Acropolis Museum - 90,000 visitors in 1st week
30 June 2009
Ninety thousand people visited the New Acropolis museum in Athens in the first seven days since its official inauguration on June 20, according to Culture Minister Antonis Samaras.
The Minister told a press conference that the cost of the inauguration celebrations did not go over the EUR 3 million budget. Some 440 journalists representing 167 media bodies were present at the ceremony.
Over 11,000 tickets were sold over the internet in the first five days, while the museum's new website registered more than 260,000 hits. The new Museum will be open all year round, from 8am to 8pm, said the Minister.
Source: ANSAmed
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