The number of visitors to three museums – the National Museum of China, the Edo Museum in Tokyo, and the Metropolitan Museum in New York – between 2000 and 2005 is shown in the bar chart.
By the end of the time, the National Museum of China had grown steadily from having the fewest visitors at the start to being the most popular museum. On the other hand, the MET in New York experienced a brief drop followed by a rebound, while the Edo Museum in Tokyo began with a high attendance but displayed a distinct declining trend.
With about 12 million visits in 2000, the Metropolitan Museum in New York had the most visitors at the start of the period. This number, however, fell sharply to about 6 million in 2001 before progressively rising to slightly over 14 million by 2005. In a similar vein, the National Museum of China began with only roughly 6 million visitors, but it saw consistent growth over time, peaking at almost 16 million in 2005.
At the beginning of the period, however, the Edo Museum in Tokyo drew the most visitors, with over 14 million in 2000 and 2001. Following that, the population fell precipitously to almost 6 million in 2003. The museum completed the time with fewer visitors than it started, with roughly 10 million in 2005, despite a modest comeback in the years that followed.