ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH M U S E U M ; 1 8 3 7. 



NwMBER of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the pui-pose of Study or Research, - - - about 1,950 

 in 1810 4 ^0 in 1816 ; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 1830 ; 38,200 in 1831 ; 46,800 in 1832; 

 68,800 in 1833 ; 70,266 in 1834 ; 63,466 in 1835 ; 62,360 in 1836. 



Number of Visits bv Artists and Students, to the Galleries of Sculpture, for the purpose of Study, 

 4™88inl831; 4,740 in 1832; 4,490 in 1833; 5,646 in 1834; 6,081 inl 836; 7,052 in 1836. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832 ; 2,900 in 1833 ; 2,204 in 1834 ; 1,065 in 1835 ; 

 2,916 in 1836. 



Mem —The Pubmc arc admitted to the British Museum on Monday.i, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 

 the hours of Ten and Four, from the 7th September to the 1st May ; and between the hours of Ten 

 and Seven from the 7th May to the 1st September. 



Persons applying for the purpose of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Rooms every 

 day fi-om Nine o'clock in the Morning until Four in the Afternoon, between the 7th of September 

 and' the 1st of May, and until Seven in the Evening between the 7th of May and the 1st of Sep- 

 tember. 



Artists are admitted to Study in the Galleries of Sculpture every day, between the hours of Nine 

 and Four, except Saturday. 



The Museum is closed between the 1st and 7th January, the 1st and 7th May, and the 1st and 7th 

 September, and on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast 

 or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British ISIuscum, 25 January 1837. 



Mawer Cowtan, Accountant. 





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