§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the public attendance figures for 1973 at the national museums and galleries, broken down to the totals at each individual institution.
§ Mr. Hugh JenkinsThe public attendances reported by the museums and galleries concerned are given in the following table. The figures represent the total number of persons passing through the entrances.
National Museums and Galleries—Attendances Institution 1973 British Museum 2,318,465(a) Science Museum 2,311,711 Victoria and Albert Museum 1,303,083 Bethnal Green Museum 171,505 Imperial War Museum 669,348 London Museum 500,481 National Gallery 1,616,043 National Maritime Museum 1,500,000(b) National Portrait Gallery 371,430 Tate Gallery 879,132 Wallace Collection 122,341 British Museum (Natural History) 1,876,078 Zoological Museum—Tring 94,723 Geological Museum 603,925 National Gallery of Scotland 174,786 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 71,821 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 66,281 National Museum of Antiquities, Royal Scottish Museum 547,785 National Museum of Wales 399,454 Total 15,508,393 (a) including the library up to June 30. (b) estimated.