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   04-05-2010 16:55 여성 음성 남성 음성
National Museum Tops Visitor Numbers in Asia


Visitors look at a mummy in the "Egypt: the Great Civilization" exhibition, which was on display from April 28 to Aug. 30 in 2009 at the National Museum of Korea. The museum topped the art museum attendance numbers in Asia and ranked 10th in the world for 2009 with 2.7 million visitors.
/ Courtesy of National Museum of Korea

By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter

The National Museum of Korea has recorded the largest attendance numbers in Asia and ranked 10th in the world for 2009 with 2.7 million visitors.

The numbers were released in the April edition of The Art Newspaper, a British publication that has surveyed art museum attendance figures for the past 15 years.

The institution's ``Egypt: the Great Civilization'' (April 28-August 30 in 2009) was the second most viewed exhibition a day in the ancient civilization exhibition category and its special ``100th Anniversary of Korean Museums'' came in 7th in the Asian exhibition category.

The museum is the flagship for Korean history, culture and art with some 150,000 pieces in its permanent collection.

It was first established in 1945 and was relocated to Yongsan Family Park in 2005. It is the sixth largest museum in the world.

The Louvre in Paris topped the art museum attendance numbers in the world for 2009, with 8.5 million visitors, while the British Museum in London came in second with around 5.6 million and the Metropolitan Museum of Art placed third with 4.9 million.

Among museums in Asia, the Taiwan Palace Museum came in 12th with 2.57 million visitors and the Tokyo National Museum ranked 14th with 2.27 million.
For more details, visit www.theartnewspaper.com.

chungay@koreatimes.co.kr




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