List of most-visited museums by region

This is a list of the most visited museums in each region in 2023, based upon the annual reports of museum attendance from the Art Newspaper Review, and from official national sources. If 2023 figures are not available, earlier figures are shown, with the year indicated.

Asia

Asia - Top twenty museums by number of visitors per year
NameCityVisitors annuallyCountry Year reported
National Museum of ChinaBeijing6,757,000 China2023[1]
China Science and Technology Museum5,315,0002023[1]
Nanjing MuseumNanjing5,007,0002023[1]
Suzhou MuseumSuzhou4,852,0002023[1]
Hunan MuseumHunan4,852,0002023[1]
Hubei Provincial MuseumHubei4,300,0002023[1]
National Museum of KoreaSeoul4,180,000 South Korea2023[2]
Mevlana MuseumKonya3,300,000 Turkey2023[3]
National Museum of Natural ScienceTaichung2,738,000 Taiwan2023[1]
M+Hong Kong2,798,000 Hong Kong2023[4]
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtSeoul1,806,641 South Korea2022[5]
Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumTokyo1,924,456 Japan2023[6]
The National Art Center, Tokyo2,250,7582023[5]
Tokyo National Museum1,372,1322022[5]
National Gallery SingaporeSingapore1,723,916 Singapore2023[6]
Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumShanghai494,000 China2022[7]
National Palace Museum[iii]Taipei1,040,000 Taiwan2022[8]
Zhejiang Provincial MuseumHangzhou874,000 China2022[8]
National Taiwan Science Education CenterTaipei2,468,000 Taiwan2023[9]
Shaanxi History MuseumXi'an1,000,000 China2020[9]

Europe

Europe - Top museums by number of visitors in 2023
NameCityVisitors per yearCountry Year reported
LouvreParis8,900,000 France2023[10]
Vatican MuseumsVatican City6,800,000 Vatican2023[11]
British MuseumLondon5,820,860 United Kingdom2023[12]
Natural History Museum5,688,608 United Kingdom2023[12]
Musée d'OrsayParis5,200,000 France2023[11]
Galleria degli UffiziFlorence5,138,588 Italy2023[11]
Tate ModernLondon4,742,038 United Kingdom2023[12]
State Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg3,274,000 Russia2023[10]
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon3,110,000 United Kingdom2023[10][11]
Centre PompidouParis3,009,570 France2023[11]
London Science MuseumLondon2,957,000 United Kingdom2023[13]
National Gallery2,727,119 United Kingdom2023[11]
RijksmuseumAmsterdam2,702,824 Netherlands2023[11]
Museo del PradoMadrid2,456,724 Spain2023[11]
Tretyakov GalleryMoscow2,100,000 Russia2023[11]
Galleria dell'AccademiaFlorence2,013,974 Italy2023[11]
National Museum in Warsaw Warsaw 2,000,000 Poland 2023[14]
Cité des Sciences et de l'IndustrieParis1,992,823 France2022[11]
Van Gogh MuseumAmsterdam1,686,766 Netherlands2023[11]
National Museum in Kraków Kraków 1,600,000 Poland 2023[15]
Reina SofíaMadrid1,514,854 Spain2023[11]
Galata TowerIstanbul1,300,000 Turkey2023[16]

North America

NameCityVisitors per yearCountry Year reported
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City5,727,000 United States2024[17]
National Museum of Natural HistoryWashington, D.C.5,400,0002024[18]
National Gallery of Art3,937,0002024[19]
Museum of Modern ArtNew York City2,657,0002024[20]
Smithsonian Museum of American HistoryWashington, D.C.3,900,0002024[21]
National Air and Space Museum (with Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center)1,900,0002025[17]
National Museum of African American History and Culture1,600,0002024[22]
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago1,324,0002024[23]
Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles 902,237 2022[17]
Getty Center989,3022022[17]
Royal Ontario Museum 1,100,000 Canada2024[24][25]
Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto 1,000,000 2025[26]
National Gallery of CanadaOttawa165,8542022[27]
National Museum of AnthropologyMexico City5,048,893 Mexico2025[28]
National Museum of History2,676,3732025[28]
Royal Tyrrell Museum of PalaeontologyDrumheller, Alberta 501,430 Canada 2022
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens San Marino 1,014,000 United States 2022[29]

Oceania

NameCityVisitors per yearCountry Year reported
Art Gallery of New South WalesSydney1,692,028 Australia 2023[30]
National Gallery of VictoriaMelbourne1,580,3032022[31]
Australian National Maritime MuseumSydney1,093,0722023[32]
National Gallery of AustraliaCanberra1,021,9832022[33]
Australian MuseumSydney950,0002023[34]
Museum of New ZealandWellington863,129 New Zealand2022[33]
Powerhouse Museum (Ultimo)Sydney583,757 Australia2023[35]
Queensland Gallery of Modern ArtBrisbane271,0302020[31]
Australian Centre for the Moving ImageMelbourne1,316,0002016[36]
Museum of Contemporary Art AustraliaSydney1,206,0002017[37]

South America

South America
NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reported
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilBelo Horizonte1,474,825 Brazil2023[38]
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilRio de Janeiro1,323,0342023[38]
Museu Nacional da RepublicaBrasília935,1682017[37]
Instituto Tomie OthakeSão Paulo895,7692017[37]
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo880,0002023[39]
Museu do Ipiranga655,7592023[40]
São Paulo Museum of Art530,2352023[41]
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires515,000 Argentina2023[42]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index, August 2024
  3. ↑ Software, Hiosis. "Mevlana Museum takes first place with over 3 million visitors". The Konya News.
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  6. 1 2 Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2024
  7. ↑ AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  8. 1 2 TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  9. 1 2 AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020
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  22. ↑ Visitor Statistics, Smithsonian Institution, 17 February 2025
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  37. 1 2 3 The Art Newspaper Review, April 2018
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