Museums reckon with 2020. Covid cause, Louvre loses 72% visitors, Prado 73%.

by Redazione , published on 09/01/2021
Categories: Museums / Disclaimer
Because of the pandemic, some of the world's most famous and visited museums have seen their visitor numbers drop dramatically: Louvre -72%, Prado -73%

The beginning of the year is budget time, and museum venues are reckoning with forced closures and a year marked by the pandemic. Compared to 2019, some of the world’s most famous and visited museums have seen audience attendance drop dramatically. One example is the Louvre, which released its 2020 figures in recent days: 2.7 million people visited the famous Parisian museum institution in this difficult year. Closed for six months due to the health emergency by Covid19, the Louvre saw its visitor numbers drop by 72 percent compared to the previous year (9.6 million admissions were recorded in 2019).
The museum is estimated to have lost more than 90 million euros in revenue, even though it received 46 million euros in aid from the government.

However, it should be kept in mind that from October 2019 to February 2020, the Parisian museum recorded its all-time record for hosting the most visited exhibition in the Louvre’s history: dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, the exhibition reached a whopping 1,071,840 visitors. Part of the 2020 visitor total is thus due to the record exhibition.

Similar situation also for Spain, whose capital’s most famous museum, the Prado, recorded a 73 percent loss in inflows (852,161 visitors in 2020 compared to 3,203,417 in 2019), mostly locals (78 percent from Madrid compared to only 21 percent in 2019).

What’s more, the Reina Sofía lost 71.8 percent of its attendance, with 1,248,486 visitors, the Thyssen-Bornemisza 67 percent, and Macba - Barcelona’s Museum of Contemporary Art 76 percent.

Image: Louvre Museum. Ph.Credit

Museums reckon with 2020. Covid cause, Louvre loses 72% visitors, Prado 73%.
Museums reckon with 2020. Covid cause, Louvre loses 72% visitors, Prado 73%.


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