List of most-visited museums

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This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world, per annual attendance statistics. Many museums have not reported 2023 figures as of February 2024. These museums show their 2022 attendance.

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Total museum attendance in 2023 continued to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, although attendance for most museums remained lower than before 2020. Among the top 100 art museums in 2022, total attendance was 141 million visitors, double the number in 2021 and three times the number for 2020, but still well below the 2019 figure of 230 million visitors. [1]

Musee du Louvre, Paris, France Vista exterior del Museo del Louvre.JPG
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Metropolitan Museum, New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) - Central Park, NYC.jpg
Metropolitan Museum, New York City
Vatican Museums, Vatican City Musei Vaticani. Braccio Nuovo.JPG
Vatican Museums, Vatican City
Natural History Museum, London Natural History Museum London Jan 2006.jpg
Natural History Museum, London
British Museum, London British Museum from NE 2 (cropped).JPG
British Museum, London
National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States National Museum of Natural History.jpg
National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States
Tate Modern, London, England Tate Modern - Bankside Power Station.jpg
Tate Modern, London, England
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea Front view of national museum of korea.jpg
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou, China Guangdong Museum 20170915-2.jpg
Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou, China
Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey Maulana Jelaledin Muhammad Rumi in konya.jpg
Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France Musee d'Orsay, North-West view, Paris 7e 140402.jpg
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Most-visited museums in 2023 and 2022

NameLocationVisitors in 2023 or 2022
Flag of France.svg Louvre Paris, France 8,900,000 (2023) [2]
Flag of the Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican Museums Vatican City 6,800,000 (2023) [3]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Museum London, United Kingdom 5,820,860 (2023) [4]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Natural History Museum London, United Kingdom 5,688,608 (2023) [5]
Flag of the United States.svg Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, United States 5,400,000 (2023) [6]
Flag of France.svg Musée d'Orsay Paris, France 5.2 million (including Musée de l'Orangerie) (2023) [7]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tate Modern London, United Kingdom 4,742,038 (2023) [8]
Flag of the United States.svg National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C., United States 4,400,000 (2023) [9]
Flag of South Korea.svg National Museum of Korea Seoul, South Korea 4.18 million (2023) [10]
Flag of France.svg Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France 3.8 million (2023) [11]
Flag of the United States.svg National Air and Space Museum [lower-alpha 1] Washington, D.C., United States 3,100,000 (2023) [12]
Flag of Spain.svg Prado Museum Madrid, Spain 3,209,285 (2023) [14]
Flag of Russia.svg State Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg, Russia 3,273,753 (2023) [15]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg National Gallery London, United Kingdom 3,096,508 (2023) [16] )
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Victoria and Albert Museum London, United Kingdom 3,110,000 (2023) [17]
Flag of Italy.svg Galleria degli Uffizi Florence, Italy 2,717,857 (2023) [18]
Flag of the United States.svg Museum of Modern Art New York City, United States 2,839,509 (2023) [19]
Flag of Mexico.svg National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City, Mexico 2,636,352 (2023)
Flag of Mexico.svg Museo Nacional de Historia Mexico City, Mexico 2,456,825 (2023)
Flag of the United States.svg Smithsonian Museum of American History Washington, D.C., United States 2,100,000 (2023) [20]
Flag of Spain.svg Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao, Spain 1,324,000 (2023) [21]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Museum Guangzhou, China 3,359,700 (2022) [22]
Flag of Turkey.svg Mevlana Museum Konya, Turkey 3,352,505 (2022) [23]
Flag of Russia.svg State Russian Museum Saint Petersburg, Russia 2,900,000 (2023) [24]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg National Museum of Marine Science and Technology Keelung, Taiwan 2,582,444 [25]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Science Museum London, United Kingdom 2,334,930 [26]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chinese Aviation Museum Beijing, China 2,300,000 [27]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg National Museum of Natural Science Taichung, Taiwan 2,299,808 [25]
Flag of Germany.svg Topography of Terror Berlin, Germany 2,100,000 [28]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg M+ Hong Kong 2,034,331 [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Opium War Museum  [ zh ] Dongguan, China 2,025,800 [29]
Flag of France.svg Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie Paris, France 1,992,823 [30]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1,973,751 [26]
Flag of Russia.svg State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, Russia 1,910,000 [1]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg National Taiwan Science Education Center Taipei, Taiwan 1,878,504 [25]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg National Science and Technology Museum Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1,875,372 [25]
Flag of South Korea.svg National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, South Korea 1,806,641 [1]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,766,084 [31]
Flag of the United States.svg California Science Center Los Angeles, United States 1,694,000 [32]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg National Museum of China Beijing, China 1,630,911 [33]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Museums Greenwich London, United Kingdom 1,628,580 [26]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing Museum Nanjing, China 1,610,000 [34]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhejiang Museum of Natural History Hangzhou, China 1,581,263 [35]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, Australia 1,580,303 [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jianchuan Museum Cluster Chengdu, China 1,538,143 [36]
Flag of the United States.svg Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston, United States 1,520,000 [32]
Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo, Japan 1,509,970 [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Changzhou Museum Changzhou, China 1,508,229 [37]
Flag of Germany.svg Humboldt Forum Berlin, Germany 1,500,000 [1]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1,461,406 [25]
Flag of Greece.svg Acropolis Museum Athens, Greece 1,451,727 [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Science and Technology Museum Beijing, China 1,431,189 [38]
Flag of Italy.svg Galleria dell'Accademia Florence, Italy 1,428,369 [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Suzhou Museum Suzhou, China 1,417,412 [39]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chengdu Museum Chengdu, China 1,404,735 [40]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Shanghai, China 1,403,179 [41]
Flag of Japan.svg The National Art Center, Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1,400,096 [1]
Flag of France.svg Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris, France 1,500,000 (2023) [42]
Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo National Museum Tokyo, Japan 1,372,132 [1]
Flag of Poland.svg National Museum in Kraków Kraków, Poland 1,365,425 [1]
Flag of Brazil.svg Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil São Paulo, Brazil 1,364,208 [1]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,364,023 [1]
Flag of Japan.svg National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo, Japan 1,350,000 [32]
Flag of Austria.svg Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria 1,345,617 [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tianjin Natural History Museum Tianjin, China 1,320,752 [43]
Flag of Spain.svg Palacio de Cristal del Retiro Madrid, Spain 1,318,823 [lower-alpha 2] [1]
Flag of France.svg Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations Marseille, France 1,300,000 (2023)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1,277,230 [1]
Flag of Singapore.svg National Gallery Singapore Singapore 1,262,189 [1]
Flag of Spain.svg Museo Reina Sofía Madrid, Spain 1,253,183 [lower-alpha 3] [1]

Criteria

This list includes art museums, cultural museums, history museums, natural history museums, and science museums with an attendance of over 1,250,000 people in 2022, but does not include archaeological sites, historical monuments, or most palace museums. For example, the Forbidden City, Kremlin, and Palace of Versailles are not included, though the Louvre and Hermitage are included.

Due to differences in reporting across regions, there is some variation in the time periods for which figures are reported. Figures for North America and continental Europe are generally calendar-year figures, while most figures for Britain and the Asia-Pacific are fiscal year figures, from April through March.

See also

Notes

  1. Includes visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center.
  2. Does not include visitors to the main Reina Sofía museum.
  3. Does not include visitors to the Palacio de Cristal del Retiro.

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