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
*Base of most recent survey; n (2018/19) = 8,161; n (2017/18) = 7,715; n (2015/16) =10,171; n (2014/15) = 9,817; n (2013/14) =10,355; n (2012/13) = 9,838; n (2011/12) = 9,188; n (2010/11) = 14,102; n (2009/10) = 6,097; n (2008/09) = 14,452; n (2007/08) = 25,720; n (2006/07) = 24,174; n (2005/06) = 28,117. Figures exclude people who have visited a museum for the purposes of paid work or academic study.
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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 28, 2022, 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 28, 2022. 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 28, 2022. 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 28, 2022)
