ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VII.— RETURN of the NUMBER of PERSONS ADMITTED to VISIT the BRITISH MUSEUM. 

 Persons admitted to view the General Collections from Christmas 1848 to Christmas 1854. 





From 



Christmas 1848 



to 

 Christmas 1849. 



From 

 Christmas 1849 



to 

 Christmas 1850. 



From 

 Christmas 1850 



to 

 Christmas 1851. 



From 

 Christmas 1851 



to 

 Christmas 1 852. 



From 

 Christmas 1852 



to 

 Christmas 1853. 



From 

 Christmas 1853 



to 

 Christmas 1854. 







NO 



N" 



N° 



N° 



N" 



N» 



January 



57,791 



58,596 



94,054 



19,141 



36,205 



28,489 



February 



49,.551 



49,877 



65,657 



21,782 



33,518 



31,299 



March - 



71,726 



75,862 



6.3,852 



32,295 



74,093 



36,201 



April - 



104,752 



131,060 



96,247 



46,878 



52,687 



59,189 



May - 



95,594 



110,485 



123,164 



44,555 



67,602 



31,638 



June 



107,131 



86,533 



335,5.50 



52,398 



53,544 



81,5.58 



July 



97,055 



133,520 



344,356 



36,965 



56,479 



45,710 



August - 



109,709 



109,349 



580,709 



45,872 



53,573 



36,419 



September - 



.58,670 



69,894 



.523,614 



40,542 



43,265 



27,749 



October 



76,046 



79,802 



239,901 



36.953 



45,814 



18,879 



November 



62,857 



86,703 



20,201 



40,285 



39,207 



18,084 



December 



88,191 



107,182 



39,911 



90,309 



105,126 



44,047 





979,073 



1,098,863 



2,527,216 



507,973 



661,113 



459,262 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for tlie purpose of Study or Researcli, about 1,950 in 1810 ; 

 4,300 in 1815 ; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825 ; 31,200 in 18-30; 63,466 in 1835 ; 67,542 in 1840; 69,303 

 in 1841 ; 71,706 in 1842; 70,9-31 in 1843; 67,511 in 1844; 64,427 in 1845; 66,784 in 1846; 67,525 in 

 1847; 65,867 in 1848; 70,-371 in 1849; 78,.583 in 18.50; 78,211 in 18.51; 72,226 in 1852; 67,794 in 

 1853; and 56,132 in 1854. 



Number of Visits made by Artists and Students to the Galleries of Sculpture, for tlie purpose of Studj'^, 

 about 4,938 in 1831; 6,081 in 1835; 6,-3,54 in 1840; 5,655 in 1841; 5,627 in 1842; 4,907 in 1843; 

 5,4.36 in 1844; 4,256 in 1845; 4,124 in 1846; 3,508 in 1847; 3,694 in 1848; 6,804 in 1849; 6,611 in 

 1850 ; 6,086 in 1851 ; 6,983 in 1852; 6,518 in 1853 ; and 3,6.52 in 1854. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 18.32; 1,065 in 18-35; 6,717 in 1840; 7,744 in 

 1841 ; 8,781 in 1842 ; 8,162 in 1843 ; 8,998 in 1844 ; 5,904 in 1845 ; 4,390 in 1846 ; 4,572 in 1847 ; 5,813 

 in 1848; .5,970 in 1849; 3,745 in 1850; .3,867 in 1851 ; 3,702 in 18.52; 3,928 in 1853; and 3,401 in 1854. 



Number of visits made to the Coin arid IVIedal Room, 1,310 in 1854. 



Mem. — The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 

 the hours of Ten and Four, during the Months of November, December, January and February ; 

 from Ten till Five during the Months of September, October, March and April ; and from Ten 

 till Six from the 7th of May to the 1st of September. The Public will be also admitted to the 

 British Museum on the Saturdays in the months of May, June, and July, of the present year, 

 between the hours of Twelve and Five. 



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

 day, except on the Holidays as specified below, from Nine till Four in the Months of November, 

 December, January and February ; from Nine till Five in the Months of September, October, 

 March and AprU; and from Nine till Six in the Months of May, June, July and August, with 

 the exception that on Saturdays in these latter months it closes at Five. 



Artists are admitted to study in the Galleries of Sculpture from Nine o'clock to the hour of closing, 

 every day, except Saturday. 



The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the Jst to the 7th of May, and the 1st to 

 the 7th of September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas-day, and also ou 

 any Special Fast or Tlianksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, ~| 

 16 April 1855. j 



Henry Ellis, 



Principal Librarian. 



