This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world, per annual attendance statistics. Presently, this list uses attendance statistics for 2022.

Total museum attendance in 2022 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, 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.[1]

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Vatican Museums, Vatican City
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, South Korea
Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou, China
Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Most-visited museums in 2022

NameLocationVisitors in 2023 and 2022
France LouvreParis, France8,900,000 (2023)[2]
Vatican City Vatican MuseumsVatican City5,080,866 (2022)[1]
United Kingdom Natural History MuseumLondon, United Kingdom4,654,608[3]
United Kingdom British MuseumLondon, United Kingdom4,097,253[1][3]
United States National Museum of Natural HistoryWashington, D.C., United States4,400,000 (2023)[4]
United Kingdom Tate ModernLondon, United Kingdom3,883,160[3]
South Korea National Museum of KoreaSeoul, South Korea3,411,381[1]
China Guangdong MuseumGuangzhou, China3,359,700[5]
Turkey Mevlana MuseumKonya, Turkey3,352,505[6]
France Musée d'OrsayParis, France3,270,182[7]
United States National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C., United States3,256,433[1]
United States Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, United States3,208,832[lower-alpha 1][1]
France Centre PompidouParis, France3,009,570[7]
Russia State Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg, Russia2,812,913[1]
United Kingdom National GalleryLondon, United Kingdom2,727,119[3]
Russia State Russian MuseumSaint Petersburg, Russia2,651,688[1]
Taiwan National Museum of Marine Science and TechnologyKeelung, Taiwan2,582,444[8]
Spain Prado MuseumMadrid, Spain2,456,724[1]
United Kingdom Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon, United Kingdom2,370,261[3]
United Kingdom London Science MuseumLondon, United Kingdom2,334,930[3]
China Chinese Aviation MuseumBeijing, China2,300,000[9]
Taiwan National Museum of Natural ScienceTaichung, Taiwan2,299,808[8]
Italy Galleria degli UffiziFlorence, Italy2,222,692[1]
United States Museum of Modern ArtNew York City, United States2,190,440[1]
Germany Topography of TerrorBerlin, Germany2,100,000[10]
Hong Kong M+Hong Kong, China2,034,331[1]
China Opium War MuseumDongguan, China2,025,800[11]
France Cité des Sciences et de l'IndustrieParis, France1,992,823[7]
United Kingdom National Museum of ScotlandEdinburgh, United Kingdom1,973,751[3]
Russia State Tretyakov GalleryMoscow, Russia1,910,000[1]
Taiwan National Taiwan Science Education CenterTaipei, Taiwan1,878,504[8]
Taiwan National Science and Technology MuseumKaohsiung, Taiwan1,875,372[8]
South Korea National Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtSeoul, South Korea1,806,641[1]
United States Smithsonian Museum of American HistoryWashington, D.C., United States2,100,000 (2023)[12]
Netherlands RijksmuseumAmsterdam, Netherlands1,766,084[1]
United States California Science CenterLos Angeles, United States1,694,000[13]
China National Museum of ChinaBeijing, China1,630,911[14]
United Kingdom Royal Museums GreenwichLondon, United Kingdom1,628,580[3]
China Nanjing MuseumNanjing, China1,610,000[15]
China Zhejiang Museum of Natural HistoryHangzhou, China1,581,263[16]
Australia National Gallery of VictoriaMelbourne, Australia1,580,303[1]
China Jianchuan Museum ClusterChengdu, China1,538,143[17]
United States Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston, United States1,520,000[13]
Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumTokyo, Japan1,509,970[1]
China Changzhou MuseumChangzhou, China1,508,229[18]
Germany Humboldt ForumBerlin, Germany1,500,000[1]
Mexico National Museum of AnthropologyMexico City, Mexico1,494,587[19]
Mexico National Museum of HistoryMexico City, Mexico1,486,379[19]
United States National Air and Space Museum[lower-alpha 2]Washington, D.C., United States1,486,000[20]
Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine ArtsKaohsiung, Taiwan1,461,406[8]
Greece Acropolis MuseumAthens, Greece1,451,727[1]
China China Science and Technology MuseumBeijing, China1,431,189[21]
Italy Galleria dell'AccademiaFlorence, Italy1,428,369[1]
China Suzhou MuseumSuzhou, China1,417,412[22]
China Chengdu MuseumChengdu, China1,404,735[23]
China Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumShanghai, China1,403,179[24]
Japan The National Art Center, TokyoTokyo, Japan1,400,096[1]
France Louis Vuitton FoundationParis, France1,398,525[1]
Japan Tokyo National MuseumTokyo, Japan1,372,132[1]
Poland National Museum in KrakówKraków, Poland1,365,425[1]
Brazil Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilSão Paulo, Brazil1,364,208[1]
Netherlands Van Gogh MuseumAmsterdam, Netherlands1,364,023[1]
Japan National Museum of Nature and ScienceTokyo, Japan1,350,000[13]
Austria Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna, Austria1,345,617[1]
China Tianjin Natural History MuseumTianjin, China1,320,752[25]
Spain Palacio de Cristal del RetiroMadrid, Spain1,318,823[lower-alpha 3][1]
Spain Guggenheim Museum BilbaoBilbao, Spain1,289,147[1]
United Kingdom Scottish National GalleryEdinburgh, United Kingdom1,277,230[1]
Singapore National Gallery SingaporeSingapore1,262,189[1]
Spain Museo Reina SofíaMadrid, Spain1,253,183[lower-alpha 4][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. ↑ Does not include visitors to the Met Cloisters.
  2. ↑ Includes visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center.
  3. ↑ Does not include visitors to the main Reina Sofía museum.
  4. ↑ Does not include visitors to the Palacio de Cristal del Retiro.

References

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  2. ↑ Franceinfo Culture, 4 January 2024
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2022 Visitor Figures". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Smithsonian. Institution Newsroom (January 10, 2024)
  5. ↑ "广东省博物馆 (广州鲁迅纪念馆)". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mevlana Museum takes first place with over 3 million visitors". The Konya News. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "La fréquentation des musées parisiens en nette hausse en 2022, un retour à la normale d'avant pandémie se profile". franceinfo (in French). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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  10. ↑ Schulze, Nicole (13 May 2023). "Das sind Berlins meistbesuchte Museen: Kennen Sie alle?". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "鸦片战争博物馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Smithsonian. Institution Newsroom (January 10, 2024)
  13. 1 2 3 "TEA/AECOM 2022 Theme Index and Museum Index" (PDF). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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  16. ↑ "浙江自然博物院". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "四川省建川博物馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "常州博物馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  19. 1 2 "Estadística de Visitantes" (in Spanish). INAH. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  20. ↑ Smithsonian Museum Newsroom" April 2023)
  21. ↑ "中国科学技术馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "苏州博物馆 (苏州民俗博物馆)". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  23. ↑ "成都博物馆 (成都中国皮影博物馆)". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  24. ↑ "上海科技馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  25. ↑ "天津自然博物馆 (北疆博物院)". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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