500,000 visitors to Tutankhamun
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500,000 visitors to Tutankhamun


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"The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau and officials from the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale welcomed the 500,000th visitor to the popular exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. The anticipated economic impact exhibition, which will be at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale through April 23, is more than $150 million. The economic impact is greater than anticipated due to the high demand for tickets."




- Tutankhamun Ticket Sales Approaching Record Levels In Philadelphia
Philadelphia Business Journal To date, the Franklin Institute has sold 1.2 million tickets for "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," which opened Feb. 3 and closes Sept. 30. The previous record of 1.3 million visitors was set in 1977 when...

- Tut Bids Farewell To South Florida
http://tinyurl.com/m84t3 (Sun-sentinel.com)"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs set an astonishing record for attendance, about 650,000 visitors flocking to gaze at gold and jeweled artifacts from the royal graves of Egypt's 18th Dynasty.The...

- Tutankhamun Queues
http://tinyurl.com/d7uh8 (Sun Sentinel)Articles about visitor complaints re the Fort Lauderdale exhibition: " After months of planning, assemblage and a media blitz fit for a king, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs ticked past the 125,000...

- Hawass In Fort Lauderdale
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he1.htm Zahi Hawass on how much enthusiam has greeted the Tutankhamun exhibition in Fort Lauderdale: "I recently returned from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after attending the opening of the Pharaoh's golden exhibition...

- Tutankhamun Ticket Sales
http://www2.sbsun.com/living/ci_3128656 This item predicts a surge in ticket sales before the closure of the Tutankhamun exhibit before it moves to Fort Lauderdale. The second item looks at ticket sales for the upcoming Fort Lauderdale visit: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12934141.htm...



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