TWO MILLION VISITORS TO MUSEUMS

National Museums Liverpool visitor numbers rise again

National Museums Liverpool is celebrating bumper visitor figures and will welcome its two millionth visitor of the year this week. Since April 2007 crowds have been flocking to the city venues and around one million have visited William Brown Street favourites the Walker Art Gallery and World Museum Liverpool alone. Visitor numbers are on course to show an overall increase of around 25% on the previous year.     

Executive Director John Millard said: "Over the last few years our museums in Liverpool have shown an extraordinary increase in the number of people visiting.  It's part of what makes Liverpool a real City of Culture."

An incredible number of visitors have already descended on the seven venues in the first few months of Capital of Culture year. Over 58,000 have passed through the doors of the Walker Art Gallery since January where Ben Johnson has been completing his Liverpool Cityscape. Visitor numbers at the Merseyside Maritime Museum have increased by over 80% as people have taken the opportunity to discover the story of Liverpool at Magical History Tour.