National Museum of Scotland is most visited outside of London
The museum has had a 141% increase in visitor numbers since it reopened last summer following a £47m refurbishment.
The Edinburgh museum's original target of a million visitors a year was passed within four months.
The British Museum in London attracted the most visitors for the fifth year in a row, with 5.8 million people.
The million visitor mark was also reached by Glasgow's new Riverside Museum, designed by architect Zaha Hadid, which only opened its doors last June.
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