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It was the highest fiscal-year attendance in the museum’s recorded history. In the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018, the Met welcomed more than 7.35 million visitors to its three locations—the Met Fifth Avenue, the Met Cloisters, and the Met Breuer. Previously, the record for the institution’s best-attended show was held by the 1978 presentation of “Treasures of Tutankhamun,” which drew 1.4 million visitors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” attracted 1,659,647 visitors to the Met Fifth Avenue and the Met Cloisters during its run from May 10 to October 8, making it the museum’s most visited exhibition. Condé Nast provided additional support.“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” Is Most Visited Exhibition in the Met’s History The Met’s leading exhibition was made possible through lead sponsorship from Christine and Stephen A. Apparently, Catholicism trumped Michelangelo. The second-place show makes it the 10th most-attended show in the museum’s history. “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer” reeled in more than 700,000 visitors during its run from Nov. “Heavenly Bodies” is the second record-breaking exhibition at The Met this year. for those who purchase EmptyMet: Heavenly Bodies tickets online. 6 and 7, “Heavenly Bodies” will open early starting at 8:30 a.m. Met-goers, who see the entire show, will get a glimpse of The Met Fifth Avenue’s medieval galleries, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine Art (this part of The Robert Lehman Wing closed earlier this month), the Anna Wintour Costume Center and the The Met Cloisters in northern Manhattan. More ambitious visitors to the show have a lot of ground to cover. In the fiscal year that ended June 30, The Met racked in more than 7.35 million visitors to its three locations - The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Cloisters and The Met Breuer. Bolton’s latest effort will no doubt help bolster this year’s overall attendance. “Heavenly Bodies” appears to be closing in on The Met’s all-time, most-attended show, “Treasures of Tutankhamun,” from 1978.

The success of the exhibition has been another winning moment for The Costume Institute’s curator in charge Andrew Bolton, who has helped to rev up attendance numbers in recent years.

On the flip side, visitors who may be in search of non-fashion exhibitions may be introduced and perhaps tempted to explore more in The Costume Institute. The layout inevitably is leading many attendees to areas of the museum beyond the Costume Institute. A myriad of designs from Thierry Mugler, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Thom Browne, Azzedine Alaïa, John Galliano for the House of Dior, Claire McCardell, Madeleine Vionnet, Isabel Toledo, Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino, Elsa Schiaparelli and other designers are on view throughout the Met. Spanning 60,000 square feet and 25 galleries, the exhibition is the largest that has ever been staged. With 1.3 million visitors at the Upper East Side museum and nearly 200,000 at The Met Cloisters - and counting - the show is the most-visited one for The Met’s Costume Institute. THE MET’S SUNDAY BEST: Last-minute museum-goers still have 10 days to catch the record-breaking “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Fifth Avenue location and The Met Cloisters.