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 18.54 to 1859, 



both Years inclusive. 





18 54. 



N" 



185 5. 



18 5 6. 



N" 



185 7. 



18 5 8. 



18 5 9. 





N" 



N" 



N" 



N° 



January . - - 



28,489 



16,690 



19,980 



17,632 



24,246 



35,638 



February 



31,299 



11,132 



23,567 



16,368 



28,470 



28,261 



March - - - 



36,201 



15,656 



41,460 



18,009 



33,312 



32,881 



April . - - 



59,189 



64,161 



23,998 



45,060 



64,363 



70,402 



May - - 



31,638 



33,142 



47,446 



177,355 



68,043 



29,071 



June . . - 



81,558 



36,251 



34,007 



93,148 



37,554 



03,435 



July . - . 



45,710 



34,708 



36,529 



65,866 



42,357 



41,861 



August - - - 



36,419 



38,227 



29,941 



48,474 



46,548 



50,310 



September 



27,749 



23,920 



26,184 



32,181 



31,762 



31,118 



October - - - 



18,870 



21,766 



24,799 



27,653 



37,072 



38,582 



November 



18,084 



17,009 



14,129 



20,872 



22,953 



27,092 



December 



44,047 



31.427 



39,674 



58,416 



93,885 



69,184 





459,262 



334,089 



361,714 



621,034 



519,565 



517,895 



The Readers are not included in the above statement. 



Number of Visits to the Reading Rooms, for the purpose of Study or Research, 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 Readings 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; and 122,424 in 1859. 



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

 Study, 3,662 in 1854; 3,594 in 1855; 2,918 in 1S56; 2,613 in 1857; 2,522 in 1858; and 

 2,364 in 1859. 



Number of Visits to the Print Room, 3,401 in 1854; 2,868 in 1855; 3,096 in 1856; 3,315 In 

 1857; 3,499 in 1858; and 3,013 in 1859. 



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 ; 2,002 in 1858 ; and 2,204 in 1859. 



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

 between the hours of Ten and Four, durin;.)' 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 8th of May to the dlst of August. The Public 

 . will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, July and Auo-ust 

 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 Room, 

 under certain regulations, 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, under similar regulations, 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 tlie 7th of May, and 

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

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



British Museum, "] 

 15 May 1860. / 



A. Pariizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



