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▲ Visitors wait in line to see Ron Mueck's exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), in this undated photo provided by the museum. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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National art museum draws record 3.3 mln visitors this year

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) reported a record number of visitors this year driven by hit exhibitions, the museum said Wednesday.

The MMCA said over 3.37 million people visited the national museum, a 15 percent increase from the previous year.

The most popular exhibition was Australian artist Ron Mueck's solo show at the MMCA's Seoul branch. The exhibition, which ran from April 11 to July 13, attracted 533,035 visitors, averaging 5,671 daily.

In addition, the MMCA's collection exhibitions at its Seoul and Gwacheon branches, tracing 100 years of Korean art history, have drawn over 650,000 cumulative visitors so far.

By age, visitors in their 20s and 30s accounted for the largest share at 63.2 percent of the total. Within this age bracket, women made up 73 percent.

Foreign visitors numbered 213,249, representing 6.3 percent of the total. Americans comprised the largest portion at 28.4 percent, followed by Europeans at 27 percent, Chinese at 17.8 percent and Japanese at 9.4 percent.

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