CAMBRIDGE.- The exhibition Vermeer’s Women: Secrets and Silence, which finished its three-month run on 15 January 2012, is the most successful show ever held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, attracting over 150,000 visitors. The Museum recorded over 200,000 visitors during the exhibition period and opening hours were extended to accommodate the high demand, which peaked at 6,000 on the last Saturday. It is the first show at the Fitzwilliam to achieve over 100,000 visitors. The Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum , Dr Timothy Potts, commented: “Vermeer’s Women has been an unprecedented success for the Fitzwilliam Museum and for Cambridge . The attendance of over 150,000 visitors broke all previous records by a long shot. Even more importantly, the exhibition attracted universal acclaim from art critics, scholars and the community in general. It has set a new standard for what a major exhibition outside Lond