Correction notice: The chart showing the Total number of visits to DCMS - sponsored museums and galleries, 2002/03 to 2018/19 and Figure 2 showing the Total number of visits to the DCMS- sponsored museums and galleries, 2008/09 to 2018/19 were updated on 27 January 2020 to reflect the minor amendments made to the Tyne and Wear visitor figures for the years 2008/09 to 2014/15. This release covers the annual DCMS-Sponsored Museums performance indicators for DCMS- sponsored museums and galleries and Galleries Annual in 2018/19. The DCMS-sponsored museums Performance Indicators and galleries are: British Museum 2018/19 Geffrye Museum Horniman Museum Total number of visits to DCMS-sponsored museums and Imperial War Museums galleries, 2008/09 to 2018/19 National Gallery National Museums Liverpool National Portrait Gallery Natural History Museum Royal Armouries Royal Museums Greenwich Science Museum Group Sir John Soane’s Museum Tate Gallery Group Victoria and Albert Museum The Wallace Collection Responsible statistician: Wilmah Deda 020 7211 2376 Statistical enquiries: In 2018/19 there were 49.8 million visits to DCMS-
[email protected] sponsored museums and galleries, an increase of @DCMSInsight 48.0% from 33.6 million visits in 2002/03 when records began. Media enquiries: 020 7211 2210 Of these1: Date: 24 October 2019 Contents 1: Introduction……………………..2 2: Visits to DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries………......3 3: Regional engagement...............9 4: Self-generated income……….10 were made by were made by Annex A: Background …...……..12 children under the overseas age of 16 visitors The total self-generated income for DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries was £289 million, an increase of 5.0% from £275 million in 2017/182.