List of most-visited art museums

See also: List of most-visited museums and List of most-visited museums by region

This article lists the most-visited art museums in the world in 2021. The primary source is The Art Newspaper annual survey of the number of visitors to major art museums in 2021, published 28 March 2022.

Total attendance in the top one hundred art museums in 2021 was 71 million visitors, up from 54 million in 2020, but far below the 230 million visitors at the top hundred museums in 2019.

Museums in the United States and Western Europe usually measure attendance for the calendar year from January through December, while many museums in East Asia and Britain measure attendance for the fiscal year, from April through March.

List

No.	Museum	Country and city	Visitors annually	Image
1	Louvre	Paris	2,825,000 (2021) (up 5 percent from 2020)
2	National Museum of China	Beijing	2,377,600 (2021) (up 49 percent from 2020)
3	Russian Museum	Saint Petersburg	2,260,231 (2021) (up 88 percent from 2020)
4	Multimedia Art Museum	Moscow	2,242,405 (2021) (up 421 percent from 2020)
5	Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York	1,958,000 (2021) (Up 84 percent from 2020)
6	National Gallery of Art	Washington, D.C.	1,704,606 (2021) (up by 133 percent from 2020)
7	State Hermitage Museum	Saint Petersburg	1,649,443 (2021) (Up 70 percent from 2020)
8	Museo Reina Sofía	Madrid	1,643,108 (2021) (up 32 percent from 2020)
9	Vatican Museums	Vatican City	1,612,530 (2021) (up 24 percent from 2020)
10	Tretyakov Gallery	Moscow	1,580,819 (2021) (up 77 percent from 2020)
11	Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou)	Paris	1,501,040 (2021) (up by 64 percent from 2020)
12	British Museum	London	1,327,120 (2021) (up 42 percent from 2020)
13	National Museum of Korea	Seoul	1,262,562 (2021) (Up 63 percent from 2020)
14	Museo del Prado	Madrid	1,175,296 (2021) (up 38 percent from 2020)
15	Royal Castle, Warsaw	Warsaw	1,168,821 (2021) (up 80% from 2020)
16	Museum of Modern Art	New York	1,160,686 (2021) (up 64 percent from 2020)
17	Tate Modern	London	1,156,037 (2021) (down 19 percent from 2020)
18	Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum	Tokyo	1,049,183 (2021) (up 106 percent from 2020)
19	Musée d'Orsay	Paris	1,044,365 (2021) (up by 20 percent from 2020)
20	Somerset House	London	984,978 (2021) (up by 36 percent from 2020)
21	Uffizi Gallery	Florence	969,695 (2021) (up 47 percent from 2020)	|
22	National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art	Seoul	937,484 (2021) (up by 97 percent from 2020)
23	The National Art Center, Tokyo	Tokyo	881,733 (2021) (up 113 percent from 2020)
24	Shanghai Museum	Shanghai	880,457 (2021) (up by 46 percent from 2020)
25	Victoria and Albert Museum	London	857,742 (2021) (down 2 percent from 2020)
26	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa	Wellington	808,706 (2021) (down 3 percent from 2020)
27	Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM)	Marseille	806,649 (2021) (up 26 percent from 2020)
28	National Gallery of Victoria	Melbourne	801,699 (2021) (up 26 percent from 2020)
29	Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts	Moscow	766,325 (2021) (up 36 percent from 2020))
30	National Gallery Singapore	Singapore	748,526 (2021) (up 2 percent from 2020)
31	National Gallery	London	708,924 (2021) (down 48 percent from 2020)
32	Louis Vuitton Foundation	Paris	691,000 (2021) (up 174 percent from 2020)
33	National Museum in Krakow	Krakow	679,729 (2021) (up percent from 2020)
34	Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum	Madrid	671,078 (2021) (up 97 percent from 2020 )
35	Scottish National Gallery	Edinburgh	660,741 (2021) (up 49 percent from 2020)
36	Gyeongju National Museum	Gyeongju	653,651 (2021) (up 79 percent from 2020)
37	Rijksmuseum	Amsterdam	625,000 (2021) (down 7 percent from 2020)
38	Los Angeles County Museum of Art	Los Angeles	620,621 (2021) (up 197 percent from 2020)
39	Hong Kong Museum of Art	Kowloon	619,810 (2021) (up 160 percent from 2020)
40	Musée du quai Branly	Paris	615,795 (2021) (no data from 2020)
42	Tokyo National Museum	Tokyo	605,214 (2021) (down 16 percent from 2020)
43	West Bund Museum	Shanghai	592,000 (2021) (up 62 percent from 2020)
44	UCCA Center for Contemporary Art	Beijing	585,621 (2021) (up 52 percent from 2020)
45	Kunst­historisches Museum	Vienna	579,204 (2021) (up 27 percent from 2020)
46	Moscow Kremlin Museums	Moscow	578,000 (2021) (up 36 percent from 2020
47	Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park	Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan	550,000 (2021) (\up 112 percent from 2020)
48	Acropolis Museum	Athens	547,910 (2021) (Up 69 percent from 2020)
49	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao	Bilbao	530,967 (2021) (up 68 percent from 2020)
50	Tate Britain	London	525,144 (2021) (up 34 percent from 2020)
51	Petit Palais	Paris	517,624 (2021) (no data from 2020)
52	Humboldt Forum	Berlin	515,000 (2021) (new museum; no data from 2020)
53	Bourse de commerce (Paris) (Pinault Collection)	Paris	508,689 (2021) (new museum)
54	Getty Center	Los Angeles	508,449 (2021) (up 90 percent from 2020)
55	Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane	Brisbane	499,530 (2021) (up 51 percent from 2020)
56	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Houston	495,530 (2021) (up 51 percent from 2020)
57	Whitney Museum	New York	492,500 (2021) (up 111 percent from 2020)
58	Tel Aviv Museum of Art	Tel Aviv	478,169 (2021) (up 15 percent from 2020)
59	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Boston	477,427 (2021) (up 91 percent from 2020)
60	Royal Academy of Arts	London	468,693 (2021) (up 21 percent from 2020)
61	National Gallery of Australia	Canberra	455,558 (2021) (up 51 percent from 2020)
62	China Art Museum, Pudong, Shanghai	Shanghai	450,000 (2021) (new museum)
63	Galleria dell'Accademia	Florence	446,143 (2021) (up 40percent from 2020)
64	Art Gallery of South Australia	Adelaide	444,577 (2021) (up 35% from 2020)
65	Triennale di Milano	Milan	441,749 (2021) (no data from 2020)
66	Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Bentonville, Arkansas	439,552 (2021) (Up 24 percent from 2020)
67	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	437,348 (2021) (Up 149 percent from 2020)
69	Art Gallery of New South Wales	Sydney	428,748 (2021) (down 22 percent from 2020)
70	Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	420,000 (2021) down 42 percent from 2020)
72	National Palace Museum	Taipei	416,436 (2021) (down 35 percent from 2020)
73	Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	Richmond, Virginia	410,734 (2021) (up 58 percent from 2020)
74	Cleveland Museum of Art	Cleveland, Ohio	409,921 (2021) (up 122 percent from 2020)
75	Garage Museum of Contemporary Art	Moscow	408,057 (2021) (up 40 percent from 2020)
76	ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum	Aarhus	401,844 (2021) (down 9 percent from 2020)
77	Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art	Kansas City, Missouri	400,940 (2021) (up 61 percent from 2020)
78	Museo Egizio	Turin	398,336 (2021) (up 65 percent from 2020))
79	De Young Museum	San Francisco	394,402 (2021) (up 69 percent from 2020)
80	National Museum of African-American History and Culture	Washington, DC	392,966 (2021) (up 69 percent from 2020)
81	Musée des Arts Decoratifs	Paris	391,379 (2021) (up 32 percent from 2020)
83	Caixa Forum	Madrid	390,239 (2021) (up 83 percent from 2020)
84	Kunsthaus Zürich	Zurich	382,603 (2021) (up 42 percent from 2020)
85	Musée de l'Orangerie	Paris	380,147 (2021) (up 64 percent from 2020)
86	M+	Kowloon	371,082 (2021) (new)
88	Van Gogh Museum	Amsterdam	366,359 (2021) (down 29 percent from 2020)
89	Albertina	Vienna	366,280 (2021) (up 2 percent from 2020)
91	Yorkshire Sculpture Park	Wakefield	363,320 (2021) (new)
96	Instituto Tomie Ohtake	São Paulo	329,683 (2021) (down 81 percent from 2020)
93	Queensland Art Gallery	Brisbane	341,023(2021) (up 26 percentfrom 2020)
94	Louisiana Museum of Modern Art	Humlebæk	334,926 (2021) (down 17 percent from 2020)
95	World Museum	Liverpool	330,593 (2021) (up 22 percent from 2020)
100	Donald W. Reynolds Center (contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum)	Washington D.C.	324,683 (2021) (down 81% from 2019)
97	MMCA Deoksugung	Seoul	329,391 (2021) (up 144 percent from 2020)
98	Österreichische Galerie Belvedere	Vienna	328,413 (2021) (up 21 percent from 2020)
109	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	Glasgow	288,212 (2021)
105	National Museum of Scotland (Museums below have 2020 attendance figures)	Edinburgh	302,909 (2021) (up 48 percent from 2020)
68	National Portrait Gallery (Australia)	Canberra	430,932 (2020) (down 81% from 2019)
71	Mireuksaji Museum	Iksan	417,527 (2020) (no data for 2019)
82	Palazzo Reale	Milan	390,716 (2020) (down 48% from 2019)
87	Museum of Contemporary Art Australia	Sydney	367,849 (2020) (down 64% from 2019)
90	Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago	365,660 (2020) (down 78% from 2019)
92	Saatchi Gallery	London	354,787 (2020) (down 69% from 2019)
99	Louvre Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	324,718 (down 67% from 2019)
101	Museo Soumaya	Mexico City	321,803 (2020) (down 71% from 2019
102	Städel Museum	Frankfurt	318,792 (2020) (down 45% from 2019)
103	Berardo Collection Museum	Lisbon	317,028 (2020) (down 65% from 2019)
104	National Portrait Gallery	London	309,402 (2020) (down 81% from 2019)
106	Montreal Museum of Fine Arts	Montreal	301,474 (2020) (down 74% from 2019)
107	Deutsches Historisches Museum	Berlin	299,002 (2020)
108	Beyeler Foundation	Basel	291,604 (2020) (down 33% from 2019)
110	National Gallery of Denmark	Copen­hagen	285,901 (2020) (down 27% from 2019)
111	Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil	São Paulo	282,998 (2020) (down 66% from 2019)
112	National Gallery Prague	Prague	282,562 (2020) (down 49% from 2019)
113	Imperial War Museum	London	278,797 (2020) (down 74% from 2019)
114	Daegu National Museum	Daegu	277,887 (2020) (down 49% from 2019)
115	Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam	Amsterdam	277,000 (2020) (down 59% from 2019)
116	Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium	Brussels	273,571 (2020) (down 75% from 2019)
117	National Museum of Art, Osaka	Osaka	270,097 (2020)
118	Christchurch Art Gallery	Christ­church	253,058 (2020) (down 28% from 2019)
12	Royal Ontario Museum	Toronto	No figures for 2021 or 2020. 1,440,000 (2018)

See also

• List of most-visited museums
• List of most-visited museums in the United States
• List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom
• List of most visited palaces and monuments
• List of most-visited museums by region
• List of art museums
• List of largest art museums
• List of single-artist museums