One visitors’ guide dating from January the 16th, 1890, that lists the main sections of the museum in visiting order. Some of the sections mentioned are: the Reception Room; the Spanish Room with its main attraction, the Torture Chair; the Elizabethan Room; the Bible Room; the African and Japanese Room, etc. There are also several directions (“turn to the right”; “up steps”) printed above some of the room names.
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