ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VII.— RETURN of the Number of Persons Admittbd to Visit the British Mcjseum. 



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year, from 1851 to 1856, 



both Years inclusive. 





185 1. 



1852. 



1853. 



N" 



1854. 



N° 



185 5. 



18 66. 





N" 



N* 



N° 



N" 



January - - - 



94,054 



19,141 



36,205 



28,489 



16,690 



19,980 



February 



65,657 



21,782 



33,518 



31,299 



11,132 



23,567 



March - - - 



63,852 



32,295 



74,093 



36,201 



15,6:>6 



41,460 



April . - - 



96,247 



46,878 



52,667 



59,189 



64,161 



23,998 



May - - - 



123,164 



44,555 



67,602 



31,638 



33,142 



47,446 



June . - - 



335,550 



52,398 



63,544 



81,558 



36,251 



34,007 



July , - - 



344,356 



36,965 



56,479 



45,710 



34,708 



36,529 



August - - - 



580,709 



45,872 



53,573 



36,419 



38,227 



29,941 



September 



523,614 



40,542 



43,265 



27,749 



23,920 



26,184 



October - - - 



239,901 



36,953 



45,814 



18,879 



21,766 



24,799 



November 



20,201 



40,285 



39,207 



18,084 



17,009 



14,129 



December 



39,911 



90,309 



105,126 



44,047 



31,427 



39,674 





2,527,216 



507,973 



661,113 



459,262 



334,089 



361,714 



Number of Visits made to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, about 

 1,950 in 1810; 4,300 in 1315 ; 8,820 in 1820; 22,800 in 1825; 31,200 in 1830; 63,466 in 1835 ; 

 67,542 in 1840 ; 69,303 in 1841 ; 71,706 in 1842 ; 70,931 in 1843 ; 67,51 1 in 1814 ; 64,427 in 

 1845; 66,784 in 1846; 67,525 in 1847; 65,867 in 1848; 70,371 in 1849; 78,533 in 1850; 

 78,211 in 1851 ; 72,226 in 1852; 67,794 in 1853 ; 66,132 in 1854 ; 53,567 in 1855; and 53,422 

 in 1856. 



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

 Study, about 4,938 in 1831; 6,081 in 1835 ; 6,354 in 1840; 6,655 iu 1841 ; 5,627 in 1842; 

 4,907 in 1843; 6,436 in 1844; 4,253 in 1845; 4,124 in 1846; 3,508 in 1847; 3694 in 1848; 

 6,804 in 1840; 6,611 in 1850; 6,086 in 1851 ; 6,983 in 1852; 6,518 in 1853 ; 3,652 in 1854 ; 

 3,694 in 1855; and 2,918 in 1856. 



Number of Visits made to the Print Room, about 4,400 in 1832 ; 1,065 in 1835 ; 6,717 in 1840; 

 7,744 in 1841 ; 8,731 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 18-50 ; 3,867 in 1851 ; 3,702 in 1852 ; 

 3,928 in 1853 ; 3,401 in 1854 ; 2,868 in 1855 ; and 3,096 in 1 356. 



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

 1856. 



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 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 

 10 June 1857. / 



A. Panizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



