ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, k,C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VII.—RETURN of the Number of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum. 



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year, from 1852 to 18-57, 



both Years inclusive. 





18 52. 



13 53. 



N» 



1854. 



N" 



185 5. 



N° 



18 56. 



18 57. 





N" 



N" 



N' 



January - - - 



19,141 



36,205 



28,489 



16,090 



19,980 



17,63-2 



February 



21,782 



33,518 



31,299 



11,132 



23,567 



16,368 



March - - - 



32,295 



74,093 



36,201 



15,656 



41,400 



18,009 



April . - - 



46,878 



52,667 



69,189 



54,161 



23,998 



45,060 



May 



44,555 



67,602 



31,638 



33,142 



47,446 



177,355 



June . . - 



52,398 



53,544 



81,558 



36,251 



34,007 



93,148 



July ... 



36,965 



56,470 



45,710 



34,708 



36,529 



65,866 



August - - - 



45,872 



53,573 



36,419 



38,227 



29,941 



48,474 



September 



40,542 



43,265 



27,749 



23,920 



26,184 



32,181 



October - - - 



36,953 



45,814 



18,871) 



21,766 



24,799 



27,653 



November 



40,285 



39,207 



18,084 



17,009 



14,129 



20,872 



December 



90,309 



105,126 



44,047 



31,427 



39,674 



58,416 





507,973 



661,113 



459,262 



334,089 



361,714 



621,034 



The Readers are not included in the above statement. 



Number of Visits to the Reading^ Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, 72,226 in 

 1852; 67,794 in 1853 ; 56,132 in 1854 ; 53,507 in 1855; 53,422 iii 1850. From January to 

 April 1857 inclusive, the number of visits of Readers was 19,242. The new Reading Room was 

 opened for Readers on the 18th May, and from that date to the end of the year the number of 

 visits of Readers was 75,128. Total, 94,370 in 1857. 



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

 Study, 6,983 in 1852; 6,518 in 1853; 3,652 in 1854; 3,594 in 1855; 2,918 in 1856; and 

 2,613 in 1857. 



Number of Visits to the Print Room, 3,702 in 1852; 3,923 in 1853; 3,401 in 1854; 2,868 in 

 1855 ; 3,096 in 1856 ; and 3,315 in 1857. 



Number of visits to the Coin and Medal Room, 1,310 in 1854; 1,446 in 1855; 2,299 in 1856; 

 and 2,316 in 1857. 



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 7tli of May to the 1st of September. The Public 

 will be also admitted 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 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 April ; and from Nine till Six in the Months of May, 

 June, July and August. 



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

 closing, every day on which the Museum is open. 



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

 the 1st to the 7th of September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christ- 

 mas-day, and also on any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, 1 

 17 April 1858. / 



A. JPanizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



