gold Ornament, 

 Greek and Roman Life, Bronze, and 

 Vase Rooms ; First, Second, Third, and 

 Fourth Egyptian Rooms ; Phoenician and 

 Carthaginian Rooms ; Prints and Drawings 

 Exhibition Gallery. 



On Sunday Afternoons. — The whole of the Exhibition Galleries 

 are open free from 2 to 6 p.m. 



The Museum is closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day. 



Public Lecture Tours of the Collections are conducted by Official 

 Guide Lecturers at 12 noon and 3 p.m. daily, except on Sundays. 

 Private parties are also conducted, under conditions to be learned 

 on application verbally in the Entrance Hall, or by letter to the Guide 

 Lecturer, British Museum, W.C.I. 



Photographs of objects in the Museum can be supplied and lantern 

 slides lent. Regulations and prices, and in the case of slides lists, may 

 be had on application to the Director. 



Casts from sculptures in the Museum may be obtained from the 

 Department of Casts, Victoria and Albert Museum, S.W.7. 



BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), S.W.7. 



The Museum is open free to the public on weekdays from 10 a.m. 

 to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 2.30 to 6 p.m. 



The Museum is closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day. 



Public Lecture Tours of the Collections are conducted free of charge 

 by the Official Guide Lecturer at 12 noon and 3 p.m. daily, except on 

 Sundays. The Guide Lecturer's services are also available (free) for 

 private parties. Application should be made either verbally in the 

 Entrance Hall, or by letter to the Director, British Museum (Natural 

 History), S.W.7. 



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