At the London Museum of Water and Steam, £2.6m is going to help save an area of the site where one of the original steam pumps that sent water all around the capital from the 1830s is still in situ.
"People say they value their local museums, that they're a really important part of their community, but they've really got to back that up by supporting their local museum, by visiting or donating," she said.
The research has been carried out by the charity Kids in Museums, alongside web hosting company GoDaddy, and coincides with a campaign encouraging families to support their local, independent museums.
"In the past 20 years or so about 500 museums have closed and those museums are not going to come back.
Many small museums fear they may be forced to close as visitor numbers fall and running costs rise.
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