Scotland's national galleries have registered record visitor figures, with more than 1.6 million people visiting its major Edinburgh sites last year.
The figures, collated by the National Gallery of Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the recently revamped Scottish National Portrait Gallery, mark a 25% rise on 2011. The results are partly due to the opening of the refurbished portrait gallery in December 2011, although the Scottish National Gallery and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art saw rises of 3.9% and 4.5% respectively.
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