• COVID-19 impact on museum visitors worldwide 2020

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During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, several museums worldwide had to close to the public for long periods, as governments put in place lockdowns and strict safety regulations to contain the health crisis. According to a November 2020 study, about 46 percent of surveyed museums across the globe reported on average less than five thousand visitors between January and October 2020. As of the same period, only 0.4 percent of the survey sample recorded more than one million visitors, whereas 5.4 percent of museums involved in the study recorded more than one million visitors before 2020.

Share of museums worldwide based on the average number of visitors before and after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020

	Before 2020	January to October 2020
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Release date

November 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

September 7 to October 18, 2020

Number of respondents

approx. 900*

Special properties

museum employees and governance

Supplementary notes

*The source specifies that: "50.7 percent of respondents come from Europe, 9.1 percent from North America, 18.6 percent from Latin America and the Caribbean, 10.8 percent from Asia, 6,2 percent from Africa, 2.4 percent from the Pacific and 2.2 percent from the Arab Countries region".