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List of most-visited museums

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

This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world in 2024 or 2023 by annual attendance statistics.

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome
National Museum of China, Beijing, China
British Museum, London
Natural History Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York City
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 2024

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Name Visitors in 2024 City Country
Louvre 8,700,000 (2024)[1] Paris France
Vatican Museums 6,825,436 (2024)[2] Vatican City, Rome Vatican
National Museum of China 6,3 million (as of November 28, 2024)[3] Beijing China
British Museum 6,479,952 (2024)[4] London United Kingdom
Natural History Museum, South Kensington 6,301,972 (2024)[5] London United Kingdom
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5,727,258 (2024) [6] New York City United States
American Museum of Natural History 5,400,000 (2024) New York City United States
China Science and Technology Museum 5,315,000 (2023)[7] Beijing China
Galleria degli Uffizi 2,908,828 (2024)[8] Florence Italy
Nanjing Museum 5,007,000 (2023)[9] Nanjing China
Musée d'Orsay 3,751,000 (including Musée de l'Orangerie) (2024)[10] Paris France
Suzhou Museum 4,852,000 (2023)[7] Suzhou China
Tate Modern 4,603,025 (2024)[11] London United Kingdom
National Museum of Natural History 4,400,000 (2023)[12] Washington, D.C. United States
National Museum of Korea 4.18 million (2023)[13] Seoul South Korea
Guangdong Museum 4,000,000 (2023)[14] Guangzhou China
National Gallery of Art 3,936,543 (2024)[15] Washington, D.C. United States
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle 3.8 million (2023)[16] Paris France
State Hermitage Museum 3,563,590 (2024)[17] Saint Petersburg Russia
Prado Museum 3,457,057 (2024)[18] > Madrid Spain
Palace and Garden of Sa'dabad 3,121,000 (2022)[19] Tehran Iran
Victoria and Albert Museum 3,525,700 (2024)[20] London, South Kensington United Kingdom
National Air and Space Museum[a] 3,100,000 (2024)[21] Washington, D.C. United States
National Gallery 3,203,451 (2024)[22] London United Kingdom
National Museum of Natural Science 2,854,455 (2024)[23] Taichung Taiwan
Museum of Modern Art 2,839,509 (2023)[24] New York City United States
National Museum of Anthropology 3,700,000 (2024) Mexico City Mexico
Centre Pompidou 3,204,369 (2024)[25] Paris France
Museo Nacional de Historia 2,456,825 (2023) Mexico City Mexico
Golestan Palace 2,106,603 (2022)[19] Tehran Iran
Smithsonian Museum of American History 2,100,000 (2024)[12] Washington, D.C. United States
Galleria dell'Accademia 2,013,914 (2023)[26] Florence Italy
National Museum in Warsaw 2,000,000 (2022)[27] Warsaw Poland
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1,324,000 (2023)[28] Bilbao Spain
Mevlana Museum 3,352,505 (2022)[29] Konya Turkey
State Russian Museum 2,900,000 (2023)[30] Saint Petersburg Russia
National Museum of Marine Science and Technology 2,726,000 (2023)[31] Keelung Taiwan
London Science Museum 2,827,242 (2024)[32] London United Kingdom
M+ 2,798,000 (2023)[33] Hong Kong Hong Kong
National Museum of Nature and Science 2,694,021 (2023)[34] Tokyo Japan
Chinese Aviation Museum 2,300,000 (2022)[35] Beijing China
Topography of Terror 2,100,000 (2022)[36] Berlin Germany
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie 1,992,823[37] Paris France
National Museum of Scotland 2,314,974 (2024)[38] Edinburgh United Kingdom
State Tretyakov Gallery 2,100,000 (2023)[39] Moscow Russia
National Science and Technology Museum 1,875,372[40] Kaohsiung Taiwan
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art 1,806,641[41] Seoul South Korea
Rijksmuseum 2,702,824 (2023)[42] Amsterdam Netherlands
National Palace Museum 1,874,994 (2024)[43] Taipei Taiwan
Belvedere 1,834,000 (2023)[44] Vienna Austria
National Gallery Singapore 1,723,916 (2023)[45] Singapore Singapore
California Science Center 1,694,000[46] Los Angeles United States
Art Gallery of NSW 1,692,028[47] Sydney Australia
Royal Museums Greenwich 2,255,753[48] London United Kingdom
Zhejiang Museum of Natural History 1,581,263[49] Hangzhou China
National Gallery of Victoria 1,580,303[41] Melbourne Australia
Jianchuan Museum Cluster 1,538,143[50] Chengdu China
Houston Museum of Natural Science 1,520,000[46] Houston United States
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 1,509,970[41] Tokyo Japan
Changzhou Museum 1,508,229[51] Changzhou China
Humboldt Forum 1,500,000[41] Berlin Germany
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts 1,461,406[40] Kaohsiung Taiwan
Acropolis Museum 1,451,727[41] Athens Greece
China Science and Technology Museum 1,431,189[52] Beijing China
Suzhou Museum 1,417,412[53] Suzhou China
Chengdu Museum 1,404,735[54] Chengdu China
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum 1,403,179[55] Shanghai China
The National Art Center, Tokyo 1,400,096[41] Tokyo Japan
Louis Vuitton Foundation 1,500,000 (2023)[56] Paris France
Tokyo National Museum 1,372,132[41] Tokyo Japan
National Museum in Kraków 1,600,000[57] Kraków Poland
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil 1,364,208[41] São Paulo Brazil
Van Gogh Museum 1,364,023[41] Amsterdam Netherlands
Kunsthistorisches Museum 1,688,509[58] Vienna Austria
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo 1,321,834[59] Rome Italy
Tianjin Natural History Museum 1,320,752[60] Tianjin China
Palacio de Cristal del Retiro 1,318,823[b][41] Madrid Spain
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations 1,300,000 (2023) Marseille France
Scottish National Gallery 1,277,230[41] Edinburgh United Kingdom
Museo Reina Sofía 1,253,183[c][41] Madrid Spain
Galata Tower 1,250,000 (2023)[61] Istanbul Turkey

Criteria

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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

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Notes

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  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.

References

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