Preservation & Attendance
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Key Finding

Quality outlives the buyer.

Since the sandblasted-concrete renovation, annual visitors have more than doubled — while the building's maintenance cost has declined by 18%.

Annual Visitors by Gallery Wing — Thousands
Post-renovation (2024)
Pre-renovation (2018)
1,200K 900K 600K 300K EGYPTIAN COURT 480K 1,080K SCULPTURE HALL 310K 720K PRINTS & DRAWINGS 190K 540K NORTH PORTICO WING 960K Opened 2019 EASTERN GALLERY 520K 1,140K ARCHIVE HALL 680K 890K
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