Sponsored Museums and Galleries Annual Performance Indicators 2018/19
This release covers the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators. covering the 2018/19 period.
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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.
Published
24 October 2019
Revision
Amendment on 27 January 2020: Minor amendments have been made to the Tyne and Wear historic visitor figures for 2008/09 to 2014/15. These revisions have been marked in red in the associated tables and all other figures remain as previously published. 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 in the statistical release have also been updated to reflect the minor amendments made to the historic data for the years 2008/09 to 2014/15.
Period covered
April 2018 to March 2019
Next update
Autumn 2020
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 Official Statistics (2009) 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 Wilmah Deda. For enquiries on this release, contact Wilmah on 020 7211 6376.
For any further queries please contact the Statistics team at evidence@culture.gov.uk
Last updated 27 January 2020 + show all updates
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Amendment on 27 January 2020: Minor amendments have been made to the Tyne and Wear historic visitor figures for 2008/09 to 2014/15. These revisions have been marked in red in the associated tables and all other figures remain as previously published. 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 in the statistical release have also been updated to reflect the minor amendments made to the historic data for the years 2008/09 to 2014/15.
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