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Total no. |
1999-2000
Total no. |
| Public libraries |
339,676,392 |
331,233,653 |
| per head population |
5.7 |
5.6 |
| Academic libraries |
122,342,570 |
120,369,312 |
| visits per FTE student |
73.2 |
78.9 |
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| Archive visits |
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2004-05 |
1999-2000 |
| Local Authority archives |
880,955 |
787,751 |
| Attendance at lectures |
95,828 |
71,204 |
| The National Archives |
103,527 |
93,177 |
| Source: CIPFAa, 2006, 2001; TNA |
Great Britain
England and Wales
Excludes visits to the Family
Records Centre |
Table updated Aug 07
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| Museum visits |
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2004-05 |
1999-2000 |
Source |
| Local Authority museums (E&W) |
24.4m |
22.4m |
CIPFAb 2006, 2001 |
| Average visits per person |
0.46 |
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| DCMS sponsored museums |
36.1m |
24.2m |
DCMS |
| All museums (England, 2005 & 2000) |
53.7m |
48.4m |
VisitBritain, 2006a, 2006b |
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| Average repeat visits (England) |
4.5 |
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Ipsos MORI, 2005 |
| Total repeat visits to DCMS museums |
17.9m |
11.5m |
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.
The average number of times a museum visitor visits the same museum
in the year |
Table updated Feb 09
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museums in England in 2005 |
| British Museum |
4,536,064 |
| National Gallery |
4,202,020 |
| Tate Modern |
3,902,017 |
| Natural History Museum |
3,078,346 |
| Science Museum |
2,019,940 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum |
1,920,200 |
| Tate Britain |
1,738,520 |
| National Portrait Gallery |
1,539,766 |
| Royal Observatory |
848,670 |
| National Railway Museum, Yorkshire |
769,445 |
| Source: VisitBritain, 2006a |
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