ALVA's 55 members are the UK's most popular, iconic and important museums, galleries, palaces, castles, cathedrals, zoos, historic houses, heritage sites, gardens and leisure attractions.
They comprise over 2000 tourist sites, hosting over 100 million domestic and overseas visitors each year - around 25% of the visits made annually in the UK.
We represent our members to Government, media and business and lobby for support for the sector. We provide training, benchmarking and advocacy initiatives and assist our members to continually improve the visitor experience.
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British Museum: Great Court, British Museum -
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter -
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust : Anne Hathaway's Cottage -
Titanic Belfast: -
Pleasure Beach: Avatar Airbender -
Continuum Group Ltd: The iconic Spinnaker Tower at sunset -
Royal Shakespeare Company: RSC - our newest member -
Chester Zoo: Chester Zoo, Giraffe Feeding Platform -
Historic Scotland: Edinburgh Castle -
Shakespeare's Globe: The Globe at Bankside, London - our newest member -
South Bank Centre: Our newest member -
Treasure Houses of England: Castle Howard -
Somerset House: The location of ALVA's office -
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: The new Mary Rose Museum -
Historic Royal Palaces: Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland -
National Museum of Science & Industry: Science Museum, Launchpad -
Glasgow Museums: Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery -
National Trust: Walkers on Corn Du -
National Trust: Corfe Castle, Dorset
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Latest News
ALVA NEWS
08 April 2014
President of Ireland visits ALVA attractions on historic State Visit
Fáilte go dtí an Bhreatain! A warm welcome to Britain to The President of the Republic of Ireland on his historic first State Visit. We are proud and delighted that a number of ALVA members are hosting parts of the visit, including The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Windsor Castle, The City of London Guildhall, the UK Parliament and Westminster Abbey. [more...]
INDUSTRY NEWS
16 Apr 2014
Wright & Wright Architects to design Geffrye Museum development
The Geffrye Museum has named Wright & Wright Architects to lead the design of its £14m (€17m, US$23m) development scheme. [more...]
INDUSTRY NEWS
16 Apr 2014
New Banksy piece becomes paid attraction hours after being discovered
A new graffito by renowned street artist Banksy has been removed within hours of being found and put on paid display by an ailing community centre. [more...]
Upcoming events
22 April 2014
ALVA Board meeting
Somerset House, London
21-22 May 2014
ALVA Council Meeting, Oxford
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
19 June 2014
ALVA Crisis Management Seminar
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22 July 2014
ALVA Summer Lunch
Farrer & Co, London
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