Looking back: understanding visits to museums in the UK and beyond since the nineteenth century

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O’Neill, Mark ; Selwood, Sara ; Swenson, Astrid:
Looking back: understanding visits to museums in the UK and beyond since the nineteenth century.
In: Cultural Trends. Vol. 28 (2019) Issue 1 . - pp. 1-5.
ISSN 1469-3690
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2019.1559472

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This editorial introduces the second of two special issues of Cultural Trends dedicated to identifying and interpreting numbers of visits to museums since the nineteenth century. The first exclusively considered UK museums – English museums, in particular. The present issue adds to that coverage of museum visiting in England, Wales and Scotland, as well as addressing visiting in France, Australia and New Zealand. The editorial reflects on the transnational and global dynamics that shaped the development and counting of museum visits.