ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



V. — RETURN of the Number of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum. 



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year from 1868 to 1873, both Years inclusive. 



January 



Februart 



March - 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August - 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Total Number of Persons admitted] 

 to view the General Collections ^ 



(exclusive of Readers) 

 Number of Visits — 



-J 



To the Reading Room, for the purpose of\ 

 Study or Research - - -J 



To the Department of Manuscripts, for the] 

 purpose of studying the collections and }- 

 of examining Select Manuscripts - -J 

 To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur- 

 pose of Study - . . . 

 To the Mausoleum and Cnidus Galleries 

 To the Coin and Medal Room - 

 To the Ornament Room - . - 

 To the Departments of Natural History 

 To the Print Room - - - - 



Total - - 



:) 



1868. 



N" 



27,402 

 25,987 

 31,591 

 47,778 

 29,047 

 63,626 

 44,427 

 46,181 

 28,791 

 40,776 

 28,989 

 67,215 



461,710 



103,529 



2,018 



339 

 1,548 



3,509 

 3,086 



1869. 



N° 



29,226 

 23,549 

 65,282 

 41,068 

 46,433 

 35,466 

 40,796 

 43,048 

 26,607 

 33,166 

 23,896 

 63,108 



575,739 



460,636 



103,884 



2,983 



1,948 

 7,687 

 4,123 

 3,167 



187 0. 



N" 



31,199 

 27,282 

 33,306 

 50,793 

 29,538 

 46,493 

 40,410 

 45,103 

 29,619 

 32,668 

 25,234 

 35,602 



18 7 1. 



584,427 



427,247 



98,971 



2,981 



1,382 

 5,863 

 4,514 

 2,833 



N" 



23,731 

 23,072 

 35,029 

 41,607 

 41,146 

 41,042 

 48,574 

 44.076 

 27,046 

 29,846 

 21,026 

 42,000 



543,791 



418,094 



106,130 



3,911 



1,149 

 6,905 

 4,921 

 2,422 



1872. 



N" 



28,903 

 23,638 

 26,131 

 56,305 

 44,026 

 32,600 

 41,225 

 49,489 

 27,046 

 28,762 

 23,191 

 42,854 



542,532 



424,068 



105,006 



4,769 



1,359 

 5,926 

 4,751 

 2,616 



548,494 



187 3. 



N" 



28,486 

 18,537 

 29,492 

 50,573 

 27,839 

 56,565 

 44,494 

 48,872 

 31,917 

 33,735 

 24,476 

 47,278 



*442,264 



103,971 



1,345 



6,281 



1,724 ' 

 12,740 1^ 

 4,861 

 2,833 



I 



570,019 



* Including the total number of persons (2,114) admitted to the BT'itish Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six till eigli 

 o'clock, from the 8th of May to the 16th of August 1873, inclusive, as compared with 1,493 persons admitted in 1872. ^ 



In addition to the above, 864 persons were admitted during the year 1873 to view the Christy Collections of Ethn 

 graphy, &c., which, owing to the want of space at the British Museum, are temporarily exhibited at 103, Victoria-strefl 

 Westminster — -as compared with 871 persons admitted in 1872. 



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



From Ten till Four 

 o'clock in — 



January. 

 February. 

 November. 

 December. 



Mondays. 



Wednesdays. 



Fridays. 



Saturdaj's, from Twelve o'clock till the hour of closing, January — December 



From Ten till Five 

 o'clock in — 



March. 

 April. 

 September. 

 October. 



From Ten till Six 

 o'clock in — 



May. 

 June. 

 July. 

 August. 



The Public will also be admitted until Eight o'clock in the evening, on Mondays and Saturdays, from the 8th oj 

 May to the 1 5th of August inclusive, in the present year. 



Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on 2\e.<days and Thursdays througliout the year for purposes of 

 instruction, to the number of 30 for the Upper Galleries of the Museum, and 50 for the Lower Galleries, 

 on previous application to the Principal Librarian. 



Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the Reading Room, under certain regu- 

 lations, every day, except on the days specified below, from Nine till Four in the Montiis 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. 



Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Galleries of Sculpture and of Natural History^, 

 from Nine o'clock to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is open, excepting Saturday ; am' 

 to the Print Room from Ten o'clock, to the hour of closing, every day on which the Museum is openj 

 excepting during the month of September. ' 



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 Christmas-day, and also on any Special Fast or 

 Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. 



The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collection on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o'clock, by tickets 

 issued at the British Museum. 



I 



British Museum, ] 

 21 April 1874. / 



J. Winter Jones, 



Principal Librarian. 



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