London’s leading museums lose more than a million visitors during the Games, but Hirst helps Tate Modern buck the trend

Attendance figures for the the Saatchi Gallery exceed their 1 million visitor goal

The 2010 exhibition may instead be shown at the Royal Academy

In the current funding agreement with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the gallery’s “Diversity strategy” is described as a “key priority”

“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful

The breakdown of museum funding is now available

Government policy promotes Free Admission

First year of success for Tate Modern

A National Audit Office Report concludes that visitors are discouraged from visiting the institution because of its “highbrow” image

Relaunch in October 2001 intended to bring back the public

The government wants to set precise goals for the number of ethnic minority visitors to museums and make funding dependent on achieving them

600,000 visitors a year and £3.8 million from the National Lottery

Dutch Landscape exhibition proves popular

Successful visitor figures for 1994

A first year of success for Cornish gallery

The artist's long time friend sheds light on the artist as he was, ahead of the Hayward Gallery exhibition on his early works

Paris and London

This year marks a comeback, but there is still room for improvement

New antagonism for New Displays as visitor figures drop in London

It’s all change at the Tate Gallery, as part of Nick Serota’s policy of rotating the collections