HE National Prado Museum It hosted a total of 3,209,285 visitors in 2023.That’s a figure the gallery will surpass before the end of 2023. Visitor record was reached in 2019The year of the museum’s Bicentennial celebrations.
As reported by the Prado Museum this Thursday, the figure as of today has increased to 3,209,285 compared to 3,203,417 recorded in 2019, which makes this year “definitive recovery“, according to the words of its director Miguel Falomir.
Falomir said through the museum’s social networks, “A museum cannot be measured only by the number of visitors, but undoubtedly having a large audience is something that always gives you great satisfaction,” and stated that these figures also contribute to the museum’s social networks. comprehensive museum programming. “There has been,” he added, “a It’s a really productive year. In terms of quantity, quality and diversity of activities. “Just in terms of exhibitions and we had 8 exhibitions at the Madrid headquarters.”
Likewise, the total number of visits according to the contribution of the art gallery, 1,5547,213 people (48.21%) accessed the museum free of charge; While the months with the highest number of visits during 2023 were April, May and June, Wednesday, December 27, was the day of the year with the highest influx of visitors (temporary until the end of 2023). Total 14,345 visitors.