ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VI. — Number of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c. — continued. 



B. — Persons Admitted to view the Collections in the British Museum (Natural History), in each 

 Year from the date of opening (18th April 1881 to 1882, inclusive. 



1881 : 





1882: 





[)8-j 

 April 1 to ,>- - 



LaoJ 



May - . - . 



41,434 



22,871 



January _ _ . 

 February - - - 

 March - - - - 



23,234 

 17,522 

 27,923 



June - - _ - 



25,867 



April . - . . 



37,138 



July - - - - 

 August - - - 



13,986 

 27,970 



May - - - . 

 June ... - 

 July - - . - 



38,829 

 20,461 

 20,395 



September - - - 



23,950 



August - - - - 



29,182 



October - - - - 



November . . - 



23,044 

 17,943 



September - . - 

 October . - - 

 November . - _ 



19,664 

 15,217 



10,469 



December - - - 



34,217 



December - . - 

 Total - - - 



23,101 



Total - - - 



231,284 



278,027 



J Number of Visits for the Purpose of Study to the 



Departments of — 





1 

 New Building 



in the ( 

 Cromwell- road. 



Total - - - 



1882. 



Geology 



Mineralogy - - - - ; 



Botany - - - - - } 



1,209 

 697 

 803 





2,709 



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



Monday "i 



ThT^sdIy [^'^^^ ^'^°'^ "'^^'^^ Galleries. 

 Saturday J 



Wednesday and Friday — The wliole of the Galleries, except the Western 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, February, November, December. 



10 „ 6 „ March, April, September, October. 



10 „ 6 „ May, June, July, August. 



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



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



The Galleries are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. 



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

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

 November, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m. ; and in the months 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 from Nine o'clock to the hour of 

 general closing ; and in the Print Room from Ten till Four o'clock, January to March, and August to December • 

 Ten till Five, April to July. 



Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum (Natural History), Ciom well-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. 

 The hours of Admission are from — 



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

 10 „ 6 „ March, April, Sepcember, Uctolier. 

 10 „ 6 ,, May, June, July, August. 

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



British Museum,"! Edward A. Bond, 



30 May 1883. / Principal Librarian. 



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