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01/23/2013 02:50 PM

Met's Islamic Art Galleries Has More Than One Million Visitors

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Officials at the Metropolitan Museum of Art say more than a million people have visited their galleries of Islamic art since they reopened a little over a year ago.

The galleries were reinstalled in November 2011, following a major expansion and renovation.

Museum officials say a little more than 2,500 people a day have dropped by to see the collection, which is spread throughout 15 galleries and spans 1,300 years.

That is 14 percent of the Met's total attendance during that period.