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National Museum a smash hit with visitors

Roughly the equivalent of Edinburgh's entire population, or 500,000 people, has passed through the doors of the city's newly reopened National Museum of Scotland in fewer than six weeks.

ATTRACTION: The newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland now displays 8000 objects, and there are 16 new galleries. Pictures: Steve Cox
ATTRACTION: The newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland now displays 8000 objects, and there are 16 new galleries. Pictures: Steve Cox
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BRIAN DONNELLY and PHIL MILLER

Last night organisers described the figure as “staggering”.

Bolstered by a boom in stay-cationers, foreign visitors and festival-goers, the museum clearly needed the 50% additional public space its £47.4 million refurbishment created.

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