DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators 2020/21
This release provides aggregate statistics on agreed performance indicators for DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries from April 2020 to March 2021
Applies to England
Documents
Details
Minor revisions were made to the following indicators on 11 August 2022:
- The 2020/21 total annual visitor figure for the Museum of the Home
- The 2020/21 figure for facilitated and self-directed visits by visitors under 18 years old and in formal education, for the British Museum
- The 2020/21 number of UK loan venues figure for the British Museum.
The HTML Performance Indicator Guidance has also been updated to include the Regional Engagement section, which had been previously excluded.
About
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) sponsors 15 national museums which provide free entry to their permanent collections. The data for this release are collected by the museums through sample surveys, with the exception of the information on educational visits and total visits, which are based on actual counts.
First Published
16 December 2021
Revised
11 August 2022
Period covered
April 2020 to March 2021
Next update Autumn 2022
Geographic coverage
England
Pre-release access
The pre-release access document contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Sponsored Museums: Performance Indicators. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
The UK Statistics Authority
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018) produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.
The responsible statistician for this release is Emma Lymath. For enquiries on this release, contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk
Last updated 11 August 2022 + show all updates
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Minor revisions were made to the following indicators on 11 August 2022: - The 2020/21 total annual visitor figure for the Museum of the Home - The 2020/21 figure for facilitated and self-directed visits by visitors under 18 years old and in formal education, for the British Museum - The 2020/21 number of UK loan venues figure for the British Museum. The HTML Performance Indicator Guidance has also been updated to include the Regional Engagement section, which had been previously excluded.
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First published.