The 2019 population survey undertaken by 56 Degree Insight for Creative Scotland clearly illustrated the importance of arts and creativity to the Scottish population prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. During 2019 over four in five adults living in Scotland took part in creative activities or attended or watched arts or creative pursuits. Specifically, almost half regularly attended the cinema (47%) and visited museums (44%) while over a third regularly visited historic properties (38%), attended live music events (34%) or went to galleries (33%).

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