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This article lists the most visited art museums in the world (significant museums where art is the major focus; i.e., some museums that contain art are not included such as the Natural History Museum ) based in part on an attendance survey for 2014 compiled by The Art Newspaper .[ 1] Many of the most visited art museums also feature on the overall list of the most visited museums in the world . Figures may be unreliable due to conflicting sources or self-reporting.
Palace Museum , Beijing, China.
Musée du Louvre , Paris, France.
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.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía , Madrid, Spain.
List
Art Museums
Name
City
Country
Visitors annually
Year reported
Palace Museum
Beijing
China
14,000,000
2014[ 2]
Louvre
Paris
France
9,260,000
2014[ 1]
British Museum
London
United Kingdom
6,695,213
2014[ 1]
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
United States
6,226,727
2013[ 3]
National Gallery
London
United Kingdom
6,031,574
2013[ 3]
Vatican Museums
Vatican City (Rome )
Vatican City
6,002,251
2015[ 4]
Tate Modern
London
United Kingdom
4,884,939
2013[ 3]
National Palace Museum
Taipei
Taiwan
4,500,278
2013[ 3]
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
United States
4,093,070
2013[ 3]
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Paris
France
3,745,000
2013[ 3]
State Hermitage Museum
St. Petersburg
Russia
3,668,031
2015[ 5]
Musée d'Orsay
Paris
France
3,500,000
2013[ 3]
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
United Kingdom
3,290,500
2013[ 3]
Reina Sofía
Madrid
Spain
3,185,413
2013[ 3]
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
United States
3,066,337
2013[ 3]
National Museum of Korea
Seoul
South Korea
3,052,823
2013[ 3]
National Folk Museum of Korea
Seoul
South Korea
2,705,814
2013[ 3]
Somerset House
London
United Kingdom
2,398,066
2013[ 3]
Museo del Prado
Madrid
Spain
2,306,966
2013[ 3]
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
Netherlands
2,450,000
2014[ 1]
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne
Australia
2,273,907
2015[ 6]
The National Art Center
Tokyo
Japan
2,039,947
2013[ 3]
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
2,034,397
2013[ 3]
National Portrait Gallery
London
United Kingdom
2,014,636
2013[ 3]
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai
China
1,946,420
2013[ 3]
Galleria degli Uffizi
Florence
Italy
1,870,708
2013[ 3]
MuCEM
Marseille
France
1,824,000
2013[ 3]
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
1,768,090
2013[ 3]
Moscow Kremlin
Moscow
Russia
1,758,460
2013[ 3]
J. Paul Getty Museum [ii]
Los Angeles
United States
1,728,815
2013[ 3]
FAMSF [iii]
San Francisco
United States
1,690,078
2013[ 3]
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam
Netherlands
1,608,849
2014[ 1]
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago
United States
1,539,716
2013[ 3]
Saatchi Gallery
London
United Kingdom
1,505,608
2013[ 3]
Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum
Iran
Iran
1,496,971
2013 [ 7]
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Brasilia
Brazil
1,468,818
2013[ 3]
National Galleries of Scotland [iv]
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
1,460,324
2013[ 3]
Deutsches Museum
Munich
Germany
1,444,745
2014[ 8]
Grand Palais
Paris
France
1,422,013
2013[ 3]
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo
Japan
1,403,909
2013[ 3]
Tate Britain
London
United Kingdom
1,378,272
2013[ 3]
Tretyakov Gallery
Moscow
Russia
1,360,000
2013[ 3]
Dalí Theatre and Museum
Figueres
Spain
1,333,430
2013[ 3]
Musée du quai Branly
Paris
France
1,307,326
2013[ 3]
Doge's Palace
Venice
Italy
1,307,230
2013[ 3]
Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau
Canada
1,300,000
2015[ 9]
Gyeongju National Museum
Gyeongju
South Korea
1,276,165
2013[ 3]
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Melbourne
Australia
1,260,577
2013[ 3]
Pergamon Museum
Berlin
Germany
1,260,000
2013[ 3]
Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence
Italy
1,257,241
2013[ 3]
Queensland Art Gallery /GoMA [v]
Brisbane
Australia
1,224,964
2013[ 3]
Mori Art Museum
Tokyo
Japan
1,223,198
2013[ 3]
LACMA
Los Angeles
United States
1,202,654
2013[ 3]
SAAM /Renwick Gallery
Washington, D.C.
United States
1,200,000
2013[ 3]
Guggenheim Museum
New York City
United States
1,199,123
2013[ 3]
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
Valencia
Spain
1,163,419
2013[ 3]
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
1,162,792
2013[ 3]
National Museum of Western Art
Tokyo
Japan
1,155,975
2013[ 3]
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
United States
1,134,289
2013[ 3]
Museo Soumaya
Mexico City
Mexico
1,095,000
2013[ 3]
Acropolis Museum
Athens
Greece
1,091,143
2013[ 3]
National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C.
United States
1,083,815
2013[ 3]
National Art Museum of China
Beijing
China
1,050,000
2013[ 3]
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow
United Kingdom
1,044,067
2013[ 3]
Royal Academy of Arts
London
United Kingdom
1,018,378
2013[ 3]
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal
Canada
1,015,022
2013[ 3]
Museum of Liverpool
Liverpool
United Kingdom
1,015,022
2013[ 3]
Israel Museum
Jerusalem
Israel
966,502
2013[ 3]
Belvedere
Vienna
Austria
957,802
2013[ 3]
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
Canada
956,498
2013[ 3]
Serpentine Galleries
London
United Kingdom
945,161
2013[ 3]
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid
Spain
944,827
2013[ 3]
Neues Museum
Berlin
Germany
940,000
2013[ 3]
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
São Paulo
Brazil
931,639
2013 [ 3]
Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao
Spain
931,015
2013 [ 3]
Museo di Capodimonte
Naples
Italy
923,706
2013[ 10]
Museu Picasso
Barcelona
Spain
911,342
2013[ 3]
Musée de l'Orangerie
Paris
France
900,000
2013[ 3]
MCA Australia
Sydney
Australia
894,876
2013[ 3]
CaixaForum Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain
892,806
2013[ 3]
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
Canada
852,904
2013[ 3]
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston
United States
850,395
2013[ 3]
Melbourne Museum
Melbourne
Australia
850,194
2013[ 3]
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Liverpool
United Kingdom
845,709
2013[ 3]
Louvre-Lens
Lens
France
824,898
2013[ 3]
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
Aarhus
Denmark
816,468
2015[ 11]
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Netherlands
811,000
2014[ 1]
Royal Palace of Milan
Milan
Italy
806,677
2013[ 3]
CaixaForum Madrid
Madrid
Spain
790,732
2013[ 3]
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna
Austria
778,853
2013[ 3]
Museo Egizio
Turin
Italy
772,900
2015[ 12]
National Gallery of Australia
Canberra
Australia
770,243
2013[ 3]
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis
United States
752,444
2015[ 13]
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford
United Kingdom
747,874
2013[ 3]
Palais de Tokyo
Paris
France
723,259
2013[ 3]
World Museum Liverpool
Liverpool
United Kingdom
716,579
2013[ 3]
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Paris
France
700,088
2013[ 3]
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Beijing
China
700,000
2013[ 3]
Seattle Art Museum [vi]
Seattle
United States
689,582
2013[ 3]
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Belgium
662,389
2013 [ 3]
Huntington Library
San Marino (Los Angeles County )
United States
660,640
2013 [ 3]
Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide
Australia
660,358
2013[ 3]
National Portrait Gallery
Canberra
Australia
652,759
2013[ 3]
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Humlebæk
Denmark
647,857
2014[ 14]
Hirshhorn Museum
Washington, D.C.
United States
645,343
2013[ 3]
MACBA
Barcelona
Spain
643,274
2013[ 3]
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin
Ireland
641,572
2013[ 3]
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia
United States
639,810
2013[ 3]
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Barcelona
Spain
635,917
2013[ 3]
Warsaw Rising Museum
Warsaw
Poland
630,000
2015[ 15]
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Tel Aviv
Israel
630,000
2013[ 3]
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit
United States
630,000
2014[ 16]
İstanbul Modern
Istanbul
Turkey
628,000
2013[ 3]
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Washington, D.C.
United States
613,000
2013[ 3]
Notes
^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
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