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The graph illustrates the volume of 3 categorized visitors to a museum from the year of 1997 to 2012.
Overall, while the numbers of adult visitors experienced an upward trend throughout the period,the opposite was true for the figure of visitors aged under 15 and special exhibition visitors. Additionally, the number of adults visiting the museum has the highest ranking, consistently followed by visitors aged under 15 in second place and the last was the data of attendees of the special exhibition.
Looking at the chart, in 1997, there were 300.100 people who were adults visiting the museum and this figure always led the age group for museum visits. In 2002, the mature visitors witnessed an increase slightly around 2000 visitors in this category and after that reached a peak in 2007 when these numbers occupied a large number of attendees. Conversely, in 2012, the numbers of adult visitors have a minimal decrease at 380.000 but is negligible compared to the total number of other visitors groups.
In addition, the volume of visitors under the age of 15 was the second most dominant people group to a museum and special exhibition visitors represented the smallest segment of the museum's audience. These two groups are completely opposite to each other about the fluctuations in visitors number. In 1997, the quantity of visitors younger than 15 currently stood at 120.000 people; it subsequently declined to 110.000 in 2002 and finally to 82.300 people in 2012. Conversely, from 28.000 people in 1997, the numbers of special exhibition audiences have a slight growth to 29.200 in 2002 and increased steadily at 37.000 and 42.000 during the year of 2007 to 2012, respectively.
The graph illustrates the numbers of three categories of visitors to a museum between 1997 and 2012.
Overall, adult visitors remained the largest group throughout the period, followed by visitors aged under 15, while special-exhibition visitors were consistently the smallest group. Adult attendance rose markedly overall despite a slight fall after 2007, whereas the number of under-15 visitors declined steadily. By contrast, special-exhibition attendance increased throughout.
Looking at adult visitors, the figure stood at 300,100 in 1997 and rose slightly to 302,200 in 2002. It then climbed sharply to a peak of 400,500 in 2007 before falling moderately to 380,000 in 2012. Despite this final decline, adults still accounted for by far the largest number of museum visitors.
Visitors aged under 15 formed the second-largest group, but their number fell consistently from 120,000 in 1997 to 110,000 in 2002, 87,000 in 2007 and 82,300 in 2012. The opposite pattern can be seen among special-exhibition visitors: attendance increased gradually from 28,000 to 29,200, then to 37,700 and finally 42,000 over the same four years. Thus, although the two smaller groups remained far below adult attendance, they moved in opposite directions over time.