The number of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York decreased sharply in 2020 over the previous year, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2020, several museums around the world had to close to the public, as governments implemented lockdowns and emergency measures to face the global health crisis. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, or Met as it is also known, stayed closed for 202 days in 2020. In that year, the number of visitors reached 1.12 million, whereas the museum attracted almost 6.5 million visitors in 2019.
Number of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2007 to 2020
(in millions)
*The Metropolitan Museum of Art stayed closed for 202 days in 2020, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Figures includes visitors to the Met Cloisters, but exclude attendance for the Met Breuer which closed permanently on March 13, 2020.
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The Art Newspaper. (March 30, 2021). Number of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2007 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247422/yearly-visitorship-to-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-in-new-york/
The Art Newspaper. "Number of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2007 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. March 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 30, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247422/yearly-visitorship-to-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-in-new-york/
The Art Newspaper. (2021). Number of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2007 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 30, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247422/yearly-visitorship-to-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-in-new-york/
The Art Newspaper. "Number of Visitors to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2007 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247422/yearly-visitorship-to-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-in-new-york/
The Art Newspaper, Number of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2007 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247422/yearly-visitorship-to-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-in-new-york/ (last visited November 30, 2021)
