The table below gives information about visits to museums and galleries in England in three separate years

Given is the table providing statistical information about the amount of visits to certain places in England between 1991 and 2008. We can immediately see that, during 17 years the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery become more popular whereas the quantity of visits to the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum dropped significantly.

According to the chart it can be clearly seen that, in 1991 Science Museum ranked the first with 3.8 million and was marginally ahead of the Natural History Museum accounting for 3.7 million. Furthermore, figures for the British Museum and the National Gallery were nearly similar whilst the Tate Gallery was visited by 0.9 million people.

In 2001, the British Museum showed a twofold increase and reached 5.1 million which soared by 0.5 million during the rest of the indicated period. Additionally, across the given period the amount of visits to the National Gallery almost doubled and the Tate Gallery showed a gradual increase. When it comes to the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum, their popularity plummeted for 17 years, probably because of the introduction of admission charges in the late 1990s.

Overall, the illustrated chart suggests that compared to 1991, in 2001 people were more likely to visit the museums.