Visitors numbers increase at RAF Museum Cosford
The number of visitors to RAF Museum Cosford has increased for the period from 1 April 2014 to 30 September 2014.
Visitor numbers for RAF Museum Cosford stand at 184,506, excluding the Cosford Air Show, – up 20% on the same period last year.
To put these figures into further context, total visitor numbers for the year 2013/2014 were 265,808, excluding the Cosford Air Show.
Commenting on this performance, Paul Hudson, Head of Marketing for the Museum stated:
"This growth in numbers is indicative of the work that the Museum has undertaken in creating new exciting temporary exhibitions and a dynamic calendar of events that have struck a chord with the public.
"You only have to look at the interest on various social media platforms generated by exhibitions such as ‘Pilots of the Caribbean’, and events such as our Open Cockpit Evenings or Cosford Food Festival to see that we are producing experiences that are not only being talked about by our visitors but also being recommended to others.
"We anticipate that this trend will continue as we unveil new exciting exhibitions and events that will get the public talking even more about the Museum. We also anticipate that our visitor numbers for the latter half of the year will be given yet a further boost thanks to the opening of our Heritage Lottery Fund supported ‘First World War in the Air’ exhibition later this year."
Admission to the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford is free of charge.
The Museum is open daily from 10am.
