Children's museum attendance by age 2020

This statistic presents the share of children, by age, who visited a museum in the last year in England, according to annual surveys conducted between 2008/2009 and 2019/2020. As of 2020, around 60.8 percent of respondents aged 5 to 10 and 55.6 percent of those aged 11 to 15 had visited a museum during the year.

Share of children who visited a museum in England from financial year 2008 to 2020, by age

Characteristic	5-10 years	11-15 years
2008/09	66%	59.4%
2009/10	70.3%	66.8%
2010/11	67.6%	60.7%
2011/12	60.9%	60.9%
2012/13	63.2%	57.6%
2013/14	62.8%	60.4%
2014/15	63.6%	60.4%
2015/16	62.9%	58.7%
2016/17	63%	63.7%
2017/18	58.6%	57.4%
2018/19	62.5%	60.1%
2019/20	60.8%	55.6%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2008 to 2020

Number of respondents

1,644*

Age group

5-15 years

Special properties

years running from April to March

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

*Base for 2019/20: 5-10 years = 834; 11-15 year olds = 620.
Base for 2018/19: 5-10 years = 999; 11-15 year olds = 645.
2017/18: 5-10 years = 909; 11-15 year olds = 671.
2016/17: 5-10 year olds: n= 967; 11-15 year olds: n= 638.
2015/16: 5-10 year olds: n= 1096; 11-15 year olds: n= 684
2014/15: 5-10 year olds: n= 1,104; 10-15 year olds: n= 721.
2013/14: 5-10 year olds: n= 1233; 10-15 year olds n=786.
2012/13: 5-10 year olds: n= 1136; 10-15 year olds n=801.
2011/12: 5-10 year olds: n= 1040; 10-15 year olds n=771.
2010/11: 5-10 year olds: n= 1590; 10-15 year olds n=1116.
2009/10: 5-10 year olds: n= 1809; 10-15 year olds n=1350.
2008/09: 5-10 year olds: n= 1476; 10-15 year olds n=1146.

The source provides the following additional information: 'Data for 5-10 year olds relates to out of school activities only. Data for 11-15 years olds relates to activities undertaken both in and out of school.'
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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