List of most visited art museums in the world

This article lists the most visited art museums in the world. This list of 100 is based on an attendance survey compiled by The Art Newspaper published in April 2013.^[1]

The country with the highest number of visitors in the top 100 is the United Kingdom. The country with the most museums appearing in the list is the United States.

The list also includes exhibition centers organizing temporary art displays. Several major art museums, such as the Palace Museum in Beijing, which annually draw close to 12 million visitors,^[2] the Museo del Prado in Madrid, with 2,800,000 visitors in 2012,^[3] and the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico City, with 1,767,092 visitors in 2011,^[4] were not included.

Annual fluctuations occur due to the popularity of special exhibitions and improved collections. For example, the National Gallery of Victoria 2,800,000 visitors in 2017, placing it well into the top 20.

Rank	Museum	City	Country	Visitor Count
1	Louvre	Paris	France	9,720,260
2	Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York	USA	6,115,881
3	British Museum	London	UK	5,575,946
4	Tate Modern	London	UK	5,304,710
5	National Gallery	London	UK	5,163,902
6	Vatican Museums	Vatican City	Vatican City	5,064,546
7	National Palace Museum	Taipei	Taiwan	4,360,815
8	National Gallery of Art	Washington	USA	4,200,000
9	Centre Pompidou	Paris	France	3,800,000
10	Musée d'Orsay	Paris	France	3,600,000
11	Victoria & Albert Museum	London	UK	3,231,700
12	National Museum of Korea	Seoul	South Korea	3,128,550
13	Hermitage Museum	St Petersburg	Russia	2,882,385
14	Museum of Modern Art	New York	USA	2,805,659
15	Museo del Prado	Madrid	Spain	2,800,000
16	National Folk Museum of Korea	Seoul	South Korea	2,640,264
17	Museo Reina Sofía	Madrid	Spain	2,565,000
18	Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2,235,354
19	National Portrait Gallery	London	UK	2,096,858
20	Shanghai Museum	Shanghai	China	1,944,820
21	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1,893,521
22	Galleria degli Uffizi	Florence	Italy	1,769,217
23	Moscow Kremlin	Moscow	Russia	1,735,600
24	National Galleries of Scotland^[a]	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1,604,105
25	J. Paul Getty Museum^[b]	Los Angeles	United States	1,590,608

References

↑ "Visitor Figures 2012" (PDF). London: The Art Newspaper. April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
↑ Clough, G. Wayne. "A Better Space". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-11-06. Three museums are by far and away in a league of their own for "world's most-visited museum." Beijing's Palace Museum hosts almost 12 million visitors annually...
↑ "Five years after completing its extension the Prado receives more than 3 million visitors and achieves 60% self-funding". Museo Nacional del Prado. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
↑ "Turismo cultural supera 18 millones de visitantes" (in Spanish). El Economista. 2012-01-16. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-08-10.

[AN-1] "Visitor Figures 2012" (PDF). London: The Art Newspaper. April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2013.

[2] Clough, G. Wayne. "A Better Space". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-11-06. Three museums are by far and away in a league of their own for "world's most-visited museum." Beijing's Palace Museum hosts almost 12 million visitors annually...

[3] "Five years after completing its extension the Prado receives more than 3 million visitors and achieves 60% self-funding". Museo Nacional del Prado. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[4] "Turismo cultural supera 18 millones de visitantes" (in Spanish). El Economista. 2012-01-16. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-08-10.

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