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

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