Other notable successes included London’s National Portrait Gallery, which reopened in summer 2023 after a three-year redevelopment, and saw a 36% increase in visitors (1,578,065), presumably eager to see the revamp. It took seventh place on the list.
The Museum of Liverpool saw a 19% increase and moved 12 places to 41st with 829, 692 visitors; Pitt Rivers in Oxford gained a 27% increase to 509,703 visitors (80th spot) with The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge enjoying a 25% uplift to 506,428 visitors (81st place).
The Young V&A, based in the capital, saw 596,100 visitors come through its doors. That marked an increase of 47% in its second year of reopening and placed it 18th on the list. It was also named Museum of the Year in 2024.
Buckingham Palace (which only opens to visitors for a few weeks each summer) received 646,832 visitors, the most its ever had in the history of its summer opening, which began in 1993. Despite its limited opening period, it was 59th on the list.
The UK Parliament was visited by 560,317 people, a 196% increase (67th most visited).
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