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MET SEES ATTENDANCE SURGE AS MOMA’S VISITOR NUMBERS DROP

By News Desk

A STATEMENT FROM ARTFORUM’S PUBLISHERS

ROBERT IRWIN (1928–2023)

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January 12, 2012 10:38 am

Attendance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has risen to a record 5.6 million. The Museum of Modern Art’s attendance, on the other hand, has fallen 11 percent in the last season to 2.8 million reports Bloomberg. This drop is thought to have occurred because of the popularity of MoMA shows from the previous year featuring Marina Abramović and Tim Burton. The Met, which had cut 14 percent of its operating staff over the course of 2008 to 2009, had a $1.3 million operating surplus last season. Membership income rose 7 percent to a record $25.5 million. Both museums also raised ticket prices by 25 percent to $25 last year.

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