List of most visited art museums in the world

The Louvre, in Paris, is one of the world's largest museums and the most visited art museum in the world.
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States
The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Vatican Museums, Vatican City
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
The Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

This article lists the most visited art museums in the world (i.e. all museums with any form of art on display; some museums such as the Natural History Museum are excluded). This list of 100 is based on an attendance survey for 2013 compiled by The Art Newspaper published in April 2014.[1] The country with the highest number of museums and visitors in the top 100 is the United Kingdom (17 museums, 38 million visitors), while the United States (16 museums, 28 million visitors) is second. France (10 museums, 24 million visitors), Spain (11 museums, 14 million visitors) and Australia (9 museums, 9 million visitors) complete the top five. Several major art museums, such as the Palace Museum in Beijing, which annually draws close to 12 million visitors,[2] were not included.

Many of the top art museums also feature on the overall list of the most visited museums in the world.

Rank Museum City Country Visitor count (annually)
1
 Louvre Paris  France 9,334,435
2
 British Museum London  United Kingdom 6,701,036
3
 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City  United States 6,226,727
4
 National Gallery London  United Kingdom 6,031,574
5
 Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)   Vatican City 5,978,804
6
 Tate Modern London  United Kingdom 4,884,939
7
 National Palace Museum Taipei  Taiwan 4,500,278
8
 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.  United States 4,093,070
9
 Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris  France 3,745,000
10
 Musée d'Orsay Paris  France 3,500,000
11
 Victoria and Albert Museum London  United Kingdom 3,290,500
12
 Reina Sofía Madrid  Spain 3,185,413
13
 Museum of Modern Art New York City  United States 3,066,337
14
 National Museum of Korea Seoul  South Korea 3,052,823
15
 State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg  Russia 2,898,562
16
 National Folk Museum of Korea Seoul  South Korea 2,705,814
17
 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam  Netherlands 2,520,000
18
 Somerset House London  United Kingdom 2,398,066
19
 Museo del Prado Madrid  Spain 2,306,966
20
 The National Art Center Tokyo  Japan 2,039,947
21
 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 2,034,397
22
 National Portrait Gallery London  United Kingdom 2,014,636
23
 Shanghai Museum Shanghai  China 1,946,420
24
 National Gallery of Victoria[i] Melbourne  Australia 1,940,921
25
 Galleria degli Uffizi Florence  Italy 1,870,708
26
 MuCEM Marseille  France 1,824,000
27
 National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh  United Kingdom 1,768,090
28
 Moscow Kremlin Moscow  Russia 1,758,460
29
 J. Paul Getty Museum[ii] Los Angeles  United States 1,728,815
30
 FAMSF[iii] San Francisco  United States 1,690,078
31
 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago  United States 1,539,716
32
 Saatchi Gallery London  United Kingdom 1,505,608
33
 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Brasilia  Brazil 1,468,818
34
 National Galleries of Scotland[iv] Edinburgh  United Kingdom 1,460,324
35
 Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam  Netherlands 1,448,997
36
 Grand Palais Paris  France 1,422,013
37
 Tokyo National Museum Tokyo  Japan 1,403,909
38
 Tate Britain London  United Kingdom 1,378,272
39
 Tretyakov Gallery Moscow  Russia 1,360,000
40
 Dalí Theatre and Museum Figueres  Spain 1,333,430
41
 Musée du quai Branly Paris  France 1,307,326
42
 Doge's Palace Venice  Italy 1,307,230
43
 Gyeongju National Museum Gyeongju  South Korea 1,276,165
44
 Australian Centre for the Moving Image Melbourne  Australia 1,260,577
45
 Pergamon Museum Berlin  Germany 1,260,000
46
 Galleria dell'Accademia Florence  Italy 1,257,241
47
 Queensland Art Gallery/GoMA[v] Brisbane  Australia 1,224,964
48
 Mori Art Museum Tokyo  Japan 1,223,198
49
 LACMA Los Angeles  United States 1,202,654
50
 SAAM/Renwick Gallery Washington, D.C.  United States 1,200,000
51
 Guggenheim Museum New York City  United States 1,199,123
52
 Institut Valencià d'Art Modern Valencia  Spain 1,163,419
53
 Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney  Australia 1,162,792
54
 National Museum of Western Art Tokyo  Japan 1,155,975
55
 Museum of Fine Arts Boston  United States 1,134,289
56
 Museo Soumaya Mexico City  Mexico 1,095,000
57
 Acropolis Museum Athens  Greece 1,091,143
58
 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.  United States 1,083,815
59
 National Art Museum of China Beijing  China 1,050,000
60
 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow  United Kingdom 1,044,067
61
 Royal Academy of Arts London  United Kingdom 1,018,378
62
 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal  Canada 1,015,022
63
 Museum of Liverpool Liverpool  United Kingdom 1,015,022
64
 Israel Museum Jerusalem  Israel 966,502
65
 Belvedere Vienna  Austria 957,802
66
 Royal Ontario Museum Toronto  Canada 956,498
66
 Serpentine Galleries London  United Kingdom 945,161
67
 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid  Spain 944,827
68
 Neues Museum Berlin  Germany 940,000
69
 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil São Paulo  Brazil 931,639
70
 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao  Spain 931,015
71
 Museu Picasso Barcelona  Spain 911,342
72
 Musée de l'Orangerie Paris  France 900,000
73
 MCA Australia Sydney  Australia 894,876
74
 CaixaForum Barcelona Barcelona  Spain 892,806
75
 Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto  Canada 852,904
76
 Museum of Fine Arts Houston  United States 850,395
77
 Melbourne Museum Melbourne  Australia 850,194
78
 Merseyside Maritime Museum Liverpool  United Kingdom 845,709
79
 Louvre-Lens Lens  France 824,898
80
 Royal Palace of Milan Milan  Italy 806,677
81
 CaixaForum Madrid Madrid  Spain 790,732
82
 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna  Austria 778,853
83
 National Gallery of Australia Canberra  Australia 770,243
84
 Ashmolean Museum Oxford  United Kingdom 747,874
85
 Palais de Tokyo Paris  France 723,259
86
 World Museum Liverpool Liverpool  United Kingdom 716,579
87
 Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Paris  France 700,088
88
 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Beijing  China 700,000
89
 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Amsterdam  Netherlands 700,000
90
 Seattle Art Museum[vi] Seattle  United States 689,582
91
 Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Brussels  Belgium 662,389
92
 Huntington Library San Marino  United States 660,640
93
 Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide  Australia 660,358
94
 National Portrait Gallery Canberra  Australia 652,759
95
 Hirshhorn Museum Washington, D.C.  United States 645,343
96
 MACBA Barcelona  Spain 643,274
97
 National Gallery of Ireland Dublin  Ireland 641,572
98
 Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia  United States 639,810
99
 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Barcelona  Spain 635,917
100
 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv  Israel 630,000

^i NGV International: 1,306,852; Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia: 634,069
^ii Getty Center: 1,356,381; Getty Villa: 372,434)
^iii M. H. de Young Memorial Museum: 1,304,339; California Palace of the Legion of Honor: 385,739)
^iv Scottish National Gallery: 933,296; Scottish National Portrait Gallery: 261,937; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: 265,091
^v Queensland Art Gallery: 597,157; Queensland Gallery of Modern Art: 627,807
^vi includes the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park

See also

References

  1. ↑ Top 100 Art Museum Attendance, The Art Newspaper, 2014. Retrieved on 9 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Clough, G. Wayne. "A Better Space". Arts & Culture. Smithsonian Magazine. 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...