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REGULATIONS 
CONCERNING 
THE INSPECTION 
OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM. 
The Museum is kept open for Public Inspection every Monday, 
Wednesday, and Friday in the week; except in the Christmas, 
Easter, and Whitsun-weeks; also, on the 30th of January, Ash- 
Wednesday, Good Friday, the 5th of November, and any Fast or 
Thanskgiving Day that may occur; and likewise during the whole 
of the months of August and September. 
Persons who may wish to see the Museum, are to apply in the 
ante-room of the house, between the hours of ten and two , where 
their names, and the number of the friends they may wish to intro¬ 
duce with them, are inscribed in a book kept for the purpose: 
upon which, tickets will be delivered to them for the further ad¬ 
mission. These tickets are to be exhibited on entering the first 
room on the upper floor, and to be delivered at the entrance of the 
Gallery of Antiquities. 
It is expected that all persons who visit the Museum be decent 
and orderly in their appearance and behaviour; the officers being 
instructed to refuse admission to, or to cause to withdraw, any such 
as shall disregard this caution. 
No children carried in arms will be admitted. 
Visitors are required to leave their canes and umbrellas on their 
first entrance into the Museum. 
DIRECTIONS 
