Museums in Leicestershire summary 2015-16 26 museums in the Accreditation scheme – the National Standard for museums. 670,231 visits to museums in 2015-16. Visits up 17% on 2013-14. Visits to museums helped contribute £11.4M to the Leicestershire economy. Inspiring learning – 25,543 participants in formal learning and outreach sessions in 2015-16. Community engagement – 68,934 people engaged through informal activities and events. Volunteering – 960 volunteers gave time in 2015-16 that contributed 46,848 hours worth over £333,000. Jobs – at least 137 people employed by museums in 2015-16. Figures based on data from 77% of museums in the Accreditation scheme and five non-Accredited museums. Data collected from the MDEM Annual Survey of Museums 2015-16. For more information visit www.mdem.org.uk