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



VII. — RETURN of the Number of Persons Admitted to Visit the BniTisii Museum. 



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year, from 1800 to 1865, both Years inclusive. 



tWl 



fUARY 



Ibruary 



UlRCH - 

 i'RIL 



Bay 

 Jne 



JXY 



i^ijGUST - 

 gpTEMBER 



Ctober 



PiVEMBER 



Iecember 



Total Number of Persons admitted"! 

 to view the General Collections ^ 



18 60. 



N» 



30,018 

 20,995 

 33,995 

 65,982 

 57,354 

 50,218 

 50,955 

 51,626 

 33,846 

 46,635 

 29,506 

 56,809 



(exclusive of Readers) 



-J 



Number of Visits — 

 ^ the Reading Room, for the purpose of| 



Study or Research - . - -J 

 ']f the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- "( 



pose of Study - - - - -/ 

 [> the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries 

 ') the Print Room - - - - 

 'p the Coin and Medal Room - 



Total - - 



536,939 



127,763 

 2,710 



3,197 



2,0G5 



672,674 



186 1. 



N° 



28,667 

 32,183 

 33,378 

 83,436 

 69,993 

 46,068 

 69,361 

 68,205 

 41,671 

 49,578 

 39,351 

 79,995 



641,886 



130,410 

 2,030 



3,109 

 1,817 



18 6 2, 



N" 



43,070 



36,445 



38,499 



59,204 



48,02 I 



103,274 



143,258 



165,017 



87,008 



81,530 



35,802 



53,949 



895,077 



122,497 

 l,Gi7 



3,265 

 1,544 



186 3. 



18 6 4. 



N" 



32,453 

 30,042 

 34,774 

 49,493 

 42,453 

 32,751 

 42,618 

 39,836 

 33,028 

 32,215 

 23,507 

 47,631 



N" 



18,884 

 23,315 

 45,267 

 30,471 

 33,493 

 30,098 

 40,832 

 45,662 

 28,196 

 34,478 

 26,748 

 74,895 



779,252 1,024,030 



440,801 



107,821 

 2,042 



2,827 

 1,204 



564,695 



432,339 



105,899 

 1,140 



2,361 



1,822 



543,561 



186 5. 



N° 



24,443 

 21,564 

 28,163 

 39,045 

 23,755 

 42,840 

 36,868 

 39,979 

 21^544 

 27,792 

 21,458 

 42,516 



369,967 



100,271 



2,356 



635 



2,565 

 1,856 



477,650 



Tem, — 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 durino- 

 the Months of September, October, March, and April ; and from Ten till Six from the 8th of May to the 31st ot' 

 August. The Public will be also admitted on Saturdays from the 8th of May to the 31st of 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 tlie Reading Room, under certain 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 Sculpture, from Nine o'clock to the 

 hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday. 



The Museum is closed from the 1st to the 7th of January, the 1st to the 7th of May, and the 1st to ihe 7th of 

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

 Thanksgiving Day, ordered by Authority. 



British Museum, 1 

 16 April 1866. / 



A. Panizzi, 



Principal Librarian. 



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