HC Deb 24 October 2002 vol 391 c447W
Nick Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much time the average visitor spent in the(a) World City Galleries and London Before London exhibition in the Museum of London in (i) 2000–01, (ii) 2001–02 and (iii) 2002–03 to date. [76599]

Dr. Howells

The World City Galleries opened at the Museum of London on 7 December 2001. According to data compiled by the Museum in a survey of 60 visitors carried out between the end of February and the middle of April 2002, the average time spent per visitor in the Galleries was 26 minutes.

Figures for the London Before London exhibition are as yet unavailable, as the exhibition opened on 18 October 2002. The Museum plan to undertake a survey of average time spent by visitors to London Before London in the exhibition in the next few months.