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



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



Persons admitted to vie^7 the General Collections in each Year, from 18 



55 to 1860, 



both Years inclusive. 







18 5 5. 



1856. 



18 57. 



18 58. 



18 5 9. 



18 60. 







N° 



N" 



N" 



N" 



N° 



N°' 



January ..... 



- 



16,690 



19,980 



17,632 



24,246 



35,638 



30,018 



February - . - . . 



- 



11,132 



23,567 



16,368 



28,470 



28,261 



29,995 



March -.---. 



- 



15,656 



41,460 



18,009 



33,312 



32,881 



33,995 



April -.--.. 



- 



54,161 



23,998 



45,060 



64,363 



70,162 



65,982 



May 



- 



33,142 



47,446 



177,355 



58,043 



29,071 



57,354 



June ----.. 



- 



36,251 



34,007 



93,148 



37,554 



63,435 



50,218 



July ----.. 



- 



34,708 



36,529 



65,866 



42,357 



41,861 



50,955 



August - - - 



- 



38,227 



29,941 



48,474 



46,548 



50,310 



51,626 



September - - - . . 



- 



23,920 



26,184 



32,181 



31,762 



31,118 



33,846 



October - - . . . 



- 



21,766 



24,799 



27,653 



37,072 



38,582 



46,635 



November - - . . . 



- 



17,009 



14,129 



20,872 



22,953 



27,092 



29,506 



December ..... 



edl 



31,427 



39,674 



58,416 



92,885 



69,184 



56,809 



Total Number of Persons admitt 















to view the General Collectio 

 (exclusive of Readers) 



334,089 



361,714 



621,034 



619,565 



517,895 



536,939 



Number of Visits — 

















To the Reading Room, for the purpose 

 Study or Research ... 



") 



63,567 



68,422 



94,370 



122,103 



122,424 



127,763 



pose of Study - . - . .j 



3,594 



2,918 



2,613 



2,522 



2,364 



2,710 



To the Print Room .... 



- 



2,868 



3,096 



3,315 



3,499 



3,013 



3,197 



To the Coin and Medal Room - 



- 



1,446 



2,299 



2,316 



2,002 



2,204 



2,065 



Total - - 



395,564 



423,449 



723,648 



649,691 



647,900 



672,674 



Jfm.— The Public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridaxjs, 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 8th of May to the 31st 

 of August. The Public will be also admitted on the Saturdays in the Months of May, June, July and Aup-nst 

 of the present year, between the hours of Twelve and Six. ^ J & <■ 



Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu- 

 lations, 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, tlie 1st to the 7th of May, and the 1st to the 7th of 

 September inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Ciiristmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, "| 

 3 May 1861. / 



A.. Panizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



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