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The Louvre in Paris has a list of the world's most art museums. The annual survey of galleries and attendance was by the "Art Newspaper". Its results the Louvre in the top spot with around 9.7 million visitors in 2012. That was a of over a million from the previous year. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art was the second most visited venue, with three London museums the third, fourth and fifth positions. The most popular exhibition of the year was the Dutch Old Masters at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Art Museum, which over 10,000 art lovers a day. The continuing popularity of the Louvre was last year by the of its new wing to Islamic art.

The survey that while traditional art was popular in Japan, contemporary and modern art the top exhibitions in Europe. It also Brazil as an up-and-coming destination for art. The newspaper said: "The appetite of Brazilians for exhibitions is remarkable…especially for the non-charging shows by the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. The exhibition halls in its Rio de Janeiro space were thanks to an ambitious visual history of the Amazon." The publication also how, "the spiritual power of artifacts" popular. Japan's Shoso-in temple exhibition over 14,240 visitors a day, "to as well as a selection of temple treasures".