A record number of people visited the British Museum in London last year to see China’s Terracotta Army exhibition. More than 850,000 people viewed the exhibition, the highest attendance figures since the Tutankhamun display in 1972. The overall visitor figures for 2007-8 was 6 million.
An £8m interpretation centre is offering visitors the first multi-media tour of Cardiff Castle’s 2,000 year history. Visitors can watch a film of its history via a girl who meets ghosts from across the ages. There are displays in English and Welsh, a timeline of the castle and a widescreen television that loops images of the site, artefacts and costumed re-enactments. The rest of the castle is a self-guided tour using a special hand-held device which explains the heritage in 10 languages.