§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will now publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the statistics relating to charging for admission at the national museums and galleries, including comparative attendances for January, February and March of 1973 and 1974, numbers of day tickets sold, receipts from charging, and costs of collection, as supplied by letter of 14th May 1974 to the hon. Member for Warley, East, but adding thereto the breakdown figures of the costs of machines, etc., in England, and taking account of appropriate deductions of refunded receipts from the sale of season tickets and gift vouchers.
§ Mr. Hugh JenkinsThe information requested is given in the following table which incorporates some minor adjustments which revision of the figures since 14th May have shown to be necessary:
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NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES Costs of collection of admission charges Total attendance January February March Number of day tickets sold‡ Museum/Gallery 1973 1974 1973 1974 1973 1974 January February March Total Receipts from admission charges net of VAT and refunds on season tickets and gift vouchers Staffing costs Costs of machines. tickets, installation and removal§ British Museum … … 168,000 101,000 144,000 96,000 179,000 134,469 34,157 35,616 44,991 114,764 10,743 7,094 11,072 Science Museum … … 204,047* 99,583 239,147* 129,054 194,688* 147,743 37,547 50,773 36,800 125,120 10,640 4,811 5,719 Victoria and Albert Museum 153,322* 58,416 107,981 52,278 130,197 66,348 34,327 30,953 31,159 96,439 10,276 9,782 5,549 Bethnal Green Museum … 10,876 7,779 17,029 8,194 22,662 9,138 3,954 5,135 4,230 13,319 526 957 Imperial War Museum … 34,933 69,755* 42,614 87,501* 48,600 74,726* 61,984 75,742 46,450 184,176 13,768 2,246 3,901 London Museum … … 18,898 13,584 27,804* 18,997* 30,088 22,828* 9,342 9,512 8,699 27,553 2,219 2,598 1,884 National Gallery … … 115,824 40,988 119,607 † 115,700 † 34,342 34,325 39,703 108,370 9,872 6,330 4,039 National Maritime Museum Comparable figures not available 10,874 14,081 17,087 42,042 3,379 6,998 15,234 National Portrait Gallery … 30,750* 14,006 22,544* 12,742 45,264* 19,106 7,906 7,469 8,199 23,574 2,310 2,460 2,371 Tate Gallery … … 68,033* 60,954* 55,319* 40,568* 64,333* 50,863* 38,250 30,337 26,857 95,444 9,131 5,030 4,226 Wallace Collection … … 8,784 5,541 8,649 5,713 9,485 6,541 3,649 3,410 3,876 10,935 1,116 1,680 2,413 British Museum (Natural History) 93,800 42,200 172,000 68,500 128,031 73,269 31,615 48,503 34,513 114,631 8,876 5,156 9,794 Zoological Museum Tring 5,156 3,500 7,200 5,579 8,970 5,740 2,962 4,828 3,542 11,332 374 Geological Museum … 48,303* 10,131 57,780* 15,706 58,145 16,966 5,449 6,035 4,792 16,276 1,471 1,455 1,946 National Gallery of Scotland 9,253 9,298 8,775 4,333 8,770 5,389 — 1,752 2,906 4,658 996 500 822 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2,257 2,207 2,601 2,228 4,122 2,275 1,610 1,432 875 3,917 — 622 Scottish National Portrait Gallery/National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 3,299 1,872 3,405 2,639 3,256 2,641 775 843 1,046 2,664 400 594 Royal Scottish Museum … 38,861* 19,086 42,256* 19,210 40,407 13,498 9,302 7,801 5,606 22,709 2,059 1,107 1,717 National Museum of Wales 22,501* 10,955 22,326* 14,158 31,469 16,856 6,223 7,907 7,650 21,780 1,841 1,400 1,185 TOTAL … … 1,036,897 570,855 1,101,037 616,710 1,123,187 700,142 334,268 376,454 328,981 1,039,703 89,597 59,047 74,045 * Attendances were affected by special exhibitions. † There was a mechanical failure in the automatic recording apparatus and no accurate record for February and March is available. ‡ These figures take no account of the admission of season ticket holders, of re-admissions of day-ticket holders or of free admissions (e.g. educational parties, library readers, official visitors, etc.). § Some of the amounts shown will be offset by the use of redundant machines for other government purposes or their disposal.
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the public attendance figures at the national museums and galleries for the months of April, May and June 1973. broken down
NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES—ATTENDANCES 1973 Institution April May June British Museum … … … … … … 220,407 176,240 176,800 Science Museum … … … … … … 290,393 204,895 156,866 Victoria and Albert Museum … … … … 148,722 119,600 81,974 Bethnal Green Museum … … … … 16,928 19,609 14,479 Imperial War Museum … … … … … 77,516 54,950 43,674 London Museum … … … … … … 43,493 45,679 38,638 National Gallery … … … … … … 170,163 126,580 119,504 National Maritime Museum … … … … Comparable Figures Not Available National Portrait Gallery … … … … … 33,182 27,809 26,762 Tate Gallery … … … … … … 79,962 58,403 57,615 Wallace Collection … … … … … 11,510 10,855 10,076 British Museum (Natural History) … … … 197,535 159,209 185,386 Zoological Museum, Tring … … … … 12,342 9,534 7,291 Geological Museum … … … … … 55,054 43,950 42,397 National Gallery of Scotland … … … … 14,462 12,179 14,573 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art … … 8,938 6,350 7,108 Scottish National Portrait Gallery/National Museum of Antiquities 5,293 5,286 5,288 Royal Scottish Museum … … … … … 56,066 46,411 31,633 National Museum of Wales … … … … 28,336 32,414 21,455 TOTAL … … … … … … 1,470,302 1,159,953 1,041,519