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Total no. |
1998-99
Total no. |
| Public libraries |
336,983,749 |
344,416,141 |
| per head population |
5.7 |
5.8 |
| Academic libraries |
122,246,000 |
120,364,000 |
| visits per FTE student |
72 |
79 |
| National |
560,397 |
513,814 |
| Source: Public - CIPFAc/LISU database; Academic - SCONUL |
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2003-04 |
1998-99 |
| Local Authority archives |
850,136 |
779,823 |
| Attendance at lectures |
77,299 |
65,897 |
| The National Archives |
103,957 |
95,029 |
| Source: CIPFAa 2005, 2000; TNA |
Great Britain
England and Wales
Excludes visits to the Family Records Centre |
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Source |
| Local Authority museums (E&W) |
25.0m |
21.3m |
CIPFAb, 2005, 2000 |
| Average visits per head population |
0.48 |
0.41 |
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| DCMS sponsored museums |
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24.0m |
DCMS |
| All museums (England, 2004, 1999) |
56.5m |
50.9m |
VisitBritain, 2005a, 2005b |
| Average visits per visitor to all museums (England) |
6.4 |
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MORI, 2005 |
| % of adults visiting museums in last 12 months (England) |
37% |
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Arts Council England, 2004 |
| Average repeat visits (England) |
4.7 |
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MORI, 2005 |
| Total repeat visits to DCMS museums |
18.1m |
11.3m |
DCMS |
Excludes overseas visitors to Geffrye Museum and Royal Armouries.
See www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/museums_and_galleries/3383.aspx for a list of DCMS sponsored museums.
This figure reflects the average number of visits to museums/art
galleries, in addition to the museum/gallery where questioned.
From survey undertaken between September 2003 and January 2004
The average number of times a museum visitor visits the same museum
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museums in England in 2004 |
| National Gallery |
4,959,946 |
| British Museum |
4,868,127 |
| Tate Modern |
4,441,225 |
| Natural History Museum |
3,240,344 |
| Science Museum |
2,154,366 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum |
2,010,825 |
| National Portrait Gallery |
1,516,402 |
| Royal Observatory |
868,390 |
| National Railway Museum, Yorkshire |
855,032 |
| Imperial War Museum |
754,597 |
| Source: VisitBritain, 2005a |
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