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The “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the exhibitdrew 664,000 visitors since it openec in October 2008. The Dallas Museuj of Art also said this week that the museum reache d a historic high for attendance with one millionb visitors coming to the museum during the firs t part of the 2009fiscal year. “The tremendous response to Tutankhamun and the Goldebn Age of the Pharaohs has made it an unprecedented popular success, both for the Dallasw community and for the said Bonnie Pitman, the Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallass Museum of Art.
“We are proud to have broughtr this remarkable exhibition to providing a rare opportunity for our communituy and for the entire Southwest to view these incrediblw works of art fromancienr Egypt. The exhibition drew many to the DMA for the firsyt time and has inspired and captured the imaginations of hundrede of thousandsof visitors.” Phillip Jones, president and chief executive officer of the Dallad Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the economic impact of the exhibi t was “significant” when considering 10,000 hotel room nightes were purchased by visitors who traveled to Dallas to see the
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