The number of people visiting National Museum Wales' (NMW) sites reached a record high of 1.75 million visits in 2012-13.
Over the last 12 months, NMW's seven museums collectively welcomed more than 50,000 more visitors than in 2011 - 12, with four of the museums enjoying their best years ever (National Museum Cardiff, National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, National Wool Museum in Dre-fach Felindre and the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon).
National Museum Cardiff, which has developed its offer with a new National Museum of Art, welcomed a record 477,399 visitors - an increase of 29 per cent since 2010-11.