You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart shows the number of visitors to three London Museums between 2007 and 2012. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart illustrates the

number

of people who visited three different museums in London from 2007 to 2012.

Overall

, the

number

of visitors to the National Gallery tended to increase

whereas

that of visitors to the Victoria and Albert

Museum

was more likely to drop throughout the examined periods.

Although

the

number

of people who visited the British

Museum

declined it seemed to recover. Starting with the graphs for the National Gallery and the British

Museum

,

they

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tended to follow a similar pattern

for

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most of the time.

In other words

, they both increased their popularity regardless of the fact that the latter experienced a huge drop from roughly 12

million

in 2007 to slightly above 5

million

in 2008.

Furthermore

, it kept rising consistently and increased dramatically in 2011 and 2012 with 12

million

and just below 15

million

respectively.

In contrast

, the National Gallery started with the lowest at about 7

million

in 2007, after which it showed an upward trend until 2012 when it reached its highest at more than 15

million

. Turning to the graph for the Victoria and Albert

Museum

, it generally tended to lose its popularity. Even though it had the largest

number

of visitors from 2007 to 2009, the

number

significantly declined from approximately 13

million

to 8

million

respectively. After it hit the bottom at just above 5

million

in 2010, it started to rise by 2012 when it reached 10

million

.