03/07/15

Visitor Figures

Visitor Figures for the National Cultural Institutions

Cultural Institutions	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
National Archives	18,200	15,242	13,907	13,652	12,987	11,725	11,815	8,746
National Library of Ireland	138,809	185,591	206,342	181,152	260,152	270,394	248,836	247,242
National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology and History	370,965	366,201	402,582	409,275	404,229	447,137	475,057	479,261
National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts and History	313,790	258,822	295,488	271,309	251,226	243,172	295,820	411,391
National Museum of Ireland Natural History*	n/a	253,597	289,172	290,927	284,323	300,272	320,528	317,269
National Museum of Ireland Museum of Country Life	98,523	114,343	108,785	99,682	99,358	109,000	119,839	107,855
National Gallery of Ireland	782,469	736,855	624,412	660,486	640,824	593,183	718,637	755,577
Irish Museum of Modern Art	417,706	418,977	362,955	63,642**	121,221**	306,662	485,702	584,856
National Concert Hall	342,568	318,667	293,639	322,222	315,508	329,659	321,585	312,339
Chester Beatty Library	218,338	206,653	247,729	255,704	250,659	304,119	343,929	371,211
Crawford Art Gallery	167,485	188,823	188,131	190,217	177,409	163,887	175,902	178,302

*The National Museum of Natural History was closed from July 2007 until April 2010.
**The Irish Museum of Modern Art was relocated from the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham to Earlsfort Terrace for renovation from November 2011 until October 2013.