List of most-visited museums

This article lists the most visited museums in the world. A museum is defined as a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, care, research, and exhibition of numerous objects that represent the legacy of humankind and its environment.[1] The primary sources are the Art Newspaper annual report on art museum attendance [2] and the TEA-AECOM Museum Index, published by the Themed Entertainment Association and AECOM consulting firm; as well as national surveys, such as the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in Britain[2]

See also: List of most-visited art museums and List of most-visited museums by region

Museums in some countries, notably China, did not provide updated 2022 attendance figures in time for inclusion in the list. They will be updated in May when the figures are published.

Total museum attendance in 2022 continued to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, most museum's total attendance has been drastically lower since 2020. Among the top one hundred art museums, Total attendance in 2022 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.[2]

Criteria for inclusion

This list includes art museums, history museums, natural history museums, and science museums, but does not include archaeological sites, historical monuments, or many palace museums.[lower-alpha 1] This article generally follows that guideline, so the Palace of Versailles, the Kremlin, Peterhof Palace, and Forbidden City are not included, even though these sites include some museum collections.

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

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Vatican Museums, Rome
Natural History Museum, London
British Museum, London
National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States
Tate Modern, London, England
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States


List

Most-visited museums in 2022
NameLocationVisitors in 2022
France LouvreParis, France7,800,000[7][8]
Vatican City Vatican MuseumsVatican City5,080,866[9]
United Kingdom Natural History MuseumLondon, United Kingdom4,654,608[10]
United Kingdom British MuseumLondon, United Kingdom4,097,253 [11]
United States National Museum of Natural HistoryWashington, D.C.3,900,000[12]
United Kingdom Tate ModernLondon, United Kingdom3,883,160 [13]
South Korea National Museum of KoreaSeoul, South Korea3,411,381[14]
France Musée d'OrsayParis, France3,270,182[8]
United States National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C., United States3,256,433[15]
United States Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, United States3,208,832[16]
France Centre PompidouParis, France3,009,570[8]
United Kingdom Southbank CentreLondon, United Kingdom2,947,155[17]
Russia State Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg, Russia2,812,000[18][19]
United Kingdom National GalleryLondon, United Kingdom2,727,119[20]
Russia State Russian MuseumSaint Petersburg, Russia2,651,688[21]
Spain Prado MuseumMadrid, Spain2,456,724[22]
United Kingdom Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon, United Kingdom2,370,261 [23]
United Kingdom. Somerset HouseLondon, United Kingdom2,356,580[24]
United Kingdom London Science MuseumLondon, United Kingdom2,324,5808[25]
Italy Galleria degli UffiziFlorence, Italy2,222,692[26]
United States Museum of Modern ArtNew York, United States2,190,440 (2022)[27]
Hong Kong M+Hong Kong, China2,034,331 (2022)[2]
FranceCité des Sciences et de l'IndustrieParis, France1,992,823[8]
United Kingdom National Museum of ScotlandEdinburgh, United Kingdom1,973,751[28]
Russia State Tretyakov GalleryMoscow, Russia1,910,000[29]
South Korea National Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtSeoul, Korea1,806,641 (2022)[2]
United States Smithsonian Museum of American HistoryWashington, D.C., United States1,800,000[12]
Netherlands RijksmuseumAmsterdam, Netherlands1,766,084[30]
United Kingdom Royal Museums GreenwichLondon, United Kingdom1,628,580[31]
AustraliaNational Gallery of VictoriaMelbourne, Australia1,580,303 [32]
Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumTokyo, Japan1,509,970[33]
Germany Humboldt ForumBerlin, Germany1,500,000[34]
Mexico National Museum of AnthropologyMexico City, Mexico1,494,587[35]
United States National Air and Space Museum

(including Udvar-Hazy Center)

 Washington, D.C., United States1,486,000[36]
Greece Acropolis MuseumAthens, Greece1,451,727[37]
Netherlands Van Gogh MuseumAmsterdam, Netherlands1,364,023[38]
Spain Museo Reina SofíaMadrid, Spain1,318,823[39]
France Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM)Marseille, France1,251,030[40]
United States National Museum of African-American History and CultureWashington, D.C., United States1,200,000[12]

Visitors in 2021 (no available 2022 figures)
NameLocationNumber of visitors in 2021
China National Museum of ChinaBeijing, China2,378,000[41]
China Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumShanghai, China2,368,000[41]
China China Science and Technology MuseumBeijing, China2,360,000[41]
China Shanghai Natural History MuseumShanghai, China2,166,000[41]
China Nanjing MuseumNanjing, China2,034,000[41]
China Tianjin Natural History MuseumTianjin, China1,600,000[41]
Taiwan National Museum of Natural ScienceTaichung, Taiwan1,566,000[41]
Taiwan Fo Guang Shan Buddha MuseumKaohsiung, Taiwan1,298,023
Taiwan National Taiwan Science Education CenterTaipei, Taiwan1,158,000[41]
United States Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceDenver, United States958,830[42]
China Zhejiang MuseumHangzhou, China929,000[41]
China Shanghai MuseumShanghai, China880,457[43]
Germany Museum IslandBerlin, Germany640,000[44]
Germany Deutsches MuseumMünchen, Germany517,000[45]
Taiwan National Palace Museum[lower-alpha 2]Taipei, Taiwan416,436[43]
China Hunan MuseumChangsha, China460,000[46]

2020
NameLocationNumber of visitors
National Museum of Nature and ScienceJapan Tokyo, Japan580,000[47]
Shaanxi History MuseumChina Xi'an, China1,000,000[47]
Tokyo National MuseumJapan Tokyo, Japan725,000[47]
Hubei Provincial MuseumChina Wuhan, China446,000[47]
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilBrazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil790,357[48]
California Science CenterUnited States Los Angeles, United States271,000[14]

2019
NameLocationNumber of visitors
National Archeological Museum of Naples Italy Naples, Italy 670,594[14]
Chongqing Museum of Natural HistoryChina Chongqing, China2,624,700[49]
Shenzhen MuseumChina Shenzhen, China3,826,000[49]
Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary HistoryChina Guangzhou, China4,257,100[49]
Mevlana MuseumTurkey Konya, Turkey3,464,155[6]
Xi'an MuseumChina Xi'an, China3,420,000[50]
Inner Mongolia MuseumChina Hohhot, China2,361,000[49]
Three Gorges MuseumChina Chongqing, China2,301,900[49]
National Folk Museum of KoreaSouth Korea Seoul, South Korea2,286,276[51]
Liaoning Provincial MuseumChina Shenyang, China2,280,000[49]
Chengdu MuseumChina Chengdu, China2,259,000[49]
Guangdong MuseumChina Guangzhou, China2,234,800[49]
Wenzhou MuseumChina Wenzhou, China2,229,900[49]
Suzhou MuseumChina Suzhou, China2,030,000[49]
Jakarta History MuseumIndonesia Jakarta, Indonesia741,487[52]

See also

Notes
  1. Some well-attended palace museums are not included in either the Art Newspaper or TEA/AECOM lists, although they are sometimes classified as museums by their respective national cultural agencies. These include Beijing's Palace Museum (which, with 980 buildings and more than 19 million visitors in 2019, was ranked as the most-visited museum by the China Daily News Agency[3]); the Palace of Versailles (8,132,518 visitors in 2018);[4] Peterhof Palace (5,714,700 visitors in 2018), which is formally classified either as a "Дворцо́во-па́рковый анса́мбль, or Palace-Park Ensemble" or as a "Museum-Park Ensemble" by the Russian Ministry of Culture;[5] the Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów (3,151,385 visitors in 2018);[4] and Istanbul's Topkapı Palace (2,364,946 visitors in 2019).[6]
  2. Includes only the visitors recorded at the main museum in Taipei, and not visitors recorded at the Southern Branch.

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