The graph bellow shows the number of visitors to three museums between 2000 and 2005.

The bar chart illustrates how many people have visited museums in three different countries from 2000 to 2005.

Overall

, it can be seen that, throughout the period, visiting from Edo of Tokyo was the highest,

while

at the end

it dropped to the

last

place.

On the other hand

, the visitors of National

Museum

of China rose significantly over time becoming the first in the final stage. Focusing

firstly

on the museums located in Asia, the popularity of Edo in Tokyo was over 12 in 200 and 2001.

Although

the numbers for

this

museum

fell steeply in 2003 to 6.3

million

visitors, it rose slightly

after

this

year

until reaching 10 in the

last

year

. Meanwhile,

in contrast

, the Chinese National

Museum

had rocketed from approximately 6

million

in the

year

2000 to more than 15

million

visitors in 2005, becoming the most populated historical gallery in

this

report. Regarding the American

Museum

, in 2000, 12

million

guests visited the MET

Museum

of New York.

However

, in the next

year

, it experienced a sharp decrease to half of

last

year

's number.

Thereafter

, it rose rapidly for the next four years, achieving the second-visited art library after China with slightly more than 14

million

.