British Museum Tops London’s Best Museum Poll
The British Museum is London’s most popular museum, according to a survey of Kaplan International students.
Research by Kaplan International English, a leading provider of English language courses, revealed that the museum, based in Great Russell Street, is London’s favourite ahead of the likes of the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum.
Kaplan surveyed 535 students from its language schools in Covent Garden and Leicester Square to discover what they love about London.
London’s top five museums and galleries:
- The British Museum (26%)
- The National Gallery (18%)
- Natural History Museum (13%)
- Tate Modern (13%)
- Science Museum (8%)
The British Museum said: “The British Museum is delighted that so many international students make visits and identify it as their favorite museum in London. With a collection reflecting the whole world, there is truly something for students of all nationalities, whether they want to see objects from their own part of the world or to explore cultures that they are less familiar with.”
Last year, the British Museum received a record 6.7 million visitors, an increase of 20% from 2012. Some of the most popular exhibitions included "Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum" and "Ice Age Art".
The results of Kaplan’s “What to do in London” survey have been published as a videographic. Visit the motiongraphic page to describe your dream day in the capital.
Kaplan surveyed students aged between 18 and 59 from 48 countries. All survey respondents had studied in London for at least four weeks between 2007 and 2014.
The students were from Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
Earlier this year, Kaplan discovered that The Metropolitan Museum of Art was the most popular museum among its New York students as part of its "What to do in New York" survey. For the results of the next “What to do in …” videographic series, subscribe to the Kaplan blog.