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museums and galleries

We:

• directly sponsor 20 museums and galleries
• fund Renaissance in the Regions, a programme to support England’s regional museums
• invest in museum and gallery education programmes
• co-fund and administer the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund

Facts and figures

Eight out of the top ten UK visitor attractions are sponsored national museums. These are the British Museum (1), Tate Modern (2), The National Gallery (3), Natural History Museum (4), Science Museum (6), Victoria and Albert Museum (7), National Maritime Museum (9) and National Portrait Gallery (10). (Source ALVA).

There were a record 43.8 million visits in 2010/11 – with many museums including the Imperial War Museum, National Gallery, National Maritime Museum, Natural History Museum, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum recording highest visitor figures ever.