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List of most-visited museums

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This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world in 2024. Primary sources include annual attendance statistics in the "Art Newspaper" (March 2025}! the TEA Museum Index for 2024, published August 2025, the annual report of the National Cultural Heritage Administration of the Chinese Government, the Smithsonian News Desk in the United States, the annual report of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions in the United Kingdom, and museum websites.

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
National Museum of China, Beijing, China
Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome
British Museum, London


List of most-visited museums

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Name VisitorsCity Country
Louvre9,000,000 (2025) [1]Paris France
National Museum of China6,956,800 (2024)[2]Beijing China
Vatican Museums6,933,822 (2025)[3]Vatican City, Rome Vatican
Shenzhen Museum6,805,000 (2024)[4]Shenzhen China
National Museum of Korea6,507,483 (2025)[5]Seoul South Korea
British Museum6,440,120 (2025)[6]London United Kingdom
China Science and Technology Museum6,421,000 (2024)[7]Beijing China
Natural History Museum, South Kensington6,301,972 (2024)[8]London United Kingdom
Metropolitan Museum of Art5,984,091 (2025)[9]New York City United States
Nanjing Museum5,680,000 (2024)[10]Nanjing China
American Museum of Natural History5,400,000 (2024)New York City United States
Tate Modern4,603,025 (2024)[11]London United Kingdom
Hubei Provincial Museum 4,356,943 (2024)[12] Wuhan China
Shanghai Museum East4,230,000 (2024)[13]Shanghai China
National Gallery of Art3,936,543 (2024)[14]Washington, D.C. United States
Musée d'Orsay3,751,000 (including Musée de l'Orangerie) (2024)[15]Paris France
National Museum of Anthropology3,700,000 (2024)Mexico City Mexico
State Russian Museum5,087,276 (2025)[16]Saint Petersburg Russia
State Hermitage Museum3,846,375 (2025)[17]Saint Petersburg Russia
Victoria and Albert Museum3,525,700 (2024)[18]London, South Kensington United Kingdom
Prado Museum3,457,057 (2024)[19]Madrid Spain
Centre Pompidou3,204,369 (2024)[20]Paris France
National Gallery3,203,451 (2024)[21]London United Kingdom
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle3.2 million (2024)[22]Paris France
National Air and Space Museum[a]3,100,000 (2024)[23]Washington, D.C. United States
Mevlana Museum3,048,000 (2024)[24]Konya Turkey
National Museum of Natural History3.0 million (2024)[25]Washington, D.C. United States
Galleria degli Uffizi2,908,828 (2024)[26]Florence Italy
National Museum of Natural Science2,854,455 (2024)[27]Taichung Taiwan
London Science Museum2,827,242 (2024)[28]London United Kingdom
Museum of Modern Art2,657,377 (2024)[29]New York City United States
National Museum of Nature and Science 2,634,997 (2024)[30] Tokyo Japan
M+2.61 million (2024)[31][32] Hong Kong Hong Kong
State Tretyakov Gallery3,075,976 (2025)[33]Moscow Russia
Rijksmuseum2,500,000 (2024)[34]Amsterdam Netherlands
Tokyo National Museum 2,460,000 (2024)[35] Tokyo Japan
Art Gallery of NSW2,369,339 (2024)[36]Sydney Australia
National Museum of Scotland2,314,974 (2024)[37]Edinburgh United Kingdom
Royal Museums Greenwich2,255,753 (2024)[38]London United Kingdom
Galleria dell'Accademia 2,189,103 (2024)[39] Florence Italy
Smithsonian Museum of American History 2,100,000 (2024)[40] Washington, D.C. United States
National Gallery Singapore 2,040,481 (2024)[41]Singapore Singapore
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art 1,974,773 (2023)[42] Kanazawa Japan
National Science and Technology Museum1,875,372 (2023)[43]Kaohsiung Taiwan
National Palace Museum1,874,994 (2024)[44]Taipei Taiwan
National Museum in Kraków1,859,484 (2024)[45]Kraków Poland
Van Gogh Museum1,840,000 (2024)[46]Amsterdam Netherlands
The National Art Center, Tokyo1,755,036[46]Tokyo Japan
California Science Center1,694,000 (2022)[47]Los Angeles United States
China National Silk Museum 1,692,697 (2023)[48] Hangzhou China
Kunsthistorisches Museum1,688,509[49]Vienna Austria
Fujian Museum 1,676,973 (2023)[50] Fuzhou China
Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum 1,641,226 (2023)[51] Hangzhou China
National Gallery of Victoria1,580,303[46]Melbourne Australia
National Museum in Warsaw 1,500,655 (2024)[52] Warsaw Poland
Louis Vuitton Foundation1,500,000 (2023)[53]Paris France
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts1,461,406[43]Kaohsiung Taiwan
Acropolis Museum1,451,727[46]Athens Greece
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil1,364,208[46]São Paulo Brazil
Palacio de Cristal del Retiro1,318,823[b][46]Madrid Spain
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1,301,343 (2024)[54] Bilbao Spain
Chinese Aviation Museum 1,292,278 (2023)[55] Beijing China
Moscow Kremlin Museum1,240,113 (2025)[56]Moscow Russia

Criteria

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This list includes art museums, cultural museums, history museums, natural history museums, and science museums with an attendance of over 1,250,000 people in 2022, but does not include archaeological sites, historical monuments, or most palace museums.

For example, the Palace Museum in Beijing (17,000,000 visitors in 2024) is not included, nor the Chengdu-Wuhou Mausoleum Site (14,500,570) and Emperor Quin-shi-Huang Mausoleum in Xian (11,610,000 visitors in 2024) nor are the Forbidden City, Kremlin, and Palace of Versailles are not included, though the Louvre and Hermitage are included.

Due to differences in reporting across regions, there is some variation in the time periods for which figures are reported. Figures for North America and continental Europe are generally calendar-year figures, while most figures for Britain and the Asia-Pacific are fiscal year figures, from April through March.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Includes visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center.
  2. ↑ Does not include visitors to the main Reina Sofía museum.

References

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  1. ↑ Louvre Press Release, 6 January, 2026
  2. ↑ "National Museum Annual Report Information System". NCHA.
  3. ↑ The Art Newspaper, March 2026
  4. ↑ AECOM Museum Survey (2024) published August 2025
  5. ↑ "국립중앙박물관, 2025년 연간 관람객 650만 명 돌파". National Museum of Korea (in Korean). Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  6. ↑ The Art Newspaper, March 2026
  7. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Survey for 2024, published August 2025
  8. ↑ ALVA, April 2025
  9. ↑ The Art Newspaper, March 2026
  10. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Survey for 2024, published August, 2025]
  11. ↑ ALVA, April 1, 2025
  12. ↑ "湖北省博物馆". 国博物馆年度报告信息系统 (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Conde-Naste Traveller, "The most-visited museums in Asia", 25 August 2025
  14. ↑ NGA Press Release, January 29, (2024)
  15. ↑ The Art Newpspaer, March 2025
  16. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2026
  17. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2026
  18. ↑ "THe Art Newspaper", March 2025
  19. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2025)
  20. ↑ Franceinfo Culture, 4 January 2025
  21. ↑ ALVA, April 1, 2025
  22. ↑ "Le Figaro", January, 2025
  23. ↑ Smithsonian Museum Newsroom February 2025
  24. ↑ Sabah daily, January 23, 2025
  25. ↑ Smithsonian.Institution Newsroom
  26. ↑ The Art Newspaper, March 2025, Marcj 2025
  27. ↑ 國立自然科學博物館. "2024 總服務人次年報表(全)" (PDF). www.nmns.edu.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  28. ↑ ALVA survey, April 1, 2025
  29. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2025
  30. ↑ "National Museum of Nature and Science Profile 2025" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ↑ Conde-Naste Traveler September 17, 2025
  32. ↑ Conde-Naste Traveler, Oct. 13, 2025
  33. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2026
  34. ↑ "The Art Newspaper",April 1 2025}
  35. ↑ Conde-Naste Traveler, July 2025
  36. ↑ "The Art Newspaper" March 2025 name="
  37. ↑ ALVA, April 1, 2024
  38. ↑ "2024 Visitor Figures". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). 1 April 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  39. ↑ Statista 2024 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034447/number-of-visitors-to-the-gallery-of-the-academy-in-florence/?srsltid=AfmBOooUwN_L2ugX0DqWcvhcla5AIoC-BtjYH6KTFs8zo6zOfAtvEV0x|access-date=05 November 2025
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  41. ↑ "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs". theartnewspaper.com. The Art Newspaper. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  42. ↑ "21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  43. 1 2 "Scenic Spots". Tourism Statistics Database of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  44. ↑ "Northern Branch of the National Palace Museum 2024 Breakdown Table for Number of Visitors". www.npm.gov.tw. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  45. ↑ The Art Newpspaer, March 2025
  46. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cheshire, Lee; da Silva, José (27 March 2023). "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling?". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  47. ↑ "TEA/AECOM 2022 Theme Index and Museum Index" (PDF). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  48. ↑ "中国丝绸博物馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  49. ↑ "Besuchsstatistik der Bundesmuseen und der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek 2023".
  50. ↑ "福建博物院". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  51. ↑ "杭州工艺美术博物馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  52. ↑ The Art Newpspaer, March 2025
  53. ↑ CLIC Museum Survey survey, January 2024
  54. ↑ "The Art Newspaper" March 2025
  55. ↑ "中国航空博物馆". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  56. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2026

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