Tuesday 6th December 2011
Record number of visitors to Scottish National Portrait Gallery
STV News
More than 10,000 have visited the Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh since it re-opened.
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has seen a record number of visitors, with more than 10,000 crossing the threshold in four days.
The gallery on Queen Street in Edinburgh was reopened to the public on Thursday, December 1 after a £17.6m renovation,and has received an average of more than 2,000 visitors per day.
Up until 2pm on Monday, December 5 a total of 11,186 people had passed through the doors after the gallery’s two year closure while work was carried out.