Official Statistics

DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators 2022/23

This release provides aggregate statistics on agreed performance indicators for DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries from April 2022 to March 2023.

Applies to England

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Revision note: On 25 April 2024, the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators 2022/23 report was revised after an error was identified in the commentary. Section 2.3 of the report contained figures for 2021/22 and this has now been updated to the latest 2022/23 figures. Data included in the rest of the report and in the accompanying data tables is not affected by this change.

About

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) sponsors 15 national museums which provide free entry to their permanent collections. This release presents the annual performance indicator data collected by DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries for the financial year 2022/23.

First Published

14 March 2023

Period covered

April 2022 to March 2023

Geographic coverage

England

Pre-release access

The pre-release access document contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Sponsored Museums: Performance Indicators. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

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Next update

Late 2024/early 2025

Contact

Responsible statistician: Fahim Ali
For any queries please contact [email protected].

Updates to this page

Published 14 March 2024
Last updated 22 May 2024 + show all updates
  1. Corrected figure in Section 2.5 of the headline release on total self-generated income for DCMS sponsored museums and galleries in 2022/23, following the identification of a minor error in the commentary.

  2. On 25 April 2024, the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators 2022/23 report was revised after an error was identified in the commentary. Section 2.3 of the report contained figures for 2021/22 and this has now been updated to the latest 2022/23 figures. Data included in the rest of the report and in the accompanying data tables is not affected by this change.

  3. First published.

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