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Traveler’s Notes . . .

TIMES STAFF AND WIRES

The gallery at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C., where visitors can see how money is made, will be closed from Monday through Feb. 3 for renovations. . . . Six months of restoration work on the Kaaba Islamic shrine in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, was finished last week. Scaffolding had blocked view of the shrine.

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