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LACMA Rides New Wing to Attendance Jump

January 5, 2011 by Marion Maneker

The Los Angeles Times reports that enthusiasm for the new Resnick Pavilion helped the museum increase its attendance in 2010 by 9% in 2010:

LACMA said attendance for the calendar year 2010 was 914,396, a 9.6% increase over 2009 attendance of 834,143. The museum reported a strong surge in attendance during the three days after Christmas — with 12,083 admissions versus 6,956 from the same period last year.

The most-attended exhibitions of 2010 were “Eye for the Sensual: Selections from the Resnick Collection,” one of the inaugural shows at the Resnick Pavilion, which had approximately 134,000 admissions; “Renoir in the 20th Century,” with approximately 130,000 admissions; and “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915,” with approximately 65,000 admissions.

LACMA Reports Increase in Attendanc for 2010 (Los Angeles Times)

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