ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VI. — NUMBER of Persons Admitted to Visit the Britisu Museuj 



Persons admitted to view ttie General Collections in eacli Year from 1870 to 1881, both Years inclusive. 



January 



February 



March 



April - 



Mat 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



notember 



December 



Total Number of Persons admitted to view the"l 

 General Collections (exclusive of Readers) - -/ 



Number of Visits — 



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

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

 To the Department of Manuscripts, for the purpose of) 



examinina Select Manuscripts - _ . . .j 



To the Galleri s of Sculpture, for the purpose 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, for the purpose ofl 



study .---.-_._. J 



To the Print Room, for the purpose of study 



Total - - - 



187 6. 



No. 



28,080 

 28.320 

 38,308 

 65,905 

 39,789 

 68,604 

 42,774 

 46,430' 

 37,908 

 44,5-iO 

 3.%157 

 87,665 



563,58-. 



109,442 

 259 



1,662 



7,722 



1,375 



14,632 



6,228 



4,1.J4 



709,009 



No. 



51,475 

 22,219 

 39,373 

 79,496 

 57,640 

 41,604 

 47,020 

 65,6c 6 

 37,831 

 29,705 

 30,463 

 46,709 



5.39,281 



113,594 

 296 



2,041 



9,939 

 1,444 



21,054 



7,480 

 4,382 



699,511 



187 8. 



1«79. 



18 80, 



No. 



No. 



No. 



35,881 



35,000 



46.439 



20,575 



23,417 



22,640 



32,166 



46,702 



63,029 



68,178 



72,9H5 



47,77! 



29,419 



39,036 



55,467 



50,100 



78,972 



54,941 



41,846 



.'9,438 



59,333 



51,072 



(!5,484 



75,677 



38,293 



49,318 



56,2(18 



27,567 



89,529 



42,200 



27,904 



42,363 



50,072 



35,506 



54,150 



81,842 



448,516 



606,394 



655,688 



114,516 



125,594 



133,842 



316 



256 



124 



1,741 



2,191 



2,<i76 



11,917 



15.626 



14,937 



1,539 



1,620 



1,680 



23,143 



18,931 



19,828 



6,352 



7,991 



6,307 



3,572 



4,220 



4,883 



611,612 



782,823 



839,374 



18 81. 



No. 



61,666 

 35,499 

 61, .344 

 83,733 

 48,325 

 73,725 

 56,701 

 80,955 

 60,264 

 56,141 

 49,721 

 96,331 



764,405 



134,273 

 111 



2,272 



15,137 



1,869 



28,168 



10,890 



4,312 



961,437 



• Including the total number of persons (3,484) admitted to the British Museum on Monday and Saturday evenings from six 

 till eight o'clock, from the 9th of May to the 16th of July 1881, inclusive ; and from six till seven o'clock, from the 18th of July to 

 the 29th of August. 



In addition to the above, 832 persons were admitted during the year 1881 to view the Ethnographical portion of the 

 Christy Collections, which, until the new room is ready at the British 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) arc 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 whole of the Galleries, except the Gallery of Antiquities on the Upper Floor, 

 and the Rooms of Greek and Roman Antiquities on the Ground Floor and Basement. 



The hours of Admission are from — 



10 a.m. till 4 p.m. in January, Februarj', November, December. 



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



10 ,, 6 ,, May, June, July, August. 



10 „ 7 „ on Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to tlie end of August. 



10 „ 8 „ Monday and Saturday only, from May 1st to the middle of July. 



Persons applyinpf for the purpose of study or research are admitted to tlie Reading Room, under certain regulations, 

 every day, except the days specified below, in the months of January, February, March, April, September, October, 

 November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m. ; and in the mouths of May, June, July, and August, from 

 Nine till Seven. 



The Reading Room is closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four week-days of March and 

 October. 



Persons are admitted every week-day to study in the Sculpture Galleries froni Nine o'clock to the hour of 

 general closing ; in the Gallery of Zoology, similarly, every day except Saturday ; and in the Print Room from Ten 

 till Four o'clock, January to March, and August to December ; Ten till t'We, April to July. 



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

 Departments of Geology and Palaeontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every day of the week, 

 except Sunday, and except Good Friday and Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving, in — 



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

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

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



Sept;ember and October, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. 

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



Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Nine o'clock to the ordinary hour of closing. 



British Museum, "\ 

 13 May 1882. / 



Edward A. Bond, 



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. 



