Financial Report 2016/17
Financial Report 2016/17 National Museum Cardiff FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BoarD OF TRUSTEES OF Financial Report Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP THE NationaL MUSEUM OF WALES + 44 (0) 29 2039 7951 Big Pit National Coal Museum Blaenafon, Torfaen NP4 9XP SECTION 1: PERFORMANCE 2016/17 0300 1112333 Section 1.1 Overview of Performance The National Slate Museum Achievements during the year Llanberis, Gwynedd LL55 4TY The seven national museums in Wales welcomed around 1.55 million visits in 2016/17. National Museum 0300 1112333 Cardiff had another fantastic year, welcoming 494,518 visitors, surpassing last year’s record. Overall, the annual figure is lower than in previous years. This reflects the impact of an industrial dispute, which led to The National Waterfront Museum disruption across the majority of our sites including the closure of three of our museums on various days and Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 3RD weeks between April and June 2016. 0300 1112333 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 St Fagans National Museum of History Visits 1,690,026 1,745,315 1,629,196 1,685,954 1,674,807 1,549,603 Cardiff CF5 6XB + 44 (0) 29 2057 3500 The free entry policy was introduced by the Welsh Government in 2001/02 – a pioneering move to promote The National Roman Legion Museum access for all to Wales’s culture and history that has seen an 85.5% increase in visitor figures to national High Street, Caerleon NP18 1AE museums in Wales. 0300 1112333 We continue to deliver an outstanding exhibitions programme, within the limited resources available to us, The National Wool Museum which in 2016/17 included War’s Hell!: The Battle of Mametz Wood, Wriggle, Quentin Blake: Inside Stories Dre-fach Felindre, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire SA44 5UP and Artes Mundi 7.
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