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KELLY’S QUfDE TO LONDON— WEST CENTRAL DISTRICT.

PUBLIC MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES &o.
Bethnal Green Museum (Branch of the Victoria &
Albert), Cambridge road, E .—Mon.. Thurs.
& S a t, free from 10.to 10; Tues., Wed., Fri. <fc
Sun., free from 10 to 4, 6 or C p.m ., according
to season.
British, Great Russell street. Bloomsbury, W .C.—
The Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum
are open to the public free asunder;—Week-days,
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (in Jan., Feb., Nov. &
Dec. after 4 p.m.
in March, Sept. ifeOct. after
6 p.m. only certain of the Galleries remain open);
the Galleries are also open on Sunday afternoons,
the hours of admission being 2 to 4 p.m. in
Jan., Feb., Nov.
Dec. ; 2 to 5 p.m. in O ct.;
2 to 0.30 p.m. in March and Sept. ; 2 to G p.m.
in A p ril; 2.30. to 7 p.m. iu May, June, July &
Aug. The Reading Rooms of the Museum are
open every day from 9 iu ;tl>e morning. The
Museum <fc Reading Rooms, are closed on Sun­
days, Good Friday, Christmas Day & on any
Fast or Thanksgiving days ordered by Authority.
The Reading Rooms are also closed for cleaning
purposes during the first four week-days of
M.qrch & Sept.
Carlyle’s House Memorial Trust. 4 -Cheyne row,
Chelsea, S.W .—Open from 10 till sunset
City (Guildhall), E.C.—Antiquities, open daily
from April 1st to Sept. 30th, betweeu the hours
of 10 & 5 ; & from Oct. 1st to March 31st,
between the hours of 10 <fc 4, admission free.
Dulwich Gallery—Every week-day from 10 to 5 In
summer & 10 to 4 iu winter.
Museum of Practical Geology, 28 to 32 Jermyn
street—Open free every day, from 10 to 5 sum­
mer & 10 to 4 in winter ; & open free on Sunday
from 2 p .m .; Mon. & Sat. 10 n.m. to 10 p.m.
Closed from 10th Aug. to 10th Sept.
Hampton Court—Gardens & splendid collection
•, of pictures, daily except Fridays; in summer,
10 to 6 ; in winter, 10 to 4 ; Sundays, 2 to 6 ;
winter, 2 to 4.
Horniman Museum, London road, Forest H ill—
Every Wed, & Sat. from 2 to 9, fr e e ; Bank
1 Holidays from 10 to 9.
Imperial Institute, Imperial Institute road, South
Kensington, S.W.
India Museum, Imperial Institute road, South
Kensington—The same regulations as the V ic­
toria & Albert Museum.
Kensington Talace, Kensington Palace gardens,
W . — The State apartments are open to the
public on every day of the year except Wed.,
Christmas Day ¿«fc.Gond Friday.
The Hours of
opening are (on week days) from 1st. April to
30th Sept. 10 a.m. till Gp.m .
From 1st Oct. till
31st March, 30 a.m.‘ till 4 p.m. On Sundays
the hour of opening is 2 p.m.
Kew—The Botanic Qnrdeus <fc Pleasure Grounds
are open every day from 10 a.m. til) sunset
(Christmas Day alone excepted). Kew P a la c e same honrs.
Madame Tussand’s Exhibition, Mnrylebonc road
—Open from 10 to 10. Admissiou I s .; children
half-price. Extra rooms, Gd.
National Gallery—Mon., Tues., Wed. & Sat. free.
. <fc after 11 a.m .on Students’ days (Thun*. & Fri.
j 6d.). Open from 10 a.m. to G p.m. on free days
' daring the months of May, June, July <fe A u g .;
other months closed earlier according to season.
National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin’s place,
Charing Cross—Open free on Mon., Tues,, Wed.
& Sat., 10 to 4 or 6, according to season;

Sundays free, Î to 6 ¡ 0 snmmcr ; Students’ dav?
Tburs. & Fri, 10 to 4 or 6.
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Natural History (branch o f the British Museum i
Cromwell road, South Kensington—Open daily
free, including Sunday afternoons.
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Royal Academy o f Arts, Burlington House, Picca­
dilly—Summer Exhibition, 1st Mon. in May to
1st Mon. in Aug. ; Winter Exhibition, 1st Mon
in Jan. till 2nd Sat. in March. Is. Gibson &
Diploma Galleries, every day, 11 till 4, free.
Royal Architectural Museum, 18 Tufton street
Westminster—Open daily, 10 till 4.
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Royal College o f Surgeons’ Museum, 39 to 43 Lin­
coln's Inn Fields (Hunterian Museum)—Mon
Tues., Wed. <fc Tliurs. 10 to 4 from 1st Xov. to
last day. of Feb.; & from 11 till 5 from 1st March
till 31st A ug. & during Oct. admission by
Members' Order. Closed during Sept.
Royal Naval College, Greenwich—Open daily,
except Friday <fc Sunday, from 10 a.m. ; closes
from 1st Nov. to 15th Feb. at 4 p.m. ; from 16th
Feb. to 31st March, 5 p.m. <fc from 1st April to
15th Sept. 6 p.m.
Roynl United Service Institution Museum, White­
hall (Arm our & Naval <fc Military Models &
Relics)—Open daily from II to 6 in summer.
(April to Sept. inclusive), & 11 to 4 in winter;
on Fridays to members only. Admissiou Gd.,
sailors, soldiers <fc policemen in uniform free.
Soane s(Sir John; Museum, 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
—Antiquities, Pictures & Sculptures, Tues.,
Wed., Thurs. & Fri. in March, April, May, June,
July & Aug. ; 11 to 5—free
Society of Arts, 18 John street, Adelphi—Every
day from 10 to 3,
Sat. 10 till 1, free—(Barry’s
paintings in the Great Hall).
Tower of London,E.C. (Armouries & Crown Jewels)
—Open free Mon. <fc Sat. ; all Bank Holidays, the
day set apart for celebrating the Queen’s Birth­
day, Prince o f Wales’ Birthday, Accession Day,
Coronation Day, Easter Tuesday <fc Whit-Tuesday, when free tickets are issued; on other
days a charge of 6d. each person for Armouries
• «S: Gd. for the Crown Jewels is. m ade; children
uuder7 free ; Schools half-price: Hours, 10 to 4
on days wheu admission is by payment ; on
free days 10 to 4, Jan. to April & Oct. to Dee. ;
10 to 6 May to Sept.
Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell road,
South Kensington—Admission free on Mon.,
Tues. & Sat., from 10 a m . till 10 p .m .; on
W ed.j Thurs. <fe Fri. open to 4, 5 or 6 p.m.,
accordiug to season, admission 6d. to the Art
Muséum for those dhys,. but no charge is made
for ndmissiou to the buildings ou the West side
of Exhibition rd. A ll sections o f the Museum
open for the present on Sundays from 2 p.m.
till dusk.
Windsor Castle State Apartments—Daily except
Wed., unless the Queen is in residence, free.
Albert Memorial Chapel open free on same days
as State Apartments.
Woolwich Arsenal—On Tues. & Thurs., 10 to 12 <fc
2 to 4, by orders obtained by British subjects at
the War Office, Pall Moll, or from the DirectorGeneral o f Ordnance Factories, Woolwich
Arsenal. Foreigners must apply to the repre­
sentatives o f their governments in this country.
Zoological Gardens, Outer Circle, Regent's Park,
N.W .—Mon. 6d., from 9 a.m. to sunset; other
days la. ; Sundays only by order from a Fellow,,