HC Deb 16 April 1913 vol 51 cc1960-1W
Mr. CROOKS

asked the Secretary to the Board of Education the number of visitors to the South Kensington and the Victoria and Albert Museums on Sundays for the past seventeen years?

Mr. PEASE

The total number of visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Science Museum on Sundays, from the 5th April, 1896, to the 13th April, 1913, was 1,920,918. The figures for each year are as follows:—

South Kensington Museum.
1896 (from 5th April) … 105,115
1897 " " … 100,044
1898 " " … 94,799
1899 " " … 98,968
1900 " " … 87,854
1901 " " … 95,391
1902 " " … 98,287
1903 " " … 96,304
1904 " " … 88,616
1905 " " … 93,005
1906 " " … 88,207
1907 " " … 102,988
1908 " " … 94,694
1909 to 30th June … 56,712
1,300,984
Victoria and Albert Museum (including Indian Section). Science Museum.
1909 from 1st July … 72,077 25,456
1910 " " … 138,071 47,116
1911 " " … 110,706 44,579
1912 " " … 98,508 44,335
1913 to 13th April … 26,065 12,821
445,427 174,507