Terrorism fears explain the latest visitor figures from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) showing that visits to English national museums and galleries have fallen by more than one million since April, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva).

From April to August 2016-17, DCMS-sponsored museums saw 21,208,193 visitors compared to 22,478,905 for the same period last year, despite record numbers of inbound overseas tourists to the UK.

Nearly every national museum and gallery has been affected, with only seven out of 36 venues posting an increase. In London, the Geffrye Museum, the National Gallery, and Tate Modern showed an increase in visitor numbers......Continue Reading

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