Works of art earlier than the XIX century, the cast collection, and the
Print Department are located on the First Floor. The visitor who wishes
to make a general tour of the collections is advised to proceed from the
entrance through the octagonal hall to the corridor at the left. At the
end of this corridor is the entrance to the Oriental collections. The
Egyptian collection in the adjacent gallery may then be visited.
Returning to the corridor, the visitor will come to the Library and Print
Study Room. (The Print Department will eventually be given space on the
Ground Floor, and the galleries now occupied devoted to Greek and Roman
art.) Casts of classical sculpture are exhibited in the corridor. The
cast collection is continued in Gallery B-10 (Gothic art) and in Galleries
B-11, 12, and the west corridor (Renaissance and later periods). Opposite
the stairs to the Second Floor is the entrance to a series of rooms in
which original examples of European art are exhibited according to period.
The first gallery is devoted to Gothic art; the next two to Renaissance
art; these are followed by the gallery of XVII and the two galleries of
XVIII century art.
The stairs opposite Gallery B-15 lead to the Ground Floor, where are the
lunch room, women’s rest room, toilets, class room, administration
offices, and work rooms.