Picture This: 18,744 Art Fans

SAAM opening day crowd
Joanna
July 2, 2006

 

There were 18,744 visitors to the Donald W. Reynolds Center yesterday on its opening day. Photo by Joanna Champagne.

Update: We just got word that the number of visitors on opening day set a record for opening day attendance at a Smithsonian museum.

 

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