Department of Culture media & Sport:http://www.culture.gov.uk/ This government department is responsible for policy on the arts, sport, tourism, libraries, museums and galleries, and the historic environment.
The Museums, Libraries & Archives Council http://www.mla.gov.uk/ A strategic agency with overviews on policy and public access to museums, libraries and archives.
The National Trust:http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/ A charity organisation whose aim is to protect and open to the public historic houses, nature areas and forests etc.
The 24Hour Museum:http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/ UK's National Virtual Museum, with arts and museum news as well as exhibition notices, reviews, features and trails. It promotes publicly funded museums, galleries, archives and heritage attractions in the UK.
Evaluating web sites There is a lot of useful information available for free on the web. Government websites such as www.statistics.gov.uk provide UK leisure & travel statistics data, visitor attractions figures and social trends data. There is also useful information on various Government department websites, some of which are listed above. Some trade associations, various museum/leisure/travel organisations, and Academic institutes offer free information to the public via their websites. Websites can be set up by anyone. Some may not have the same quality controls found in print publishing.