The graph shows the number of visitors to four international museums between 1980 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The following bar chart shows the

number

of people visiting the global museums throughout the world in the span of 35

years

.

Overall

, it is apparent that the Vatican Museums experienced an upward trend in the

number

of people, but the London Science

Museum

saw a significant decline in the visitor count over the

years

. In 1980, the

number

of

visitors

to the Louvre

Museum

had around 8

million

visitors

, after which point there was a sharp increase in

visitors

in the following

years

, totalling the

visitors

to around 9

million

.

Similarly

, The Vatican Museums started with approximately 4.5

million

but the

number

of

visitors

further

increased in the following 7

years

to almost 9

million

,

this

made it the second most visited

museum

in comparison.

However

, the Shenzhen and London Science

Museum

both had around 4

million

visitors

at the beginning, though Shenzhen had the slight edge and after falling considerably to 3.5

million

in 2000, the

number

rose to around 4

million

again, and London

Museum

, unfortunately, saw a drastic decrease in

visitors

to 2.5

million

in 2015.