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 eacli Year, from 1859 to 1864, both Years inclusive* 







18 5 9. 



N" 



18 60. 



186 1. 



186 2. 



186 3. 



18 6 4. 



NO 



N" 



N" 



N- 



N" 



JANUARY ----- 



. 



35,638 



30,018 



28,667 



43,070 



32,453 



18,884 



February - - - - - 



- 



28,261 



29,995 



32,183 



36,445 



30,042 



23,313 



^AUCIl ------ 



- 



32,881 



33,995 



33,378 



38,499 



34,774 



43,267 



ll'RIL ------ 



- 



70,462 



63,982 



83,436 



59,204 



49,493 



30,471 



VEay ------ 



- 



29,071 



57,354 



69,993 



48,021 



42,453 



33,493 



Tune ------ 



- 



63,435 



50,218 



46,068 



103,274 



32,751 



30,098 



FuLY ------ 



- 



41,861 



50,955 



69,361 



143,258 



42,618 



40,832 



August ------ 



- 



50,310 



51,626 



68,205 



165,017 



39,830 



45,662 



SEPTEMBER - - - - - 



- 



31,118 



33,846 



41,671 



87,008 



33,028 



28,196 



October - - - - - 



- 



38,582 



46,635 



49,578 



81,530 



32,215 



34,478 



VOVEMBER - - - - - 



- 



27,092 



29,506 



39,351 



35,802 



23,507 



26,748 



December 



" 



69,184 



56,809 



79,995 



63,949 



47,631 



74,895 















Total Number of Persons admitted^ 

 to view the General Collections ^ 















517,895 



536,939 



641,886 



895,077 



440,801 



432,339 



(exclusive of Readers) 



-J 















Number of Visits — 

















To the Reading Room, for the purpose 

 Stndv or Researcli 



ofl 



-f 



122,424 



127,763 



130,410 



122,497 



107,821 



105,899 



To the' Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- 1 

 pose of Study J 



2,364 



2,710 



2,030 



1,617 



2,042 



1,140 



To the Print Room - - - - 



- 



3,013 



3,197 



3,109 



3,265 



2,827 



2,361 



To the Coin and Medal Room - 



Total - - 



-• 



2,204 



2,065 



1,817 



1,544 



1,204 



1,822 



647,900 



672,674 



779,252 



1,024,030 



554,693 



343,561 



Mem. — The Public arc admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between tbe hours of 

 Ten and Four, during the months of November, December, January, and February ; from Ten till Five durin<>' 

 the Months of September, October, March, and April ; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of M&y to the 3 1st o'f 

 August. The Public will be also admitted on Saturdays from the 8th of May to the 3 1st of August of the 

 present year, between tlie hours of Twelve and Six. 



Persons applying for the purposes of Study or Research are admitted to the Reading Room, under cei-taiu reo-u- 

 lations, every day, except on the days 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 Scul|)ture, 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 Ciiristmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksijiving Dav, ordered bv Authoritv. 



British Museum, 1 

 8 May 1S65. J 



Panizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



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