More than 86,000 people went to Tauranga Art Gallery last financial year - the highest visitor number since the gallery opened its doors 10 years ago.
A lot of that was thanks to its hugely successful Paradox Inside show, which was part of the Paradox: Tauranga Street Art Festival in March, April and June this year.
"It's not often you see people queuing to see an exhibition, so that was pretty special," said the gallery's exhibition manager, Duane Moyle.
Paradox Inside attracted a total of 49,185 visitors to the gallery.
Mr Moyle said while things had been a little calmer since that show, visitor numbers were still good.
"We hope this will continue and with our upcoming programme, that's likely to happen. We like bringing a range of art experiences to Tauranga."
He said Tauranga Art Gallery's 10th anniversary would be officially observed next month, but it had also been celebrating the achievement all year with a varied exhibition programme.
That would continue, Mr Moyle said.
"The rest of our anniversary year brings more great art to Tauranga, such as Roger Ballen's Theatre of the Mind and the Future Machine, which is an exhibition created in conjunction with the Tauranga Arts Festival that is held at the gallery, Baycourt and The Elms with works of several well-known artists.
"Next year we are looking at a great variety, too, including a huge interactive art show and more art and fashion."
The gallery's visitor numbers were outlined in its council-controlled organisation annual report this week.
It received 86,610 visitors in the 2016/17 financial year, had 10,949 young people take part in its art education programmes and it delivered 16 exhibitions.
Those exhibitions covered a range of genres and subjects, including a Buddhist medicine mandala, a wildflower garden project at Baycourt, street art, the Miles Art Awards, historical painting, and Maori ceramics.
The Tauranga City Council received annual reports for all four of its council-controlled organisations this week, which includes Bay Venues Limited, Tourism Bay of Plenty and Bay of Plenty Local Authority Shared Services Limited.
The reports outlined the performance of the organisations against set targets for the 2016/17 financial year.
Bay Venues Limited hosted a record number of almost two million visitors for that period.
Its 24 facilities, which include community centres and halls, indoor sports facilities as well as ASB Arena and Baypark Stadium, were used for more than 97,000 hours during the financial year.
ASB Baypark Stadium and ASB Arena both exceeded their targets of six major events with 15 at ASB Baypark Stadium and 11 at ASB Arena.
Tourism Bay of Plenty also recorded increases to visitor numbers and spend in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty, with a total of 16.9 per cent growth in 2016/17.
International visits grew by 23.6 per cent and the monthly average shoulder and off-peak spend (July-November, 2016 and March-June, 2017) saw a 41 per cent increase up to $69 million.
The council said all targets set for Bay of Plenty Local Authority Shared Services Limited had also been achieved.