ACCOUNTS, &e., oy the liRIlISH iVxLSEi; 



VI. — NUMBER of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum. 



Persons admitted to view the General Collections in each Year from 1876 to 1880, both Years inclusive. 



January 



February 



March 



April - 



May 



June - 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



187 5. 



No. 



29,358 

 24,768 

 62,731 

 52,887 

 63,384 

 .50,757 

 68,594 

 60,166 

 28,844 

 32,793 

 24,489 

 54,556 



Total Number of Persons admitted to view the'l 

 General Collections (exclusive of Readers) - -j 



Number of Visits — 



To the Reading Room, for the purpose of study or researcli - 

 To the Department of Maps, for the purpose of special research 

 To the Department of Manuscripts, for the purpose of study-1 



ing tlie collections and of examining Select Manuscripts - j 

 To the Galleries of Sculpture, for the jiurpose of study - 

 To the Coin and Medal Room, for the purpose of study, &c. 

 To the Gold Ornament and Gem Room- . - . - 

 To the Departments of Natural History, fox* the purpose of] 



study ._.----.-./ 



To the I'rint Room, for the purpose of studj' or research 



Total - - - 



623,317 



105,310 

 186 



1,785 



7,219 

 1,713 



14,785 



5,870 

 3,713 



663,898 



187 6. 



No. 



28,086 

 28,329 

 38,368 

 65,905 

 39,789 

 68,604 

 42,774 

 46,430 

 37,908 

 44,5:20 

 3.%167 

 87,6i;5 



563,53.1 



109,442 

 259 



1,662 



7,722 



1,375 



14,632 



6,228 



4,154 



709,009 



Na. 



51,475 

 22,219 

 39,373 

 79,496 

 57,640 

 41,604 

 47,020 

 55,656 

 37,831 

 29,796 

 30,463 

 46,709 



539,281 



113,594 

 296 



2,041 



9,939 



1,444 



21,054 



7,480 



4,382 



1878. 



No. 



35,881 

 20,575 

 32,166 

 68,178 

 29,419 

 50,109 

 41,846 

 61,072 

 38,293 

 27,567 

 27,904 

 35,506 



699,611 



448,516 



114,516 

 316 



1,741 



11,917 



1,539 



23,143 



6,352 



3,572 



(ill,612 



1879. [ 1880. 



No. ' No. 



35,000 

 23,417 

 46,702 

 72,986 

 39,036 

 78,972 

 69,438 

 65,484 

 49.318 

 39,629 

 42,36.3 

 64,160 



606,394 



125,594 

 256 



2,191 



16,626 



1,620 



18,931 



7,991 



4,220 



782,823 



46,439 

 22,640 

 63,029 



47,771 

 56,467 

 54,941 

 59,833 

 76,677 

 66,208 

 42,269 

 60,072 

 81,842 



666,688 



13.3,642 

 124 



2,076 



14,937 



1,689 



19,828 



6,307 



4,883 



8,39,374 



• Including the total number of persons (3,804) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six 

 til) eight o'clock, from the lOtU of May to the 12th of July 1880, inclusive ; and from six till seven o'clock, from the 17th of July to 

 the 30th of August. 



In addition to the above, 617 persons were admitted during the year 1880 to view the Ethnographical portion of the 

 Christy Collections, which, until the new room is ready at the Britisli Museum, is exhibited at 103, Victoria-street, 

 Westminster, t 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and 

 Maps, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, British 

 and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, Coins and Medals, and Zoology) are Open to the Public, Free, as under : — 



Monday and Saturday— The whole of the Galleries. 



Tuesday and Thursday — The whole of the Galleries, except the Zoological Collections. 



Wednesday and Friday — The wliole of the Galleries, except the Antiquities on the Upper Floor, and the 

 rest of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



The hours of Admission are from — 



10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in January, February, November, December. 

 10 ,, 5 „ March, April, September, October. 

 10 „ 6 ,, May, June, July, August. 



10 and 12 till 7 p.m. on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of August. 

 10 „ 8 „ Monday and Saturday only, from May 8th to the middle of July. 



On Saturday throughout tlie year iiom 13 o'clock. 

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

 tions, every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February', March, October, 

 November, and December, when the Electric Light is available, from Nine till Seven; in the month of 

 September, from Nine till Five ; and in the mouths of April, May, June, July, and August, from Nine till Six. 

 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 Gallery of Zoology, 

 from Nine o'clock to the ordinary- hour of closing, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from 

 Ten till Four o'clock, January to Marcii, and August to December ; Ten till Five, April to July. 

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

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

 Fast or Thanksgiving-day ordered by authority. 

 Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Ciom well-road. South Kensington, including the 

 Departments of Geology and Palaeontology, Mineralogy, and (in a short tiu.e) Botanj', are open to the Public, free, every 

 day of the week, except Sunday, in — 



January and February, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Septeniher and October, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. 



March and April, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. November and December, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. 



May to August, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

 The Museum is closed as follows: — On Good Friday, Christmas-day, and on days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. 

 Persons are admitted, under certain regulations, to study in the Departments of Geology and Palaeontology, 

 Mineralogy, and Botany, from Nine o'clock to the ordinary hour of closing, every day on which the Natural History 

 collections are open, as above specified. 



British Museum,^ • Edward A. Bond, 



14 May 1881. J Principal Librarian. 



■f The Public are admitted to view the Ethnographical portion of the Christy Collections in Victoria-street on Fridays, from Ten 

 till Four o'clock, by tickets issued at the British Museum. The Prehistoric section has been removed to the British Museum. 



