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Other most popular museums include the Vatican Museum at number two and the National Museum of Korea in Seoul at number three.
Major art museums in East Asia have seen a notable spike in attendance, including in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
But in the U.S., museum attendance is shakier.
For example, wildfires and government shutdowns last year adversely affected attendance at many museums in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
The National Association of Black Bookstores was founded last Juneteenth.
Its report on the state of Black-owned bookstores around the country shows a growth of nearly 150% since 2014.
Many independent bookstores back then were struggling after the rise of big bookstore chains and Amazon.com.
But since the Black Lives Matter movement, in the wake of George Floyd's murder,
Black-owned bookstores seem to be making a comeback.
The organization counts 306 around the country, from Maine, where there's one, to California, where one can find more than two dozen.
But 14 states currently do not have any Black-owned bookstores.
The DePaul Art Museum has announced it will close at the end of June.
Founded 40 years ago as part of DePaul University, it often showed contemporary international work with an emphasis on social justice.
Velo de Luto, morning veil, replicates traditional morning veils in Spain.
That's artist Selva Aparcio talking about a recent exhibition on the museum's social media.
Other art museums that have closed in the past two years include ones at the University of New Hampshire, Albright College in Pennsylvania, and Valparaiso University in Indiana.