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Museums and Galleries

Volume 717: debated on Thursday 25 February 2010

Question

Asked by

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