Which cultural institutions are tracked in the UK visitor data?

The dataset covers monthly visits to national museums and galleries sponsored by DCMS, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Science Museum Group, Tate sites and the V&A.

What period is covered by the UK museum and cinema attendance series?

Monthly attendance statistics for DCMS-sponsored museums and UK cinema admissions are recorded since 2016.

Are visitor figures available for individual museum sites?

Yes, visits are reported both across all sites and for individual branches, including Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives, V&A South Kensington and SMG Locomotion.

Who compiles the UK museum visits and cinema admissions data?

Museum attendance figures are published as GOV.UK official statistics by DCMS, while monthly UK cinema admissions are compiled by the UK Cinema Association.

UK museum visits and cinema admissions

Name: UK museum visits and cinema admissions
Creator: GOV.UK official statistics; UK Cinema Association

Monthly attendance at UK culture and leisure venues: visits to the national museums and galleries sponsored by DCMS — the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Natural History and Science Museums, Tate, the V&A, Imperial War Museums and National Museums Liverpool, site by site — and cinema admissions across the UK (UK Cinema Association).

Source: GOV.UK official statistics; UK Cinema AssociationLast updated: Sep 24, 2026, 12:33Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

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Visits to DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries1
All DCMS-sponsored museums16	3,579,257	3,904,611	4,021,324.15	3,742,935	3,674,076	3,128,970	3,162,893	3,205,126	4,086,905	3,258,363	4,819,150	4,498,042	3,671,842	3,764,573	3,728,618	3,347,910	3,310,569	2,904,689	2,966,355	2,995,326	3,682,600	3,095,204	4,592,104	4,242,860	3,504,288	3,722,182	3,644,964	3,501,614	3,459,725	3,014,978	2,927,169	2,984,485	3,718,891	3,145,300	4,878,804	4,548,750	3,381,569
British Museum	573,340	599,406	567,598	575,208	530,987	475,420	460,182	432,163	576,406	478,586	679,166	713,916	560,756	545,199	494,529	516,333	501,284	481,600	492,187	471,668	532,125	464,590	641,660	707,512	541,916	583,873	539,986	548,622	509,388	446,425	434,628	406,665	524,294	472,610	633,089	715,654	560,358
National Gallery	358,482	407,994	356,572	357,884	367,183	333,158	396,336	351,946	394,966	336,824	467,695	450,420	377,294	355,351	267,387	285,685	197,276	266,364	248,276	270,588	299,408	283,050	284,429	282,217	247,889	271,627	266,214	263,904	242,540	243,309	241,812	219,963	252,344	236,605	316,525	301,220	241,147
National Portrait Gallery	114,111	99,298	100,074	108,392	115,190	106,118	110,280	114,115	118,487	106,026	147,903	143,371	115,359	132,356	124,463	141,264	127,396	131,525	137,798	149,839	151,993	116,317	151,757	143,978	109,763	117,810	112,092	123,533	126,613	139,845	137,320	162,509	152,043	172,836	210,718	249,726	76,857
Natural History Museum, all sites2	575,181	637,230	715,869	586,304	564,138	478,316	510,840	486,215	559,199	436,971	689,486	614,837	507,735	542,286	584,524	505,566	492,359	442,008	487,055	464,845	530,596	412,218	634,414	563,855	452,622	519,547	548,626	521,150	491,375	456,260	463,472	426,586	491,752	393,060	639,279	577,835	457,615
Natural History Museum, South Kensington	566,575	626,795	703,604	575,450	545,407	463,672	507,902	477,053	546,337	427,300	672,978	602,157	499,856	530,236	571,963	495,399	474,810	427,318	478,757	454,856	519,061	403,665	618,152	552,970	444,597	505,691	532,055	507,035	472,942	441,427	452,925	417,245	478,257	385,941	618,072	563,866	449,663
NHM Tring	8,606	10,435	12,265	10,854	18,827	14,644	8,549	9,312	12,862	9,671	16,508	12,680	7,879	12,050	12,561	10,167	17,549	14,690	8,298	9,989	11,535	8,553	16,262	10,885	8,025	13,856	16,571	14,115	18,433	14,833	10,547	9,341	13,495	7,119	21,207	13,969	7,952
Science Museum Group, all sites6	276,287	324,791	408,764	315,663	406,353	275,400	289,931	271,828	417,931	229,510	509,101	441,897	279,474	327,560	404,301	296,227	413,439	279,147	272,050	243,299	355,394	210,287	492,737	424,547	275,580	343,768	396,443	352,149	411,892	291,441	290,902	264,270	373,552	221,600	611,542	463,743	261,748
Science Museum, London	179,959	204,863	268,316	211,192	253,230	181,813	191,715	166,081	258,673	123,774	310,303	294,638	184,332	206,826	256,579	198,772	254,714	194,010	197,814	170,674	244,922	137,573	325,195	302,909	192,201	237,922	275,709	257,555	282,902	201,866	198,484	184,348	261,565	145,571	415,028	335,307	189,725
National Railway Museum	43,896	54,045	66,038	45,558	70,584	40,522	46,190	42,971	73,987	45,391	80,974	64,483	41,023	53,905	66,653	41,710	62,852	36,066	42,108	40,792	58,803	46,121	92,830	69,337	45,413	58,787	67,184	57,112	68,336	43,987	42,526	48,467	64,813	46,057	101,669	69,667	40,424
SMG National Science and Media Museum	10,289	13,217	14,624	14,053	23,110	15,509	15,618	12,879	19,645	11,025	27,304	20,803	12,110	16,737	19,341	15,000	32,608	16,797	1,268	918	1,214	1,404	684	290	280	154	185	251	367	74	0	0	1,427	1,696	3,117	2,088	4,466
SMG Science and Industry Museum	29,320	36,569	47,654	35,759	47,522	29,133	29,719	30,585	42,580	19,243	50,690	42,906	27,766	34,657	43,362	28,566	48,732	23,222	23,256	18,263	35,647	15,870	40,189	32,485	24,422	32,565	43,419	32,314	51,521	28,497	24,391	23,154	36,608	22,160	75,347	46,013	20,682
SMG Locomotion	12,157	15,631	11,562	8,014	11,907	8,423	6,689	19,139	22,654	29,785	39,308	18,891	13,869	15,106	18,049	12,009	14,388	9,020	7,579	12,394	14,251	9,224	33,820	19,455	13,153	14,178	9,732	4,917	8,766	17,017	25,501	8,301	9,139	6,116	16,381	10,668	6,451
SMG Science and Innovation Park	666	466	570	1,087	0	0	0	173	392	292	522	176	374	329	317	170	145	32	25	258	557	95	19	71	111	162	214
Tate, all sites4	445,541	435,858	526,709	560,309	519,509	492,761	428,597	471,946	611,570	435,844	584,106	572,250	464,487	554,897	498,372	476,460	474,901	413,034	380,067	404,929	546,865	454,179	638,318	588,319	508,354	601,643	576,951	536,725	494,604	447,930	401,370	461,810	565,936	475,863	688,417	662,046	528,850
Tate Modern	324,732	322,097	394,961	410,730	337,474	308,333	282,415	329,800	439,849	331,850	450,117	445,961	366,517	451,729	383,826	375,583	352,566	304,053	282,936	301,372	414,709	329,218	494,194	437,794	352,396	446,205	417,979	401,272	380,720	344,230	313,823	349,212	428,986	316,086	490,970	478,136	373,657
Tate Britain	89,097	84,732	106,280	128,649	164,046	171,516	135,406	128,708	143,505	70,523	90,335	83,875	65,390	73,860	84,195	78,931	99,324	95,273	84,215	84,806	101,456	87,564	95,121	103,950	119,780	116,018	120,496	117,325	100,717	95,424	80,213	101,801	92,883	91,780	104,121	100,205	88,909
Tate Liverpool	4,888	5,781	6,304	6,356	6,720	5,537	3,875	4,975	7,919	7,638	13,121	11,781	9,638	7,337	8,676	7,830	9,787	5,644	5,941	8,033	11,167	9,426	14,898	13,743	11,680	14,865	16,737	0	0	0	0	0	22,070	40,794	57,219	48,566	39,521
Tate St Ives	26,824	23,248	19,164	14,574	11,269	7,375	6,901	8,463	20,297	25,833	30,533	30,633	22,942	21,971	21,675	14,116	13,224	8,064	6,975	10,718	19,533	27,971	34,105	32,832	24,498	24,555	21,739	18,128	13,167	8,276	7,334	10,797	21,997	27,203	36,107	35,139	26,763
Victoria and Albert Museum, all sites4	391,900	474,900	425,600	397,000	391,700	345,200	319,300	376,400	473,300	379,400	446,300	420,900	355,000	331,900	326,300	301,700	320,200	303,100	314,000	299,500	319,500	314,700	459,700	385,800	306,900	323,100	307,900	362,823	384,486	343,370	312,546	335,935	367,747	306,323	375,061	363,755	228,426
V&A South Kensington	249,200	278,100	267,600	279,900	266,200	246,100	241,700	273,000	345,300	279,100	305,500	299,100	260,900	285,300	279,200	260,400	249,700	253,300	278,000	258,300	269,100	279,200	402,300	335,700	271,100	273,600	253,000	308,551	315,037	281,808	261,576	275,184	283,924	270,234	289,278	276,446	228,058
Young V&A	43,000	59,400	64,800	69,700	78,100	51,100	39,400	45,600	63,500	41,400	74,100	56,200	34,000	42,100	47,100	41,300	70,500	49,800	36,000	41,200	50,400	35,500	57,400	50,100	35,800	49,500	54,900	54,272	69,449	61,562	50,970	60,751	83,823	36,089	85,783	87,309	368
V&A East Museum	61,100	84,900	41,500
V&A East Storehouse	38,600	52,500	51,700	47,400	47,400	48,000	38,200	57,800	64,500	58,900	66,700	65,600	60,100	4,500
Imperial War Museums, all sites5	171,574	177,260	178,765	159,831	148,696	115,240	114,418	135,584	193,703	179,998	227,601	222,683	222,051	203,184	199,822	168,775	163,341	126,365	123,018	143,990	200,073	193,955	239,724	227,796	236,453	207,446	208,134	188,124	165,239	125,654	125,011	147,147	210,674	192,264	259,488	235,337	217,388
Imperial War Museum London	54,546	58,552	66,509	65,252	64,444	49,771	41,867	51,929	71,272	50,468	76,303	74,724	60,902	66,898	72,091	62,788	69,548	54,862	46,007	53,796	71,538	56,101	76,688	78,674	66,799	70,737	81,760	78,682	72,810	57,304	49,638	62,227	84,233	56,821	95,269	86,051	65,347
Churchill War Rooms	54,626	50,542	44,717	39,123	27,276	26,716	34,718	33,917	47,721	44,995	51,870	62,601	57,932	54,287	49,330	43,688	28,525	28,519	37,078	35,590	49,940	48,901	55,240	61,535	63,160	57,316	48,484	46,384	28,513	26,766	34,673	34,650	50,068	49,619	55,469	62,273	60,218
HMS Belfast	15,200	18,701	20,626	14,751	14,996	9,766	12,530	11,239	20,022	12,704	27,314	21,700	16,436	19,081	23,069	15,249	15,538	9,774	12,455	12,134	20,175	13,037	27,845	23,771	18,130	20,801	22,580	17,178	16,789	10,274	12,648	11,058	20,039	12,790	30,403	24,085	17,092
IWM Duxford	31,801	34,917	29,278	24,189	23,693	15,030	13,816	20,488	34,208	54,320	43,132	37,314	65,812	37,841	30,400	23,547	24,941	15,946	13,749	21,335	34,301	55,567	51,428	38,099	64,854	34,473	27,495	21,582	24,098	15,432	13,224	18,297	32,081	54,552	47,218	36,534	57,413
IWM North	15,401	14,548	17,635	16,516	18,287	13,957	11,487	18,011	20,480	17,511	28,982	26,344	20,969	25,077	24,932	23,503	24,789	17,264	13,729	21,135	24,119	20,349	28,523	25,717	23,510	24,119	27,815	24,298	23,029	15,878	14,828	20,915	24,253	18,482	31,129	26,394	17,318
Royal Museums Greenwich	169,927	208,488	225,271	175,030	151,929	129,569	141,831	138,239	192,612	172,818	333,959	285,279	210,684	212,194	228,434	175,332	151,595	121,350	127,897	126,808	183,343	146,174	293,132	270,853	199,864	215,535	187,031	175,066	173,122	156,928	152,626	151,321	227,227	171,609	346,935	297,346	228,999
National Museums Liverpool (NML) Total6	139,310	168,966	168,948.15	159,304	181,184	126,854	105,813	124,941	194,742	153,180	301,681	231,938	172,348	187,610	201,988	152,939	186,287	122,924	127,484	155,456	245,518	179,079	330,396	274,367	213,204	189,144	143,674	71,517	157,089	152,564	117,463	165,039	223,372	183,811	366,189	284,174	192,578
NML World Museum	33,634	45,569	52,596	49,416	61,873	38,083	27,355	32,362	57,682	39,155	105,544	74,813	46,927	56,913	68,931	51,805	75,102	40,395	30,536	37,135	59,256	41,364	88,028	68,775	52,365	64,272	22,458	0	43,758	47,648	25,691	46,513	54,841	41,822	106,338	79,824	46,126
Museum of Liverpool	64,910	77,306	77,205	71,629	74,817	54,065	48,435	52,733	85,327	71,764	135,473	104,688	79,435	92,333	92,224	66,848	74,308	46,194	47,783	50,385	82,341	62,350	111,201	93,331	75,451	67,279	76,083	63,278	62,336	37,874	35,437	41,098	62,117	55,026	104,753	76,746	53,190
Walker Art Gallery	17,992	18,781	17,680	18,610	27,555	22,063	17,502	23,632	28,999	21,409	29,663	24,278	21,501	18,901	19,020	18,058	21,151	14,108	10,552	15,443	21,352	16,187	27,046	23,855	17,608	8,859	6,832	0	12,311	15,431	12,382	15,796	19,091	16,206	29,626	23,100	16,934
NML Lady Lever Art Gallery	15,915	19,557	16,573	14,643	14,979	11,019	10,276	13,493	20,199	18,219	25,172	23,773	21,203	15,871	18,175	13,426	13,727	11,821	8,262	11,948	16,432	12,939	18,930	15,833	13,040	12,729	13,704	8,239	8,282	9,866	8,134	10,840	17,029	14,699	21,903	17,345	15,207
NML Sudley House	2,676	3,020	2,793	2,337	1,960	1,624	2,245	2,721	2,535	2,633	5,829	4,386	3,282	3,592	3,638	2,802	1,999	1,776	2,858	2,795	2,621	2,304	3,321	3,102	2,705	1,887	1,442	0	1,270	1,792	2,629	1,882	2,732	2,492	3,620	2,786	2,867
NML Hartley Hut	4,183	4,733	2,101.15	2,669
Royal Armouries, all sites3	232,056	224,274	199,966	204,659	149,024	128,265	169,722	177,346	203,287	220,722	259,210	245,579	273,933	214,553	229,950	190,532	140,944	111,065	157,969	148,230	173,133	197,808	253,330	219,446	274,982	198,251	208,950	220,659	163,131	99,448	151,819	131,534	179,129	191,845	247,295	229,726	262,582
Royal Armouries Leeds	25,952	72,288	41,339	37,265	40,527	17,849	24,097	38,452	36,844	34,182	42,907	32,206	33,376	55,580	43,729	27,441	35,727	15,412	17,654	24,469	22,929	28,805	46,768	25,027	35,658	33,176	29,861	28,686	41,709	16,312	19,578	24,663	19,606	29,660	42,574	27,005	27,181
Royal Armouries White Tower	197,437	147,013	148,346	158,813	100,881	89,921	123,381	116,266	156,898	177,385	200,029	205,661	230,877	154,087	171,495	156,919	96,932	90,312	130,136	114,709	144,898	159,957	190,663	187,315	228,045	159,338	167,793	184,340	112,763	78,727	126,112	102,358	147,645	153,118	186,554	190,468	220,118
Royal Armouries Fort Nelson	8,667	4,973	10,281	8,581	7,616	20,495	22,244	22,628	9,545	9,155	16,274	7,712	9,680	4,886	14,726	6,172	8,285	5,341	10,179	9,052	5,306	9,046	15,899	7,104	11,279	5,737	11,296	7,633	8,659	4,409	6,129	4,513	11,878	9,067	18,167	12,253	15,283
Wallace Collection	50,658	49,567	42,745	49,825	49,294	47,961	48,912	47,442	63,310	49,839	52,319	55,081	51,242	57,731	56,303	46,068	40,956	35,196	36,496	38,973	51,068	43,295	48,990	48,701	46,149	47,529	43,065	39,440	35,137	31,521	26,510	31,501	47,652	41,649	39,002	43,975	32,192
Sir John Soane's Museum	11,117	14,518	13,761	12,020	11,899	10,812	10,943	13,024	14,058	12,276	14,398	13,342	11,782	14,389	12,907	13,464	12,674	11,283	10,921	13,061	13,657	13,301	16,572	14,496	13,447	16,443	14,189	15,758	13,927	10,162	13,240	13,581	13,582	12,587	13,722	12,868	11,385
Horniman Museum (Excluding Visits To The Garden)	45,832	58,305	65,028	60,032	64,918	45,846	38,687	44,769	53,558	43,545	77,361	61,694	45,552	60,302	73,779	57,987	67,440	44,187	32,549	41,121	56,386	44,897	73,231	63,324	54,093	63,520	70,817	60,709	72,153	54,306	38,585	45,595	70,291	49,722	96,741	82,656	55,108
Museum of the Home	20,267	18,659	20,063	18,226	18,575	16,293	14,611	14,924	16,475	17,987	17,468	16,753	15,262	16,903	15,096	15,084	14,710	13,693	13,438	14,883	16,932	16,524	17,645	17,826	14,707	14,490	12,060	11,969	11,175	11,098	14,291	13,219	13,467	16,527	17,423	19,196	19,087
National Coal Mining Museum	3,674	5,097	5,591	3,248	3,401	1,757	2,490	4,244	3,301	4,837	11,396	8,102	8,883	8,258	10,463	4,494	5,767	1,848	5,150	8,136	6,609	4,830	16,069	9,823	8,365	8,456	8,832	9,466	7,854	4,717	5,574	7,810	5,829	6,389	17,378	9,493	7,249

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All DCMS-sponsored museums stood at 3,579,257 Visits in Jun 2026. That is −8.3% from May 2026 and −2.5% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2019 to Jun 2026. Source: GOV.UK official statistics; UK Cinema Association.

Latest: 3,579,257 Visits; Jun 2026
vs previous period: −8.3%; May 2026
vs a year earlier: −2.5%

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Which cultural institutions are tracked in the UK visitor data?: The dataset covers monthly visits to national museums and galleries sponsored by DCMS, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Science Museum Group, Tate sites and the V&A.
What period is covered by the UK museum and cinema attendance series?: Monthly attendance statistics for DCMS-sponsored museums and UK cinema admissions are recorded since 2016.
Are visitor figures available for individual museum sites?: Yes, visits are reported both across all sites and for individual branches, including Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives, V&A South Kensington and SMG Locomotion.
Who compiles the UK museum visits and cinema admissions data?: Museum attendance figures are published as GOV.UK official statistics by DCMS, while monthly UK cinema admissions are compiled by the UK Cinema Association.