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NY Metropolitan Museum announces record attendance
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Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art had a record number of visitors during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
It says 6.28 million people came to see its exhibitions and new galleries. That's 600,000 more visitors than in fiscal 2011 and the highest attendance in more than 40 years.
The fiscal 2012 figure includes attendance at The Cloisters museum and garden, the Met's branch for...