ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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



Persons admitted to vie-w the General 



Collections in each Year from 187 



2 to 1877, both Years inclusive. 



January --...- 

 February ---.-. 

 March ------- 



April ------- 



May 



June ------- 



July 



August ------- 



September ------ 



October ------ 



November 



December ------ 



18 72. 



N° 

 28,903 

 23,638 

 26,131 

 56,305 

 44,025 

 32,500 

 41,225 

 49,489 

 27,045 

 28,762 

 23,191 

 42,854 



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 



187 4. 



N° 



28,176 

 24,058 

 33,270 

 56,245 

 45,674 

 41,368 

 49,043 

 52,353 

 31,759 

 35,036 

 27,227 

 36,850 



1875. 



N" 



29,358 

 24,758 

 52,731 

 52,887 

 63,384 

 50,757 

 58,594 

 50,166 

 28,844 

 32,793 

 24,489 

 54,556 



187 6. 



N" 



28,086 

 28,329 

 38,368 

 65,905 

 39,789 

 68,604 

 42,774 

 46,430 

 37,908 

 44,520 

 35,157 

 87,665 



18 77. 



N" 



51,475 

 22,219 

 39,373 

 79,496 

 57,640 

 41,604 

 47,020 

 55,656 

 37,831 

 29,795 

 30,463 

 46,709 



Total Number of Persons admitted") 

 to view the General Collections.'- 

 (exclusive of Readers) - -J 



To the Reading Room, for the purpose of) 

 study or research - - - -J 



To the Department of Maps, for the purpose! 

 of special research - - . - j 



purpose of studying the collections and [ 



of examining Select Manuscripts - -J 



To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the pur-l 



To the Coin and Medal Room, for the pur-1 



To the Gold Ornament Room 

 To the Departments of Natural H istory, for) 

 the purpose of study - - - -j 



study or research - - - - / 



424,068 

 105,006 



4,769 



1,359 

 5,925 

 4,751 



2,616 



442,264 

 103,971 



1,345 



6,281 



1,724 



12,740 



4,861 



2,833 



461,059 

 104,727 



1,632 



7,185 



1,674 



16,560 



6,022 



2,984 



523,317 



105,310 

 186 



1,785 



7,219 



1,713 



14,785 

 5,870 



3,713 



563,535 



109,442 

 259 



1,662 



7,722 



1,375 

 14,632 



6,228 



4,154 



*539,281 



113,594 

 296 



2,041 



9,939 



1,444 

 21,054 



7,480 



4,382 





548,494 



576,019 



001,843 



663,898 



709,009 



699,511 



* Including the total number of persons (3,247) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings fi-om six til) eight 

 o'clock, from the 12th of May to the 13th of August 1877, inclusive, as compared with 2,368 persons admitted in 1876. 



In addition to the above, 327 persons were admitted during the year 1877 to view the Christy Collections of Ethno- 



graphy, &c., which, until the new room is ready at the British Museum, is exhibited at 103, Victoria-street, 

 Westminster.f 733 persons were admitted in 1876. 



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



Mondays. 



Wednesdays. 



Fridays, 



From Ten till Four 

 o'clock in — 



January. 

 February. 

 November. 

 December. 



From Ten till Five 

 o'clock in — 



March. 



April. 



September. 



October. 



From Ten till Six 

 o'clock in — 



May. 

 June. 

 July. 

 August. 



Saturdays, from Twelve o'clock till the hour of closing, January — December. 



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

 May to the 12th of August inclusive, in the present year. 



Classes or other bodies of persons are admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout 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 months of January, 

 February, November, and December ; from Nine till Five in the months of March, April, September, and 

 October; and from Nine till Six in the months of May, June, July, and August. 



Persons are admitted, under similar regulations, to study in the Sculpture Galleries from Nine o'clock from 

 Monday to Friday, and from Eleven o'clock on Saturday, to the hour of closing ; in the Galleries of Zoology, 

 Geology, and Mineralogy, from Nine o'clock to the hour of closing, every day except Saturday ; in the Depart- 

 ment of Botany from Ten till Four o'clock, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from Ten till 

 Four o'clock, every day. 



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

 October, inclusive, on Sunday, Ash- Wednesday, Good Friday, and Cliristmas-day, and also on any Special 

 Fast or Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority."^ 



British Museum, 1 C. T. Newton, 



23 April 1878. J Deputy Principal Librarian. 



t The Public are admitted to view the Christy Collections in Victoria-street on Fridays only, from Ten till Four o'clock, by tickets issued at 

 the British Museum. The Collection was closed from the I4th of September to the end of 1877, for the removal of objects to the British 

 Museum, 



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