Museums in Northamptonshire 2016-17 Summary: 14 Northamptonshire museums in the Accreditation scheme in 2016/17 9 Accredited museums responded to the MDEM survey 3 non-Accredited museums responded to the MDEM survey 115,172 visits to Northamptonshire museums in 2016/17 Visits helped contribute an estimated £1,985,187 to the Northamptonshire economy 51,577 participants were engaged by museums through formal learning and outreach 6,558 participants were engaged by museums through informal activities and events 441 volunteers contributed 36,151 hours to museums, which was worth just over £250,000 59 people were in paid employment in museums in Northamptonshire in 2016/17 Image: Kettering Museum and Art Gallery, Northamptonshire Figures based on data from 64% (9) of museums within the Accreditation scheme and 3 non-Accredited museums. Data collected from the MDEM Annual Survey of Museums 2016-17. For more information visit www.mdem.org.uk