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museum shops, mail order operations, concessions, the Press, and the magazines.

GENERAL UNRESTRICTED TRUST FUND INCOME
FY 1984-90 ACTUAL; FY 1991-92 PROJECTED

[[image - line graph showing actual and projected income (millions) for Fiscal Years 1984 through 1992]]

Figure 5

The illustration on visitor counts (figure 6, for which see the next page) in the Smithsonian's three largest Mall museums shows that visitation peaked in 1988, which was the same year when the Institution's unrestricted income peaked. Since 1988, visitation has been reduced on the order of 14 to 19 percent. So, there is a direct relationship between visitation and the Smithsonian's museum shop revenues, and, while factors such as the installation of new exhibitions (and their publicity) must be taken into account, visitation pretty well reflects what is happening in the economy.
The illustration on visitor counts