Our 2021 Visitor Figures survey shows that institutions are largely failing to adopt the world's most popular social media platform but those that do are reaping the rewards

France’s status as a honeypot for tourists from Asia and the US has taken a huge hit, from which its cultural institutions are still reeling. Now the country’s museums hope that French and European visitors can restore their finances

While the pandemic has devastated the visitor numbers of many big-name museums, some medium-sized institutions are already thriving

The $17.4m scheme in Bihar has resulted in 33,000 young visitors to its main museum in Patna in a year

Covid continued to impact on French museum visits, but the government provided a much-needed financial safety net

We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand

Huntington Library in California and Crystal Bridges in Arkansas ascended to the top of our visitor figures list

We asked the people behind the Royal Academy’s Twitter, the Met’s Instagram, the Uffizi’s TikTok and the Van Gogh Museum’s Facebook account what 2020 was like for them

Major UK institutions lost 78% of their visitors due to the pandemic last year, our research reveals

The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings

As venues experiment with selling virtual exhibition tours, talks and workshops online, the key to success may be an emphasis on the expert, bespoke and exclusive

Spurred on by the pandemic, several institutions are inviting art lovers to choose works for display

Search data from 84 countries last year shows that Leonardo, Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo were among the world's most popular artists

Our global Visitor Figures survey reveals huge growth in followings online as physical doors shut to the public in 2020

Museum’s director notes that it may take until 2025 for tourists to return in force to New York

Despite kicking off 2020 with a record-breaking Leonardo exhibition, like many museums around the world, the Parisian institution was adversely affected by coronavirus lockdowns

After months without income due to coronavirus closures, new survey shows that museums are operating with just 25% of previous visitor numbers

Jean-Luc Martinez believes that capitalising on the museum's permanent collection will be key to recovery

Failure to seize this opportunity to make changes would be a graver error than any breach of etiquette

Tokyo National Museum’s show on Chinese artist Yan Zhenqing ranks 15th in our latest visitor attendance survey despite contentious loan from Taipei museum

Visitor numbers at some of the world’s most popular art venues have nosedived and uncertainty for the future remains

The exhibition on the global phenomenon was the largest ever to be staged outside Japan

Ai Weiwei was a hit in Brazil, records were broken in London and Paris—but is this the final year of museum visitor growth?

Sleep in Hopper’s motel room or dive into Monet’s pond—museums are increasingly going beyond traditional exhibition formats to attract visitors

The cost of producing crowd-pulling shows can outstrip the cash they bring in. Here are some of the downsides of being just too popular

Increasingly, the digital sphere is another frontier where institutions battle it out for the attention of culture-seekers

They might not always draw the crowds that flock to malls and amusement parks, but museums are seen as valuable additions to communities—even by people who have never stepped foot in one

Londoners stuck to the tried-and-tested and New Yorkers showed their patriotic sides, while Parisians were drawn in by golden treasures

Jean-Michel Basquiat brought in big crowds in Paris—but who beat him to claim the top spot?

The hype surrounding major anniversary celebrations saw big turnouts for Bruegel, Leonardo and Rembrandt