Annual report of the Philadelphia Museum of Art . influen-tial and appreciative citizens will show their interest in theMuseum and School by becoming annual contributors. ATTENDANCE. The admissions to the Museum during the year 1902 reachedthe unprecedented figure of 457,617. Of this number 267,273, orover 58 per cent., were registered on Sunday afternoons. The average daily attendance was as follows: For each day in the year, ...... 1253 On weekdays, . ...... 608 On Sundays, 5140 This record, which is exceeded by only one other Art Museumin the United States, abundantly proves that the labori
Annual report of the Philadelphia Museum of Art . influen-tial and appreciative citizens will show their interest in theMuseum and School by becoming annual contributors. ATTENDANCE. The admissions to the Museum during the year 1902 reachedthe unprecedented figure of 457,617. Of this number 267,273, orover 58 per cent., were registered on Sunday afternoons. The average daily attendance was as follows: For each day in the year, ...... 1253 On weekdays, . ...... 608 On Sundays, 5140 This record, which is exceeded by only one other Art Museumin the United States, abundantly proves that the laboring classes,whose only free day is Sunday, appreciate the efforts of the friendsof the Institution to increase and improve the valuable art exhi-bitions which may be seen here. NEEDS OF THE MUSEUM. The rapid increase of the Museum collections makes it impera-tive that early provision shall be made for the care of new mate-rial recently received and that which may be expected in the nearfuture. The immediate pressure for additional case room has. 19 been somewhat relieved by the weeding-out process, wherebymuch of the less desirable material from the cases has been with-drawn and permanently retired. Exhibition cases, however, aregreatly needed in several parts of the building to permit the car-Tying out of the plan of classification and rearrangement whichhas been adopted. The Museum is also greatly in need of a Publication Fund toenable the Curator to print the series of handbooks, art bookletsand catalogues which are now in course of preparation. Of evengreater importance than the acquisition of new material, after aMusum has grown to the proportions of this, is the publicationof original works which shall be accepted as authoritative con-tributions to the literature of art. A moderate fund would en-able the Curator to carry on this important work without embar-rassment. ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM. Following is a list of objects received during the year :By Gift from : Mrs. W. D
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