ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &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 1853 to 1858, 



both Years inclusive. 



The Readers are not included in the above statement. 



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18 53. 



18 54. 



185 5. 



18 56. 



18 57. 



185 8. 





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N° 



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N° 



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January . - - 



36,205 



28,489 



16,690 



19,980 



17,632 



24,246 



February 



33,518 



31,299 



11,132 



23,567 



16,368 



28,470 



March . - - 



74,093 



36,201 



15,656 



41,460 



18,009 



33,312 



April - . - 



52,687 



59,189 



54,161 



23,998 



45,060 



64,363 



May . - - 



67,602 



31,638 



33,142 



47,446 



177,355 



58,043 



June - - - 



63,544 



81,558 



36,251 



34,007 



93,148 



37,554 



July - - . 



56,479 



45,710 



34,708 



36,529 



65,866 



42,357 



August . - - 



53,573 



36,419 



38,227 



29,941 



48,474 



46,548 



September 



43,265 



27,749 



23,920 



26,184 



32,181 



31,762 



October - - - 



45,814 



18,870 



21,766 



24,799 



27,653 



37,072 



November 



39,207 



18,084 



17,009 



14,129 



20,872 



22,953 



December 



105,126 



44,047 



31,427 



39,674 



68,416 



92,885 





661,113 



459,262 



334,089 



361,714 



621,034 



519,565 



Number of Visits to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, 67,794 in 1853 ; 

 56,132 in 1854; 53,567 in 1855; 53,422 in 1856. 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; 122,103 in 1858. 



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

 Study, 6,518 in 1*853; 3,652 in 1854; 3,594 in 1855; 2,918 in 1856; 2,613 in 1857; and 

 2,522 in 1858. 



Number of Visits to the Print Room, 3,928 in 1853; 3,401 in 1854; 2,868 in 1855; 3,096 in 

 1856 ; 3,315 in 1857 ; and 3,499 in 1858. 



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

 2,316 in 1857; and 2,002 in 1858. 



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 on the Saturdays in the Months of Maj^, June, July and August 

 of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six. 



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, ") 

 16 June 1859. / 



A, Panizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



