The data shows the number of visitors to museums sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in England in the 2016/17 fiscal year. The British Museum in London attracted around 8.4 million visitors between April 2016 and March 2017, ranking it as the most visited sponsored museum in England that year.
Tate Gallery Group | 8448 |
British Museum | 6229 |
National Gallery | 6175 |
Science Museum Group | 5327 |
Natural History Museum | 4606 |
Victoria and Albert Museum | 3440 |
National Museums Liverpool | 3033 |
Royal Museums Greenwich | 2441 |
Imperial War Museums | 2416 |
National Portrait Gallery | 1879 |
Royal Armouries | 1871 |
Horniman Museum | 785 |
Wallace Collection | 419 |
Sir John Soane's Museum | 122 |
Geffrye Museum | 122 |