Written question asked by Andrew Faulds (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 March 1997. It was answered by Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 March 1997 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: If he will publish the attendance figures for 1996 reported by the national museums and galleries in Scotland, broken down to the individual institutions but including their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1995. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Faulds: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the attendance figures for 1996 reported by the national museums and galleries in Scotland, broken down to the individual institutions but including their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1995. [20113] Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996 Percentage change since 1995 National Museums of Scotland 1,178,944 +5.8 National Galleries of Scotland 990,888 +9.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures for the national museums of Scotland relate to the royal museum of Scotland, the museum of antiquities, the Scottish agricultural museum, the Scottish united services museum, the museum of flight, the museum of costume and the gasworks museum. The national galleries of Scotland figures relate to the national gallery of Scotland, the Scottish national portrait gallery, the Scottish national gallery of modern art, national galleries of Scotland exhibitions held in the royal scottish academy, Duff house in Banff and, for the first time, Paxton house, Berwick.

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