The transport museum located in the Scottish city of Glasgow has traditionally been the most visited tram-related visitor attraction in the UK, no doubt largely thanks to the lack of an admission charge. Since being redeveloped as the Riverside Museum at a new site in 2011, attendance numbers have been very impressive but unfortunately 2013 saw a significant drop in visitor numbers.<\/p>\n
After attracting more than one million people to visit the Riverside Museum in its first two years of existence, attendances dropped sharply in 2013. A 26.6% drop in visitor numbers meant that less than 750,000 people came to see its delights last year. Although this is still a very healthy number, the rapid decline is much less healthy and perhaps indicates that the novelty of an existing collection being displayed in a totally new museum has now begun to wear off. Naturally, it can be challenging to encourage repeat visits to a static museum but hopefully Glasgow will be able to achieve just that, and stabilise its attendance figures in the years ahead.<\/p>\n
The Riverside Museum is home to the largest collection of Glasgow trams in any one place, including two Standard cars and the wonderful ‘Room & Kitchen’ single-deck car 672<\/strong>, as well as the only restored Glasgow horse tram in existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The transport museum located in the Scottish city of Glasgow has traditionally been the most visited tram-related visitor attraction in the UK, no doubt largely thanks to the lack of an admission charge. Since being redeveloped as the Riverside Museum … Continue reading