This statistic shows the frequency of attendance at museums and galleries in England, between 2005 and 2020. Over this period there was a slight growth in general museum attendance. Of respondents to the 2019/20 survey, 29 percent had attended a gallery one to two times in the last year, compared to 26 percent in 2005/06.
Frequency of attendance at museums and galleries in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20
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Statistics on Museums in the United Kingdom (UK)
Overview
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Workforce
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- Premium Statistic Cultural sector's employment in the UK 2020, by industry
- Basic Statistic Museum, gallery, and library sectors' employment in the UK 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of museum enterprises in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019-2022, by employees
- Premium Statistic Share of management staff in ACE funded museums in England 2020-2021, by gender
Income and funding
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- Premium Statistic Admissions' income of government sponsored museums in England 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Admissions' income of government sponsored museums in England 2019-2021, by museum
- Premium Statistic Trading income of government sponsored museums in England 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Trading income of government sponsored museums in England 2019-2021, by museum
- Premium Statistic Fundraising income of government sponsored museums in England 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Fundraising income of government sponsored museums in England 2019-2021, by museum
- Premium Statistic Arts Council England: subsidy amount 2019-2021, by sector
Museum attendance
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- Premium Statistic Total number of visitors to government funded museums in England 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of visitors to government funded museums in England 2019-2021, by museum
- Premium Statistic Total number of overseas visitors to government funded museums in England 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Overseas visitors to government funded museums in England 2019-2021, by museum
- Premium Statistic Share of UK and overseas visitors to DCMS sponsored museums in England 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of educational visits to government funded museums in England 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Museum and gallery attendance in England 2005-2020
- Basic Statistic Children's museum attendance in England 2008-2020
Visitor demographics and attitudes
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- Premium Statistic Museum and gallery attendance in England 2012-2020, by age
- Basic Statistic Children visiting museums in England 2008-2020, by age
- Premium Statistic Museum and gallery attendance in England 2019-2020, by ACORN classification
- Premium Statistic Museum and gallery attendance in England 2020, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Museum and gallery attendance frequency in England 2005-2020
- Basic Statistic Reasons for visiting museums and galleries in England 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Museum visitors who would recommend a visit to funded museums in England 2020-2021
COVID-19 impact
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- Premium Statistic Share of attractions fully closed due to COVID-19 in England 2020, by category
- Premium Statistic Percentage change in tourist attraction admissions in England 2019-2020, by category
- Premium Statistic Growth rate of visitor attractions' gross revenue in England 2020, by category
- Premium Statistic Number of museums recording redundancies in the UK 2020-2021, by job type
- Premium Statistic Monthly redundancies in the museum industry in the UK 2020-2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Total redundancies in the museum industry in the UK 2020-2021, by type
Website usage and digitalization
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- Museum and gallery attendance in England 2019/20, by region
- Museum and gallery attendance in England 2012-2019, by socio-economic group
- Museum and gallery attendance in England 2019/20, by level of deprivation
- Archive website usage in England 2005-2020
- Arts engagement in England 2005-2020, by gender
- Charitable donation giving to the arts in England 2010-2020
- Culture, media and sport sector volunteering in England 2005-2020
- Arts engagement in England 2012-2020, by age
- Arts engagement in England in 2019/20, by region
- Arts engagement in England 2012-2020, by religion
- Arts engagement in England 2005-2020, by urban and rural location
- Arts engagement in England 2020, by ethnicity
- Arts engagement in England 2012-2020, by tenure
- Arts engagement in England 2005-2020, by illness or disability
- Arts engagement: gender distribution in England 2012-2016
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (September 23, 2020). Frequency of attendance at museums and galleries in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/417911/museum-gallery-attendance-frequency-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Frequency of attendance at museums and galleries in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20." Chart. September 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417911/museum-gallery-attendance-frequency-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2020). Frequency of attendance at museums and galleries in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417911/museum-gallery-attendance-frequency-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Frequency of Attendance at Museums and Galleries in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417911/museum-gallery-attendance-frequency-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), Frequency of attendance at museums and galleries in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417911/museum-gallery-attendance-frequency-uk-england/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Frequency of attendance at museums and galleries in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20 [Graph], Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), September 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/417911/museum-gallery-attendance-frequency-uk-england/