Figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) saw the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle post a 57% increase in people through the door - the best percentage rise in the region.
The 2024 exhibition of works by JMW Turner, including one of his most popular paintings The Fighting Temeraire, boosted the Laing Art Gallery visitor total for the year to 192,103, moving it 43 places up the national league table to 188th.
Another major venture also worked wonders for the Locomotion railway attraction in Shildon in County Durham.
Locomotion saw a 31% increase with 164,486 visits, which was attributed to the opening of its New Hall in May 2024 - creating the largest collection of heritage rail vehicles under cover and on public display in Europe.
Beamish Museum saw a 5% increase to 838,632 visits and the highest league table position of 39th for a North East location.
It was the most visited attraction in the region - credited in part to the Remaking Beamish project, the biggest capital development in the museum's history, that included the opening of a 1950s cinema, toy shop, electrical shop and STEM learning space, as well as developments in the site's 1820s landscape, such as the introduction of a Georgian tavern and pottery.
Beamish is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year and will open its first overnight accommodation self-catering cottages in the Georgian landscape.
And Durham Cathedral recorded the second highest visitor figure on the region with 393,690, an increase of 5%.
There were significantly improved totals for English Heritage’s Belsay Hall and Gardens, with a 24% rise to 102,156 visitors, and a 26% increase to 79,985 for Housesteads Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall.
The National Trust’s Gibside estate also posted an 11% increase with 232,065 visitors, while Wallington was 4% up with 261,508 and Cragside totalled 256,150, up 5%, as did Hamsterley Fo...
The 2024 exhibition of works by JMW Turner, including one of his most popular paintings The Fighting Temeraire, boosted the Laing Art Gallery visitor total for the year to 192,103, moving it 43 places up the national league table to 188th.
Another major venture also worked wonders for the Locomotion railway attraction in Shildon in County Durham.
Locomotion saw a 31% increase with 164,486 visits, which was attributed to the opening of its New Hall in May 2024 - creating the largest collection of heritage rail vehicles under cover and on public display in Europe.
Beamish Museum saw a 5% increase to 838,632 visits and the highest league table position of 39th for a North East location.
It was the most visited attraction in the region - credited in part to the Remaking Beamish project, the biggest capital development in the museum's history, that included the opening of a 1950s cinema, toy shop, electrical shop and STEM learning space, as well as developments in the site's 1820s landscape, such as the introduction of a Georgian tavern and pottery.
Beamish is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year and will open its first overnight accommodation self-catering cottages in the Georgian landscape.
And Durham Cathedral recorded the second highest visitor figure on the region with 393,690, an increase of 5%.
There were significantly improved totals for English Heritage’s Belsay Hall and Gardens, with a 24% rise to 102,156 visitors, and a 26% increase to 79,985 for Housesteads Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall.
The National Trust’s Gibside estate also posted an 11% increase with 232,065 visitors, while Wallington was 4% up with 261,508 and Cragside totalled 256,150, up 5%, as did Hamsterley Fo...
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