The Louvre in Paris has topped the list of the most visited art museums of 2012, according to the Art Newspaper. The publication’s annual survey found 9.7 million people visited the French institute — one million more than in 2011.
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art was the second most-visited venue, with three London museums taking the third, fourth and fifth spots.
Visitor numbers at the Louvre, which has topped the annual list of most popular venues since it began in 2007, were boosted by the museum’s new wing of Islamic art.
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While the position of the top 10 venues showed little change on the previous year, British museums had an “excellent” 2012 according to the survey, boosted by increased visitors to London for the summer Olympics.
(Liberty Times)
根據《藝術新聞》,巴黎的羅浮宮高居二○一二年造訪人次最多的藝術博物館榜首。這份刊物的年度調查發現,九百七十萬人次造訪這個法國機構,比二○一一年多了一百萬人次。
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紐約大都會博物館排名第二,倫敦的三座博物館分居三、四與五名。
羅浮宮的訪客人數,受到新增伊斯蘭藝術館的拉抬。藝術新聞二○○七年開始公布這份年度榜單以來,羅浮宮的訪客人數一直高居最受歡迎景點榜首。
雖然去年前十大排名沒有太大改變,根據這份調查,旅遊倫敦的訪客因夏季奧運增加,英國的博物館受到拉抬,有個「絕佳的」二○一二年。
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