ACCOUNTS, &-C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Y. — NuMBEri of Pers ins Admitted to Visit the British Museum, &c. — continued. 



The lilxhibition Galleries of the British Museum, Eloomsbury (including the Departments of Printed Books and 

 JMaps, jMnnnsciipts, Friiits and Diawings, Kgy[)tian and Assyrian Anti(|uities, Greek and Roinau Anti(juities, British 

 and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, and Coins and Medals) u.rc Open to the ['ulilic, Free,, as und;;r : — 

 Monday, Wednesday, Fiudav, and Saturday — The whole of the Galleries. 



Tuesday and Thursday — The whole of the Galleries, except British and jMedia!val Antiquities and Ethrio- 

 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 „ fi „ April, May, June, July, August. 



Also on — 



Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings (8 to 10 p.m ) — E.xhibitions of Manuscripts, Books, Prints, and 

 Drawing, Coins, and Medals, Porcelain, Glass, Majolica, Prehistoric, Medieval, and Ethnographical 

 Collections &c. 

 Tuesday', Thursd.w, and S.^tuhday' Evenings (8 to 10 p.m.) — Egyptian, .Assyrian, Greek, and Roman 

 Galleries, and Prciiistoric Saloon. 



The Galleries are eloped on Sundfiys, Gooii Friday', Christmas-day, and days of Public Fast or Thanksgiving. 



Person^ applying for the pur()Ose ot .study or research are admitted to the Reading Room under certain regulations 

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

 Novemlicr, and December, from Nine a.m. till Eight p.m. ; and in the months of May, June, . I uly, and August, from 

 Nine till Seven. The Mewspaper Room is open, umler similar regulations, from 10 a.m. until ten minutes before the 

 hour of general closing. 



The Reading' Room, and Newspaper Room, are closed on Sundays, Good-Friday, Christmas-day, and the first four 

 Vireek-days of March and September. 



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, ■"! E. Maiindc Thompson. 



31 .May 1890. / Principal Librarian. 



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

 History), Cromavell-road, in each Year from 1883 to 1889, inclusive. 





1884 : 



] 885 : 



1886: 



1887: 



1888 : 



1889: 



.January - - - - - 



80,516 



31,093 



27,25,3 



24,529 



28,095 



24,099 



February- . . - - 



22,628 



24 200 



23,910 



2I,5G0 



2-2,093 



20,.391 



March - . . - - 



24,121 



28,339 



27,849 



27,431 



32,022 



30,294 



April . . - - - 



51,952 



62,548 



40,080 



40,207 



47,920 



49,202 



May- - - - 



24,^59 



4G,295 



31,410 



36,126 



37,822 



31,800 



June - . . - - 



.39,740 



29,030 



3-5,301 



27,742 



27,907 



42,201 



July - . . - . 



28,444 



29,374 



• 81,331 



27,114 



33,758 



28,485 



August - - - - - 



85,080 



45,134 



52,525 



36,584 



43,073 



40,13S 



September . . - - 



3i,iai 



34,977 



8-5,540 



29,817 



27,404 



25,202 



October ----- 



81,3-55 



35,392 



33,122 



29,424 



22,225 



2:5,264 



NoVEiMBER - - - 



24,453 



23 878 



22,986 



2.3,170 



21,491 



20,319 



December - - - - - 



31,452 



31,084 



21,473 



84,474 



28,320 



24,805 



Total Number of Persons 















admitted to view the 



875,231 



421,350 



382,742 



858,178 



372,802 



301,010 



Natural Historv Collec- ( 















tions (incluijing Studetits) j 















Number ofVisifs to particular Departments 



for the purpose of Study — 



Zoolojy - - - I 



New Building 



Geology - 

 Mineralogy 

 Botany 



in the 

 Cromwell-road. 



Total - ■ 



ents, 



1884 : 



1885: 



1886; 



1887: 



1888: 



1889: 



1 



6,818 



8,313 



8,372 



8,955 



8,797 



8,.':60 





1,991 



] ,959 



2,400 



3,290 



3,111 



3,3.39 



( 



651 . 



626 



701 



620 



733 



683 



, 



993 



1,105 



1,026 



1,483 



2,214 



1,:314 



■ - 



10,453 



12,n03 



12,025 



14,348 



14,855 



13,726 



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

 Departments of Zoology, Geology and Palasontology, Mineralogy, and Botany, are open to the Public, free, every duy 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, November, December. 



10 „ 4.30 p.m. in February. 



10 „ 5 ,, October. 



10 „ 5.30 „ March, September. 



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



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



]0 7 ,, Monday and Saturday only, from the middle of July to the end of Aurrust. 



Persons are admitted daily to study in these Departments from Ten till Four o'clock. 



British Museum (Natural History), \^ IV. H. Flnw:t\ 



1 March 1890. / Director. 



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