List of most visited museums

This article lists the most visited museums in the world, including museums of art, science, history, and natural history. It includes only museums with an attendance of more than one million visitors a year. it is based on 2016 visitor numbers reported in the Museum Index of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and the engineering firm AECOM (June 2017); the Art Newspaper Review Visitor Figures 2016 (April, 2017) and, in the UK, the annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), the Paris Visitors and Convention Bureau, and other national sources.

National Museum of China, Beijing, China.

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C., United States

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.,, United States

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States.

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, China

The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

Vatican Museums, Vatican City.

Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom.

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States.

State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg, Russia

China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing, China

List

Museums
Name	Country (flag), City	Visitors annually	Year reported
National Museum of China	Beijing	7,550,000	2016[1]
National Air and Space Museum	Washington DC	7,500,000	2016[2]
Louvre	Paris	7,400,000	2016[3]
National Museum of Natural History	Washington DC	7,100,000	2016[4]
Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York City	7,006,000	2016[5]
British Museum	London	6,420,000	2016[6]
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum	Shanghai	6,316,000	2016[7]
National Gallery	London	6,263,000	2016[8]
Vatican Museums	Vatican City	6,067,000	2016[9]
Tate Modern	London	5,839,000	2016[10]
National Palace Museum	Taipei	4,665,000	2016[11]
National Gallery of Art	Washington, D.C.	4,260,000	2016[12]
State Hermitage Museum	Saint Petersburg	4,119,000	2016[13]
China Science and Technology Museum	Beijing	3,830,000	2016[14]
National Museum of American History	Washington DC	3,800,000	2016[15]
Reina Sofía	Madrid	3,649,000	2016[16]
National Museum of Korea	Seoul	3,396,000	2016[17]
Centre Pompidou	Paris	3,335,509	2016[18]
London Science Museum	London	3,245,000	2016[19]
Museo del Prado	Madrid	3,033,754	2016[20]
Victoria and Albert Museum	London	3,022,000	2016[21]
Zhejiang Museum	Hangzhou	3,060,000	2016[22]
Musée d'Orsay	Paris	3,000,000	2016[23]
National Museum of Natural Science	Taichung	2,994,000	2016[24]
Museum of Modern Art	New York City	2,790,000	2016 [25]
National Folk Museum of Korea	Seoul	2,714,000	2016[26]
National Gallery of Victoria	Melbourne	2,668,000	2016[27]
Russian Museum	Saint Petersburg	2,528,550	2016
Rijksmuseum	Amsterdam	2,500,000	2016[28]
National Science and Technology Museum	Kaohsiung	2,350,000	2016[29]
Tretyakov Gallery	Moscow	2,325,759	2016[30]
Museo Soumaya	Mexico City	2,246,000	2016[31]
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie	Paris	2,196,000	2016[32]
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil	Rio de Janeiro	2,216,000	2016[33]
National Museum of Natural Science	Tokyo	2,200,000	2016[34]
Van Gogh Museum	Amsterdam	2,100,000	2016[35]
Galleria degli Uffizi	Florence	2,010,631	2016[36]
Victoria Memorial	Kolkata	2,000,000	2016[37]
National Portrait Gallery	London	1,949,330	2016[38]
Tokyo National Museum	Tokyo	1,901,000	2016[39]
Shanghai Museum	Shanghai	1,896,000	2016[40]
National Galleries of Scotland[iv]	Edinburgh	1,810,000	2016[41]
Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago	1,800,000	2016[42]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art	Los Angeles	1,600,000	2016[43]
Science City Kolkata	Kolkata	1,597,000	2016[44]
National Museum of Natural History	Paris	1,586,000	2016[45]
J. Paul Getty Museum[ii]	Los Angeles	1,570,000	2016[46]
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil	Brasília	1,468,818	2016[47]
Galleria dell'Accademia	Florence	1,461,185	2016[48]
Acropolis Museum	Athens	1,409,000	2016[49]
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco[iii]	San Francisco	1,402,000	2016[50]
Dalí Theatre and Museum	Figueres	1,368,755	2016[51]
Doge's Palace	Venice	1,333,000	2016[52]
Australian Centre for the Moving Image	Melbourne	1,316,000	2016[53]
Canadian Museum of History	Gatineau	1,300,000	2015[54]
Gyeongju National Museum	Gyeongju	1,276,165	2013[55]
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	Glasgow	1,259,318	2016[56]
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo	Rome	1,234,443	2016[57]
Queensland Art Gallery/GoMA[v]	Brisbane	1,240,000	2016 [58]
MCA Australia	Sydney	1,206,000	2016[59]
SAAM/Renwick Gallery	Washington, D.C.	1,200,000	2016[60]
Guggenheim Museum	New York City	1,169,000	2016[61]
Guggenheim Museum	Bilbao	1,169,404	2016[62]
Art Gallery of New South Wales	Sydney	1,162,792	2013[55]
National Museum of Western Art	Tokyo	1,162,000	2013[63]
Musée du quai Branly	Paris	1,151,000	2016[64]
Museum of Fine Arts	Boston	1,134,289	2013[55]
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts	Moscow	1,133,200	2016[65]
Grand Palais	Paris	1,130,000	2016[66]
National Museum of the American Indian	Washington, D.C.	1,100,000	2016[67]}}
Tate Britain	London	1,081,542	2016[68]
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum	Madrid	1,064,835	2016[69]
Royal Academy of Arts	London	1,018,378	2013[55]
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts	Montreal	1,015,022	2013[55]
Palace of Venaria	Turin	1,012,033	2016[70]
Museo di Capodimonte	Naples	1,007,564	2016[71]
Saatchi Gallery	London	1,003,000	2016[72]
Musée Picasso-Paris	Paris	1,000,000 (see note)	2016[73]

Notes

^ii Includes the Getty Center and the Getty Villa
^iii Includes the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
^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

• List of most visited art museums
• List of largest art museums
• List of most visited museums in the Netherlands
• List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom

References