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23 January 2026 – 22 February 2026
28 January 2026 – 08 April 2026
07 February 2026 – 08 May 2026
In the 1980s, "the UK's national museums faced political pressure from the Conservative government to charge for admission, to make them less dependent on government funding".
In 1997, the new Labour government made a commitment to reinstate free entry for national museums in order to have a more diverse range of visitors. "Following a campaign led by the museums themselves,
The national museums which dropped charges all saw substantial increases to their visitor numbers, an average of 70 percent. In the first year after free admission was introduced visitor figures.
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