Reasons for Visiting a Museum

The bar chart below shows the main reasons given by visitors for going to a city museum, compared between two age groups – under 30 and 30 and over – in 2021. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The vertical axis shows the percentage of visitors, from 0 to 50, and the horizontal axis lists four reasons: to learn something, to see a special exhibition, to entertain children, and to meet friends. Among visitors under 30, meeting friends was the most common reason at about 40 per cent, followed by seeing a special exhibition at 30 per cent, learning something at 20 per cent and entertaining children at 10 per cent. Among visitors aged 30 and over, learning something was the leading reason at around 35 per cent, with entertaining children close behind at 30 per cent, seeing a special exhibition at 25 per cent, and meeting friends the least common at just 10 per cent.