37. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
STATIONS. British Museum, on the Central London Railway; Holborn and Russell Square on the Piccadilly Tube; Tottenham Court Road on the Hampstead Tube and the Central London Railway. OMNIBUSES. Nos. 7, 8, 22, 23, 25, etc., traversing New Oxford St. and Holborn, No. 19 from Hyde Park Corner, and Nos. 38, 138 from Victoria pass a short distance to the south of the Museum, Nos. 1, 14, 24, 29, 39, 73, in Tottenham Court Road, a short distance to the west.
ADMISSION. The Museum is open free daily except on Good Friday and Christmas Day, from 10 a.m. (Sunday from 2 p.m.) till 6 p.m. In January-December some of the galleries are closed at 4 p.m. (in March and Oct at 5 p.m.). The Museum is closed for cleaning on the first four week days in March and September. Sticks and umbrellas must be given up in the entrance hall (no charge). The Reading Room (9-6) and the Students' Rooms of the various departments (10-5) are open to holders of tickets (gratis), for which application should be made in the Director's Office or by writing, at least two days in advance.
GUIDE LECTURER. An official guide conducts parties round the galleries at noon and 3 p.m., and private parties at other times by arrangement (no charge; apply to the Superintendent of Subordinate Staff, in the entrance-hall). Lectures are delivered in the Assyrian Saloon on Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets (1/) may be obtained in advance from the Director, British Museum.
CATALOGUES. The issue of the 'General Guide to the Exhibition Galleries' is temporarily suspended, but a small 'Summary Guide' (4d.) is on sale in the entrance-hall, where also excellent photographs of objects in the Museum may be purchased. But really interested visitors are referred to the various special guides (6d.-4/) of great scientific value dealing with the various departments of the Museum.
TEA ROOM, open in the afternoon, off the Egyptian Central Saloon.
DEPARTMENTS. The Director and Principal Librarian of the Museum is Sir Frederic Kenyon, K.C.B. The Keepers of the nine departments under which the collections are arranged are as follows: Printed Books, R. F. Sharp; Manuscripts, J. P. Gilson; Oriental Books and Manuscripts, Dr. Lionel D. Barnett; Prints and Drawings, Campbell Dodgson; Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Dr. H. R. Hall; Greek and Roman Antiquities, H. B. Walters; British and Mediï¾µval Antiquities, O. M. Dalton; Ceramics and Ethnography, R. L. Hobson; Coins and Medals, G. F. Hill.
