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Summer visits to DCMS museums and galleries down year-on-year

Visitor numbers across DCMS-sponsored museums and art galleries between July and September reached the highest level recorded in 2024 so far, but remain 14% down on the equivalent period of 2019.

Patrick Jowett
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There were almost 12 million visits to museums and galleries sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) between July and September this year, according to the latest figures relea...

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