The 16 museums dependent on the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts of the Ministry of Culture received 2,778,815 visitors in 2023, 18.15% more than in 2022, when they registered 2,351,887 visits. He National Archaeological Museum It has been the busiest of all state centers with 506,873 tickets issued, above the data from 2019, the year before the pandemic (499,300 visits). The next most in-demand museum was the Sorolla in Madridwhich in the year of the centenary of the death of the Valencian painter registered 344,799 entries, 40% more than in 2022. This is a historic figure since, for the first time, it exceeds 300,000 visits. The third most visited museum has been that of Altamira (Santillana del Mar, Cantabria), with 284,645 visits, which represents an increase of 13.21% compared to the previous year. However, the greatest percentage increase has been carried out by Sephardic Museum, Toledowith a growth of 89.51%, and 251,740 visitors throughout the year.
Above the 200,000 barrier has also been the National Museum of Ceramics and Arts Suntuaria González Martí de Valenciawith 217,451 visits and an increase of 25.88% compared to 2022. The cases of growth in three other museums based in Madrid are also notable: the National Museum of Decorative Arts (111,308 visits, a 57.72% increase); he Museum of America (86,934 visits, 36.58% more); and the Costume Museum and Ethnological Heritage Research Center (80,080 visits, 20.86% more). He Cerralbo Museum received 164,536 visitors, the highest number reached in its history and the National Museum of Sculpture of Valladolid It reached 113,129 visits, 19.70% above the previous year. Other state museums that improve their statistics with increases of more than 10% are the El Greco Museum of Toledo (175,296 visitors) and the Cervantes Birthplace Museum in Valladolid(23,259 visits).
Six museums in the state network have already exceeded the figures recorded in 2018 and 2019: the National Archaeological Museum, the Sorolla Museum, the National Museum of Romanticism, the González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts, the National Museum of Arts Decorative and the Cerralbo Museum.
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