LACMA’s attendance doubled, then halved while it rebuilt
Visitors a year, in thousands, at three Los Angeles museums, 2009 to 2025; a gap is a year with no published figure
- LACMA
- Getty Center
- The Broad
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The numbers
| Year | LACMA | Getty Center | The Broad |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 696k | 1,154k | – |
| 2010 | 914k | 1,206k | – |
| 2011 | 1,238k | 1,168k | – |
| 2012 | 1,173k | 1,207k | – |
| 2013 | 1,203k | 1,356k | – |
| 2014 | – | – | – |
| 2015 | – | 1,580k | – |
| 2016 | 1,592k | 1,570k | 753k |
| 2017 | 1,307k | 1,452k | – |
| 2018 | 1,097k | 1,509k | 815k |
| 2019 | 968k | 1,439k | 917k |
| 2020 | – | 267k | – |
| 2021 | 621k | 508k | – |
| 2022 | 867k | 989k | 638k |
| 2023 | 902k | 1,251k | 896k |
| 2024 | 874k | 1,301k | 847k |
| 2025 | 802k | 1,324k | 771k |
Source: The Art Newspaper’s annual surveys of museum attendance.
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