Friday, June 01, 2007

Latest figures for Tutankhamun in Philadelphia

http://tinyurl.com/yqlpk5 (philly.com)
"Franklin Institute officials are boosting their attendance forecast for the King Tut show halfway through its run at the science museum. The number of visitors now expected to see Tut before it packs up Sept. 30 is 1,140,000, up slightly from the initial forecast of a million.
That would make Tut the most popular show to be hosted by the Franklin Institute, and would make Philadelphia the highest-drawing venue of the show's four U.S. stops (though the Philadelphia run, at nearly eight months, is also the longest on the tour, which also included Chicago, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale).
As of yesterday, 640,000 had come to the Franklin Institute to view the collection of 130 artifacts from the tombs of the boy king and his predecessors.
School groups accounted for nearly a quarter of visitors - 152,592 - a segment that drops off in summer. Still, Franklin officials expect a large tourist, summer-camp and group adult business over the summer."
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