This statistic presents the proportion of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the last year in England, between 2012 and 2019, by socio economic group. Of respondents to the 2018/19 survey, 60 percent in the upper socio-economic group had attended a museum or a gallery at least once in the previous 12 months, compared to 36 percent of those in the lower socio-economic group.
Share of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the last year in England from 2012/13 to 2018/19, by socio-economic group*
* Years run April to March. ** Base of most recent survey; n (2017/18) = 7,715; n (2016/17) = 9,352; 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 18, 2019). Share of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the last year in England from 2012/13 to 2018/19, by socio-economic group* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/418326/museum-galery-attendance-uk-england-by-socio-economic-group/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the last year in England from 2012/13 to 2018/19, by socio-economic group*." Chart. September 18, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/418326/museum-galery-attendance-uk-england-by-socio-economic-group/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2019). Share of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the last year in England from 2012/13 to 2018/19, by socio-economic group*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/418326/museum-galery-attendance-uk-england-by-socio-economic-group/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of Adults Who Visited a Museum or Gallery in The Last Year in England from 2012/13 to 2018/19, by Socio-economic Group*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/418326/museum-galery-attendance-uk-england-by-socio-economic-group/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), Share of adults who visited a museum or gallery in the last year in England from 2012/13 to 2018/19, by socio-economic group* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/418326/museum-galery-attendance-uk-england-by-socio-economic-group/ (last visited May 16, 2022)
