The chart below shows the numbers of three types of visitors to a museum between 1997 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph provides information about how many visitors came to the

museum

from 1997 and 2010.

Overall

, there was a growth in the total of people visiting

this

museum

after 15 years

as a result

of an increasing number of adult and special exhibition visitors; meanwhile, the number of children who were under 15 years old saw a steady decrease throughout the period.

In addition

, the annual numbers of adults had consistently the highest ones. 448,100 people spent time exploring the

museum

at the beginning of the stage examined, followed by considerable oscillations in the next decade before ending at 504,300. A resembling change can be seen in the number of adults, which started at 300,100 before fluctuating in range from 302,000 to 400,500 before reaching 380,000 in 2012.

Similarly

, in 1997, only 28,000 visitors toured

this

museum

, after which it experienced a gradual rise to 42,000

at the end

of the period.

Conversely

, the figure for youngsters was 120,000 in 1997, with a subsequent decline to 110,000 in the next 5 years before continuing to drop to 82,300 in 2012.