Visitor numbers for UK museums show signs of recovery
about 9 months ago (12/08/2023)
Visitor numbers for UK museums show signs of recovery Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Museums news Visitor numbers for UK museums show signs of recovery Figures for the first half of 2023 show an increase over the year before, although still below their pre-Covid peaks Gareth Harris and Lee Cheshire 8 December 2023 Share Tate Britain’s rehang was revealed in May 2023. According to Tate, “visitor numbers in the six months since the rehang have been almost 25% higher than in the six months before it” Madeleine Buddo © Tate New data released by the UK government shows that visitor figures for national museums in the UK rose strongly in the first half of 2023, although they are still lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic. Figures issued by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in September show the number of people that visited UK museums sponsored by the DCMS (15 institutions in total).