SIR HANS Sl.OANE. 
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The first act of these trustees was to provide a 
proper building for the reception of the collections 
confided to their care ; and, after various pro- 
posals, they at length fixed upon the mansion 
built, about the year 1680, by Ralph, first Duke 
of Montague, who, being at that time ambassador 
official Trustees are, the Archbishop of Canterbury, I.ord 
Chancellor, Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord 
President of the Council, First Lord of the Treasury, 
Lord Privy Seal, First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord 
Steward, Lord Chamberlain, three principal Secretaries 
of State, Bishop of London, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, Master of the 
Rolls, Lord Chief- Justice of the Common Pleas, Attorney 
General, Solicitor- General, President of the Royal 
Society, President of the College of Physicians, President 
of the Society of Antiquaries, and President of the Royul 
Academy. 
The present Trustees or Representatives of the Sloane 
family are the Earl of Cadogan and (vacant.) 
The Regulations for the inspection of the Museum, are 
as follows : — 
“ The Museum is kept open for public inspection every 
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, in every week, except 
in the Christmas, Easter, and Whitsunday weeks; on the 
30th of January, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, the 5th of 
November, and any Fast or Thanksgiving day that may 
occur, and likewise during the month of September. 
“ Persons who may wish to see the Museum, are to apply 
in the anteroom of the house, between the hours of ten 
and two, where their names, and the number of the friends 
they may wish to introduce with them, are inscribed in a 
book kept for the purpose, upon which admission will be 
granted.” 
