ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Y. — NuMBEK of Persons Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c. — continued. 



The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Bloomslmry (inclmlinc; tlie Departments of I'riiiteil Hooks and 

 Maps, Mannsciipts, Prints and Drawings, Kgyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Greelc and Roman Antiquities, British 

 and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) arc Open to ihe Puljlic, Free,, as under :— 

 Monday, \VEDNESDAy, Fuidav", and Saturday — The whole of tlie Galleries. 



Tuesday and Thursday — The wliole of the Galleries, except British and Mediajval Antiquities and Ethno- 

 graphy and rooms in the " White " Wing. 



Tlic hours of Admission are from — 



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



10 ,, 5 „ March, September, October. 



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



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



10 „ 7 , Monday iind S.iturdny only, from the middle of July to tlie end of Auarust. 



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 tiie Reading Room under certain regulations 

 everv day, except the days specified below, in tlie months of January, Fcbi'uary, March, April, September, October, 

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

 Nine till Seven. 



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

 October. 



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

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

 December ; and from Ten till Five, from April to July. 



British Museum, 1 E. Maunde Thompson. 



25 Aiay 1889. / Principal Librarian. 



B. — Persons Adjiitted to View the Collections in the British Museum (Natural 

 History), Cromwell-road, in each Year from 1883 to 1888, inclusive. 





1883 : 



1884: 



1885: 



1886: 



1887: 



1888: 



January - - - - - 



19,164 



80,516 



31,093 



27,253 



24,529 



28,095 



February- . - . - 



15,0.34 



22,628 



24,200 



23,916 



21,560 



22,093 



March - . - - - 



35,257 



24,121 



28,339 



27,849 



27,431 



32,022 



April . - - - - 



16,761 



51,952 



62,648 



40,080 



40,207 



47,926 



Mav 



83,797 



24,^59 



46,295 



31,416 



36,126 



37,822 



JUME 



18,507 



.39,740 



29,ft36 



35,301 



27,742 



27,967 



July . . . - . 



1(!,.509 



20,444 



29,374 



31,331 



27,114 



3.3,758 



August - - - - - 



25,298 



35,080 



45,134 



52,525 



36,584 



43,073 



September . . - - 



17,188 



31,131 



34,977 



35,540 



29,817 



27,404 



October - - - - - 



30,827 



31,355 



35,-392 



33,122 



29,424 



22,225 



November - - - 



25,502 



24,453 



23 878 



22,936 



23,170 



21,491 



December - - - - - 



2:',487 



31,452 



31,084 



21,473 



34,474 



28.326 



Total Number of Persons^ 















admitted to view the 



277,331 



375,231 



421,350 



382,742 



358,178 



372,802 



Natural History Collec- 















tions (including Students) 













- 



Number ofVisits to particular Departments, 

 for the purpose of Study — 



Zoology - - - 1 ,, „ ., ,. 



' New Building 



Geology - 

 Mineralogy 

 Botany 



in the 

 Cromwell-road. 



Total - 



nts 



1 



1883: 



1884 : 



1885: 



1886; 



1887: 



1888: 



f 



6,229* 



6,818 



8,313 



8,.372 



8,955 



8,797 







2,453 



1,991 



1 ,959 



2,466 



3,290 



3,111 



( 



617 



651 



6::6 



761 



620 



733 



, 



1,023 



993 



1,105 



1,026 



1,483 



2,214 







9,322 



10,453 



12,003 



12,025 



14,348 



14,855 



• Considerably under usual number, owing to the closing of the department during the removal of the Zoological Collections. 



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

 Departments of Zoology, 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 Pubhc Fast or Thanksgiving. 



The hours of Admission are from — 



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



10 „ 4.30 p.m. in February. 



10 „ 6 ,, October. 



10 „ 5.30 „ March, Septemher. 



10 „ 6 „ April, May, June, July, August. ,^ ^ , .,„.,, 



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



JO " 7 " Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the nnd of An;:ust. 



Persons are admitted dai'l'y to study iir these Departments from Ten till Four o'clock. 



British Museum (N atural History ), 1 ^- H. Floioer^ 



1 March, 1889. / Director. 



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