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List of most-visited art museums
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The primary source for 2024 figures is The Art Newspaper, https://www.theartnewspaper.com whose most recent annual survey was published in April 2025. Other sources included the newsroom of the Smithsonian Institution, the French Ministry of Culture, and the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions in the United Kingdom.
Visitor numbers for museums in mainland China are traditionally released by the government in May each year, after the publication of The Art Newspaper list.
Visitors in 2024 or 2025
| Rank in 2024 | Museum | Country and city | Visitors annually | Image | ||||||||
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| (1) | Louvre | France Paris | 9,000,000 | [[File:Cour Napoléon (35594582032).jpg | alt= | frameless | 108x108px]] | |||||
| (2) | Vatican Museums | Vatican Vatican City, Rome | url= https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/01/the-worlds-most-visited-museums-2024- | title=The world’s most-visited museums 2024: normality returns—for some | work= The Art Newspaper | date=2025-04-01 | accessdate=2025-04-22}} | [[File:Musei Vaticani. Braccio Nuovo.JPG | [[Vatican Museums]], Vatican City, () | alt= | frameless | upright=0.5]] |
| (3) | British Museum | United Kingdom London | 6,479,952 (2024) | [[File:British Museum from NE 2.JPG | The [[British Museum]], London, England | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (4) | Metropolitan Museum of Art | United States New York City | 5,7million (FY 2024) | [[File:Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) - Central Park, NYC.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (5) | Tate Modern | United Kingdom London | url= https://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 | title=Latest Visitor Figures (2024) | publisher=Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) | accessdate=2025-04-22}} | [[File:Tate Modern - Bankside Power Station.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||
| (6) (new) | Shanghai Museum East (opened 2024) | China Shanghai | 4,234,046 (2024) | [[File:Shanghai Museum East.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (7) | National Gallery of Art | United States Washington, D.C. | 3,936,543 (2024) | [[File:Washington October 2016-12.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (8) | National Museum of Korea | South Korea Seoul | 3,788,785 (2024) | [[File:National Museum of Korea, Seoul (2) (40236586235).jpg | [[National Museum of Korea]], Seoul, Korea | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (9) | Musée d'Orsay | France Paris | 3,751,141 (2024) | [[File:Le musée dOrsay (Paris) (4725795882).jpg | The [[Musée d'Orsay]], Paris, France | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (10) | National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico) | Mexico Mexico City | 3,700,000 (2024) | [[File:Musee National Anthropologie-Entree.jpg | National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (11) | State Russian Museum | Russia Saint Petersburg | 3,611,899 (2024) | [[File:Михайловский дворец, двор03.jpg | alt= | frameless | 109x109px | [[Russian Museum]], Saint Petersburg]] | ||||
| (12) | State Hermitage Museum | Russia Saint Petersburg | 3,563,590 (2024) | [[File:Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.jpg | alt= | frameless | 109x109px | State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg]] | ||||
| (13) | Victoria and Albert Museum | United Kingdom London | 3,525,700 (2024) | [[File:VictoriaAlbert2 small.jpg | [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London, England | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (14) | Museo del Prado | Spain Madrid | 3,457,057 (2024) | [[File:Museo del Prado 2016 (25185969599).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (15) | Pompidou Center | France Paris | 3,204,369 (2024) | [[File:Pompidou center.jpg | The [[Centre Pompidou]] in [[Paris]] | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (16) | National Gallery | United Kingdom London | title=Press releases Press and media National Gallery, London | url=https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases | access-date=2024-09-11 | website=www.nationalgallery.org.uk}} | [[File:National Gallery in September 2011.jpg | The [[National Gallery]], London, England | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||
| (17) | Wawel Castle | Poland Kraków | 3,100,000 (2024) | [[File:Wawel (4).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (18) | Somerset House | United Kingdom London | 3,074,736 (2024) | [[File:The courtyard of Somerset House, Strand, London - geograph.org.uk - 1601172.jpg | [[Somerset House]], London, England | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (19) | Uffizi Gallery | Italy Florence | 5,249,968 (2024) | [[File:Florence, Italy - panoramio (125).jpg | l | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (20) | Museum of Modern Art | United States New York City | 2,657,377 (2024) | [[File:Museum of Modern Art New York 2005-04-28.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (21) | M+ | HK Hong Kong | 2,612,691 (2024) | [[File:M+, West Kowloon, Hong Kong.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (22) | Tretyakov Gallery | Russia Moscow | 2,524,450 (2024) | [[File:Moscow 05-2012 TretyakovGallery.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (23) | Rijksmuseum | Netherlands Amsterdam | 2,500,000 (2024) | [[File:South facade of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (DSCF0528).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (24) | teamLab Planets TOKYO | Japan Tokyo | 2,436,870 (2024) | [[File:Photos at teamlab planets tokyo.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (25) | Tokyo National Museum | Japan Tokyo | 2,436,368 (2024) | [[File:Tokyo National Museum, Honkan 2010.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (26) | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Australia Sydney | 2,369,339 (2024) | [[File:Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2022, 09.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (27) | Shanghai Museum on People's Square | China Shanghai | [[File:Shanghai Museum exterior 1.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||||
| (28) | National Museum of Scotland | United Kingdom Edinburgh | 2,314,974 (2024) | [[File:Museum of Scotland.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (29) | NGV International (National Gallery of Victoria) | Australia Melbourne | 2,287,575 (2024), | [[File:National gallery victoria international.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (30) | Museo Soumaya | Mexico Mexico City | 2,282,933 (2024) | [[File:Museo Soumaya, Ciudad de México, México, 2015-07-18, DD 12.JPG | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (31) | Royal Castle, Warsaw | Poland Warsaw | 2,148,850 (2024) | [[File:Poland-00808 - Castle Square (31215382745).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (32) | National Gallery Singapore | Singapore Singapore | 2,040,481 (2024) | [[File:Interior of the National Gallery Singapore.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (33) | Acropolis Museum | Greece Athens | 2,000,212 (2024) | [[File:New Acropolis Museum 5.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (34) | Scottish National Gallery | United Kingdom Edinburgh | 1,999,196 (2024) | [[File:Scottish National Gallery.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (35) | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum | Japan Tokyo | 1,994,080 (2024) | [[File:Tokyo metropolitan art museum01 1920.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (36) | Kunsthistorisches Museum | Austria Vienna | 1,954,269 (2024) | [[File:Maria-Theresien-Platz Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien 2010.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (37) | National Palace Museum | Taiwan Taipei | 1,874,994 (2024) | [[File:NationalPalace MuseumFrontView.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (38) | National Museum in Kraków | Poland Kraków | 1,859,484 (2024) | [[File:Building of the National Museum in Kraków, 01.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (39) | Van Gogh Museum | Netherlands Amsterdam | 1,840,000 | [[File:Van Gogh Museum, Kurokawa wing.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (40) | National Art Center, Tokyo | Japan Tokyo | 1,755,036 (2024) | [[File:2018 National Art Center, Tokyo 2.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (41) | Hong Kong Museum of Art | HK Hong Kong | 1,763, 400 (2024) | [[File:Hong Kong Museum of Art renovation site 201908.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (42) | National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul branch) | South Korea Seoul | 1,655,834 (2024) | [[File:MMCA Seoul 2016.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (43) | National Museum of African-American History and Culture (Smithsonian Institution) | United States Washington, D.C. | 1,600,000 (2024) | [[File:National Museum of African American History and Culture in February 2020.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (44) | National Portrait Gallery | United Kingdom London | 1,578,065 (2024) | [[File:National Portrait Gallery, London, June 2023 34.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (45) | Pushkin Museum | Russia Moscow | 1,551,628 (2024) | [[File:Gmii.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (46) | Museo Reina Sofía | Spain Madrid | 1,537,105 (2024) | [[File:Edificio Sabatini. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (47) | National Museum of Warsaw | Poland Warsaw | 1,500,655 (2024) | [[File:Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (48) | Upper Belvedere | Austria Vienna | 1,484,222 (2024) | [[File:Palacio Belvedere, Viena, Austria, 2020-02-01, DD 93-95 HDR.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (50) | Petit Palais | France Paris | 1,459,371 (2024) | [[File:Facade of Petit Palais, Paris 6 March 2015.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (51) | National Folk Museum of Korea | Korea Seoul | 1,443,298 (2024) | [[File:Main entrance of the National Folk Museum of Korea in April 2025.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (53) | Louvre Abu Dhabi | UAE Abu Dhabi | 1,422,021 (2024) | [[File:LouvreAD exterior.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (54) | National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo | Japan Tokyo | 1,367,385 (2024) | [[File:National museum of western art05s3200.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (55) | Gyeongju National Museum | South Korea Gyeongju | 1,357,552 (2024) | [[File:Korea-Gyeongju.National.Museum-02.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (56) | Doge's Palace | Italy Venice | 1,333,314 (2024) | [[File:(Venice) Doge's Palace facing the sea.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (57) | Art Institute of Chicago | United States Chicago | 1,324,241 (2024) | [[File:Art Institute of Chicago (51575570710).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (58) | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | Spain Bilbao | 1,301,343 (2024) | [[File:Bilbao - Guggenheim aurore.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (59) | Getty Center | United States Los Angeles | 1,301,332 (2024) | [[File:A portion of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, one of two art museums that are part of the Getty Museum LCCN2013631551.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (60) | Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) | France Marseille | 1,300,000 (2024) | |||||||||
| [[File:Fort Saint-Jean&Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||||||
| (61-62) | Donald W. Reynolds Center | |||||||||||
| (contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery and | ||||||||||||
| Smithsonian American Art Museum) | United States Washington D.C. | 1,273,450 (2024) | [[File:National Portrait Gallery.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||||
| (63) | Musée du quai Branly | France Paris | 1,270,000 (2024) | [[File:Musee du quai Branly exterieur.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (64) | Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil | Brazil Rio de Janeiro | 1,234,872 (2024) | [[File:Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - panoramio (1).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (65) | Tate Britain | United Kingdom London | 1,226,872 (2024) | [[File:Tate Britain (5822081512) (2).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (66) | Moscow Kremlin Museums | Russia Moscow | 1,214,851 (2024) | [[File:Kremlin Armoury.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (67) | Louis Vuitton Foundation | France Paris | 1,208,173 (2024) | [[File:Fondation Louis Vuitton 5.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (68) | Musée de l'Orangerie | France Paris | 1,198,694 | [[File:Musée de l’Orangerie exterior.JPG | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (69) | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | United Kingdom Glasgow | 1,182,204 (2024) | [[File:Glasgow, Kelvingrove Gallery (38560538976).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (70) | Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens | United States San Marino, California | 1,152,416 (2024) | [[File:Lightmatter huntington library.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (71) | Palazzo Reale, Milan | Italy Milan | 1,150,282 (2024) | [[File:PalazzoRealePiazzettaMilano.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (72) | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | New Zealand Wellington | 1,146,954 (2024) | [[File:Te papa museum.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (73) | Museu Picasso | Spain Barcelona | 1,128,140 (2024) | [[File:Museo Picasso, Barcelona, España (29605626948).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (74) | Royal Ontario Museum | Canada Toronto | 1,114,325 (2024) | [[File:ROMCrystal3.jpg | The [[Royal Ontario Museum]], Toronto, Canada | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (76) | Albertina | Austria Vienna | 1,069,500 (2024) | [[File:Wien - Albertina.JPG | The [[Royal Ontario Museum]], Toronto, Canada | frameless | upright=0.5]] | |||||
| (77) | National Gallery of Ireland | Ireland Dublin | 1,058,259 (2024) | [[File:National Gallery of Ireland, Nov 2017.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (78) | Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Israel Tel Aviv | 1,057,362 (2024) | [[File:PikiWiki Israel 15635 The new wing of Tel Aviv museum of art.JPG | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (79) | Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil | Brazil Rio de Janeiro | 1,043,620 (2024) { | [[File:CCBB Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - panoramio.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (80) | Museo Egizio | Italy Turin | 1,036,689 (2024) | [[File:Museo Egizio e Galleria sabauda, Torino.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (81) | GES-2 (Moscow) | Russia Moscow | 1,001,019 (2024) | [[File:Municipal Album 1.152 Powerplant.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (82) | Istanbul Modern | Turkey Istanbul | 989,617 (2024) | [[File:Istanbul, Turkey (November 2023) - 611.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (83) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | United States Boston | 988,911 (2024) | [[File:Boston Museum of Fine Artes.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (84) | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum | Spain Madrid | 951,821 (2024) | |||||||||
| (85) | CaixaForum Madrid | Spain Madrid | 947,642 (2024) | |||||||||
| (86) | National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design | Norway Oslo | 946,000 (2024) | [[File:Nye Nasjonalmuseet (2022) (2).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (87) | Ashmolean Museum | United Kingdom Oxford | 942,692 (2024) | [[File:Ashmolean Museum in July 2014.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (88) | Hong Kong Palace Museum | HK Hong Kong | 911,548 (2024) | [[File:WKCD HK Palace Museum, 2021.11.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (89) | Palazzo Pitti | Italy Florence | 909,020 (2024) | [[File:Palazzo Pitti nel tardo pomeriggio.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (90) | Whitney Museum | United States New York City | 888,816 (2024) | [[File:Whitney Museum of American Art (49051573133).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (91) | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | United States Los Angeles | 873,825 (2024) | [[File:LACMA-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art-04-2014.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (92) | Israel Museum | Israel Jerusalem | 855,157 (2024) | [[File:Israel museum.JPG | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (93) | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | United States Houston | 854,684 (2024) | [[File:MFA houston.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (94) | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) | SpainBarcelona | 854,496 (2024) | [[File:050529 Barcelona 135.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (95) | Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park | United States Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan | 851,626 (2024) | [[File:Meijer Gardens October 2014 61 (Tropical Conservatory).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (96) | The Broad | United States Los Angeles | 846,500 (2024) | [[File:The Broad LA 2017.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (97) | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico Mexico City | 837,124 (2024) | [[File:Palacio de Bellas Artes 00 (2).JPG | frameless | 110x110px]] | ||||||
| (98) | Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | Australia Sydney | 833,699 (2024) | [[File:Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (99) | Imperial War Museum | United Kingdom London | 810,497 (2024) | [[File:Imperial War Museum, London (geograph 4108048).jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] | ||||||
| (100) | Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo | Brazil São Paulo | 810,444 (2024) | [[File:Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil.jpg | frameless | upright=0.5]] |
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