June 30, 2009
New Acropolis Museum visitor figures
In the seven days since its official opening, the New Acropolis Museum has already received ninety thousand visitors.
From:
Athens News Agency
06/30/2009
New Acropolis Museum visitorsThe New Acropolis Museum received 90,000 visitors in the first seven days since its official inauguration on June 20, Culture Minister Antonis Samaras disclosed on Monday.
Speaking during a press conference, the minister said that the cost of the inauguration events, which were attended by several foreign heads of state and government, did not exceed the anticipated sum of 3 million euros, adding that the targets his ministry had set regarding the ceremony were met, especially the coverage from international mass media.
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