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To ask Her Majesty's Government in the latest year for which figures are available, how many people visited those national museums and galleries which charged for admission in 2001 and are now free. [HL2031]
The most recent figures available for the number of visits to the national museums and galleries that charged in 2001, and are now free, are listed in the table.
Museum 2008-09 Imperial War Museum London 865,601 Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester 743,493 National Maritime Museum 2,068,244 National Museums Liverpool 2,689,889 National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI), National Railway Museum, York 782,430 NMSI, Science Museum, London 2,647,487 Natural History Museum, South Kensington 3,701,347 Natural History Museum, Tring 111,913 Royal Armouries, Leeds 264,973 Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson 73,473 Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington 2,121,102