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More than 127,000 visitors, 13,000 annual mammoth passes issued and 9,613 cups of Alberta-roasted coffee sold in the café.

These are just a few of the record-setting numbers in the first four months of opening for the new downtown Royal Alberta Museum.

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The $375.5-million attraction at 97 Street and 103A Avenue opened to much fanfare from the public on Oct. 3 with about 42,000 people visiting during the first six days of operation when free admission was offered.

“I am delighted. I am entirely pleased with what we’re seeing for attendance and for reaction,” museum executive director Chris Robinson said. “We were dark for two and a half years and it’s nice to see faces in the museum again.”

About 85,500 people have walked through the museum doors in the 112 days since the opening weekend, averaging about 765 visitors a day, Robinson said.

“I’m really pleased with the way this is trending,” he said of the public’s response to the museum. “We’ve exceeded our expectations.”