From 27 August
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02 May 2026 – 01 June 2026
07 May 2026 – 16 July 2026
17 May 2026 – 15 August 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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