Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2023 survey shows that many of the world’s leading art museums returned to their pre-pandemic attendance levels. But some, especially in the UK, are still missing millions of visitors
Overall visits were down on 2022, but organisers report an uptick in attendees from underrepresented groups
Labour’s pre-election arts manifesto, Creating Growth, included policies to put the arts back into education and bring museums into line with universities on open data
Security measures and transport upheaval prompted 22% decrease in attendance at the world's most visited museum
Unlike museums, art fairs’ energy is focused on events lasting a few days a year—but Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms give them a vital year-round presence
While artists have decried the platform’s shift beyond still images, institutions are getting on board
Institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have let staff go
Sophisticated technology is helping institutions count people but it also has the capability of tracking demographic data, ensuring people are well behaved and even detecting if visitors are enjoying themselves
Shows at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum were huge hits last year but managing visitors—and staff—proved challenging
Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2023 survey shows that many of the world’s leading art museums returned to their pre-pandemic attendance levels. But some, especially in the UK, are still missing millions of visitors
In 2023, many of the world’s major museums equaled—or surpassed—their 2019 attendance figures. However, some UK institutions are still lagging behind, finds The Art Newspaper’s annual survey
The church, which has undergone an extensive renovation, welcomed more than six months’ worth of visitors in the first three weeks after the work was completed
The Art Fund also reveals a drop in teachers taking students to institutions since the pandemic
Beating the most popular paid-for exhibition on home turf, it has been a big win for the museum—but ethical questions linger
The museum narrowly beat the Met Fifth Avenue in New York into second place in 2022
The New York institution, usually the most popular art museum in the US, was overtaken in 2022 by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2022 survey shows that numbers in Paris and Seoul were almost back to normal last year, while other major centres such as London struggled to hit pre-pandemic levels
Mixed messages and time slotted tickets could be deterring some people
Paris institution tops our visitor figures survey yet again, while the city’s other museums do well too
The new Hong Kong museum attracted more than 2 million people in its first full year
We look at how the 100 most-visited museums in our Visitor Figures survey performed online
For much of 2022, Chinese cities were either in lockdown or braced for one
For the capital’s museums, historically so reliant on international tourists, recovery from the pandemic has been slow
As Russia leaves the world cultural stage following its invasion of Ukraine, we look at how its art institutions have reacted
Our 2021 Visitor Figures survey shows that institutions are largely failing to adopt the world's most popular social media platform but those that do are reaping the rewards
France’s status as a honeypot for tourists from Asia and the US has taken a huge hit, from which its cultural institutions are still reeling. Now the country’s museums hope that French and European visitors can restore their finances
While the pandemic has devastated the visitor numbers of many big-name museums, some medium-sized institutions are already thriving
The $17.4m scheme in Bihar has resulted in 33,000 young visitors to its main museum in Patna in a year
While attendance figures still have some way to go to reach pre-pandemic levels, fewer days of lockdown-related closures coupled with vaccine rollout programmes spelled good news for institutions around the world
As restrictions ease, institutions are reconsidering the policy introduced during the pandemic as it could be putting off last-minute visitors
Annual financial accounts show extent of fall in visitor numbers at national museums
