ALVA's 51 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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North of England Zoological Society: Chester Zoo, Giraffe Feeding Platform -
Canterbury Cathedral: Exterior view -
Continuum Group Ltd: The iconic Spinnaker Tower at sunset -
National Trust: Walkers on Corn Du -
Zoological Society of London: Tiger Territory -
National Portrait Gallery: Man Ray -
Treasure Houses of England: Leeds Castle -
Glasgow Museums: Riverside Museum -
National Galleries of Scotland: Scottish Gallery of Modern Art -
National Museum of Science & Industry: Science Museum, Launchpad -
Titanic Belfast: -
Oxford University Museums: Ashmolean Museum: Grayson Perry -
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter -
Glasgow Museums: Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery -
British Museum: 'Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum' -
Science Museum Group: National Railway Museum -
Pleasure Beach: Avatar Airbender -
Victoria and Albert Museum: David Bowie is..... exhibition -
English Heritage: Whitby Abbey
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Latest News
ALVA NEWS
12 March 2013
Visitors fell in love with modern British art & design in 2012
British Art & Design was hugely popular in 2012, with Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman helping the British Museum remain the most popular visitor attraction for the 6th year running (5,575,946). [more...]
INDUSTRY NEWS
24 May 2013
Guggenheim Museum planned for Wales
Plans are in the works to bring a Guggenheim museum to Wales as early as 2019 in a bid to replicate the success that came from opening one in Bilbao, Spain. [more...]
INDUSTRY NEWS
23 May 2013
York Cathedral to launch new attraction
A new attraction at York Minster, chronicling the last 2,000 years of history dating back to 71AD is set to open to the public this Saturday. [more...]
Upcoming events
14 August 2013
ALVA Scotland meeting
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Our seven Scottish members will meet at the RBGE to discuss issues relating to Scottish tourism and promotion, visitor numbers, visitor experience and the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. [more...]
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