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Total no. |
2001-02
Total no. |
| Public libraries |
337,315,984 |
318,154,528 |
| visits to public libraries per capita |
5.6 |
5.4 |
| Academic libraries |
117,454,908 |
117,339,769 |
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| Archive visits |
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2001-02 (E&W) |
| Local Authority archives ¹ |
946,376 |
853,742 |
Attendance at learning events/lectures
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68,287 |
| The National Archives ² |
110,323 |
106,066 |
| Source: CIPFAa 2008, 2003; TNA |
¹ Grossed totals
² Excludes visits to the Family
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| Local Authority museums (E&W) |
n/k |
24.8 |
CIPFAb 2003 |
| Average visits per person |
n/k |
0.47 |
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| DCMS sponsored museums ¹ |
39.1m* |
30.3m |
DCMS |
| Index of trends in visits to all museums (England) |
122 |
100 |
VisitBritain, 2007a |
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| Total repeat visits to DCMS museums |
19.1m |
14.9m |
DCMS |
¹ 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.
² This figure reflects the average number of visits to any museums or art galleries (within and outside the UK), other than where questioned.
³ The average number of times a museum visitor visits the same museum
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| British Museum |
5,400,062 |
| Tate Modern |
5,191,840 |
| National Gallery |
4,159,485 |
| Natural History Museum |
3,602,358 |
| Victoria & Albert Museum |
2,809,900 |
| Science Museum |
2,684,945 |
| National Portrait Gallery |
1,607,767 |
| Tate Britain |
1,600,000 |
| British Library Exhibition Galleries |
1,355,425 |
| Tate Liverpool |
648,029 |
| Source: VisitEngland 2009 |
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