National Maritime Museum (Hansard, 6 February 1989)

HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 c541W 541W

§ 50. Mr. Couchman
To ask the Minister for the Arts what have been the attendances at the national maritime museum since charging was introduced.

§ Mr. Luce
Admission charges were introduced at the national maritime museum on 2 April 1984. Attendances in 1988, at over 700,000, exceeded substantially the estimated level of attendances in 1983, the year before the introduction of admission charges, and represented an increase of 60 per cent. over 1987.