The bar chart compares the numbers of three types of visitors to a museum in four different years between 1997 and 2012.
Overall, adults consistently made up the largest group of museum visitors, whereas special exhibition visitors accounted for the smallest numbers throughout the period. In addition, the total number of visitors reached its highest point in 2007 before falling slightly in 2012.
Regarding adult visitors, the figure increased marginally from 300,100 in 1997 to 302,200 in 2002. It then rose sharply to a peak of 400,500 in 2007, before declining modestly to 380,000 by 2012. Despite this fall, adults remained by far the largest visitor group in every year.
A different pattern can be seen for visitors aged under 15 and special exhibition visitors. The number of children decreased from 120,000 in 1997 to 110,000 in 2002, before dropping more significantly to 87,000 in 2007. However, it recovered slightly to 88,300 in 2012. Meanwhile, special exhibition visitors followed a generally upward trend, rising from 28,000 in 1997 to 29,200 in 2002 and 37,700 in 2007, before reaching a high of 44,000 in the final year. As a result, the total number of museum visitors peaked at 525,200 in 2007 and then fell moderately to 504,300 in 2012.