Visitor Figures 2021
Visitor Figures 2021: the 100 most popular art museums in the world—but is Covid still taking its toll?
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
World’s major museums resist TikTok surge—with a few notable exceptions
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
French museums survived a drastic fall in tourism but may face uphill struggle as state support dries up
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
Bouncing back: the US museums that have regained the visitors lost to Covid closures
While the pandemic has devastated the visitor numbers of many big-name museums, some medium-sized institutions are already thriving
How to get the next generation in India's youngest state to visit museums? Give schools money
The $17.4m scheme in Bihar has resulted in 33,000 young visitors to its main museum in Patna in a year