Number of educational visits to DCMS-sponsored museums by under-18-year-old visitors in formal education in England from 2019 to 2024, by museum

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Release date

July 2025

Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2019 to 2024

Special properties

fiscal years running April to March; figures include facilitated and self-directed visits

Supplementary notes

¹ These museums did not report facilitated or self-directed visits in 2020/2021.

² The National Portrait Gallery closed for refurbishments in 2020 and reopened in June 2023.

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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Number of educational visits to government-funded museums in England 2019-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 26, 2025

The number of educational visits to museums sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in England by under-18-year-old visitors in formal education increased in 2023/2024 over the previous fiscal year. Between April 2023 and March 2024, the British Museum recorded the highest figure, with almost ******* visits.

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