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Tate Modern surpasses the British Museum as the leading UK attraction

Friday, March 29, 2019

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Tate Modern, the former power station on London’s South Bank, has surpassed the British Museum as the leading tourist attraction of the UK.

 

Visits to the contemporary art venue increased by 3.4 per cent to 5.87 million last year, with the Picasso 1932 exhibition a particular draw.

 

Visitor numbers to the British Museum fell by 1.3 per cent to 5.83 million last year. The UK’s top 10 most-visited attractions were all in London.

 

The most popular attractions outside London were in Scotland. In 11th place was the National Museum of Scotland, which saw a 3 per cent increase with 2.28 million visits.
Britain’s leading tourist attractions saw significantly better results overall, with nearly 9 per cent more visitors in 2018 – with those in Scotland going up by 19 per cent.

 

The most visited attraction in England outside London was Chester Zoo, in 13th place with 1.97 million visits. Twentieth place went to the most visited “heritage site” outside London, Stonehenge, with 1.56 million visits.

 

The most popular English museum outside London was World Museum in Liverpool, where visitor numbers more than doubled to 1.42 million.

 

“Double Fantasy: John & Yoko” at the Museum of Liverpool received 962,000 visits.
The tourism minister, Michael Ellis, said: “We are home to some of the best art galleries, museums and heritage sites in the world and these figures prove it.”

 

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