Question follow-through · 955
Museums and Galleries: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many museums have closed in the last 10 years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 29 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many museums have closed in the last 10 years.
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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29 Jul 2024
Answer published
Birkbeck University’s Mapping Museums project monitors museum openings and closures across the UK. In the last ten years, data indicates that 29 Arts Council England Accredited museum sites have closed in England.I look forward to engaging further with se...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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