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The 100 most popular art museums in the world in 2022, divided by countries and continents.
In 2023, total attendance in the most-visited art museums returned largely to the level of 2019, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.[ 1]
A primary source for 2023 figures is the Art Newspaper , [1] , whose most recent annual survey was published in March 2024. Other major 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, several months after the publication of The Art Newspaper' s list. Museums in China included on the 2021 list are noted at the bottom of this list with the prior year's statistics and will be incorporated into the main listings when 2022 statistics are released.[ 2]
Rank in 2023
Museum
Country and city
Visitors annually
Image
(1)
Louvre
Paris
8,860,000 (2023)[ 3]
(2)
Vatican Museums
Vatican City , Rome
6,765,000 (2023)[ 4]
(3)
National Museum of China
Beijing
6,757,000 (2023)[ 5]
(3)
British Museum
London
5,820,860 (2023) (up 42 percent from 2022)[ 6] [ 7]
(4)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
5,364,000 (2023)[ 8]
(5)
Uffizi Gallery
Florence
5,138,588 (2023) (up 26,37 percent from 2022)[ 9]
(6)
Tate Modern
London
4,742,038 (2023)[ 7]
(13)
National Gallery
London
4,287,434 (2023)[ 10]
(7)
National Museum of Korea
Seoul
4,180,285 (2023)[ 11]
(8)
Musée d'Orsay
Paris
3,871,498 (2023)[ 12]
(9)
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
3,829,812 (2023)[ 13]
(10)
Museo del Prado
Madrid
3,337,550 (2023)[ 11]
(11)
State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg
3,273,753 (2023)[ 14]
(12)
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
3,110,000 (2023) (up 28 percent from 2022)[ 15] [ 6] [ 7]
(14)
State Russian Museum
Saint Petersburg
2,900,000 (2023)[ 14]
(15)
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
2,839,509 (2023)[ 14]
(16)
M+
Hong Kong
2,797,616 (2023)[ 14]
(17)
Somerset House
London
2,727,677 (2023) (up 28 percent from 2022)[ 6] [ 7]
(18)
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
2,702,824 (2023)[ 14]
(19)
Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou )
Paris
2,621,696 (2023)
[ 16] [ 17]
(20)
Wawel Castle
Kraków
2,561,000 (2023)[ 14]
(21)
The National Art Center, Tokyo
Tokyo
2,250,758 (2023)[ 14]
(22)
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
Kanazawa
2,230,939 (2023)[ 14]
(23)
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh
2,186,841 (2023) (up 56 percent from 2022)[ 18] [ 6]
(24)
Tretyakov Gallery
Moscow
2,100,000 (2023)[ 14]
(25)
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Warsaw
2,023,642 (2023)[ 14]
(26)
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul branch)
Seoul
2,021,771 (2023)[ 14]
(27)
Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence
2,013,974 (2023)[ 14]
(28)
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney
1,945,810 (2023)[ 14]
(29)
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Tokyo
1,924,456 (2023)[ 14]
(30)
Acropolis Museum
Athens
1,904,456 (2023)[ 14]
(31)
Scottish National Gallery
Edinburgh
1,836,057 (2023)[ 14]
(32)
NGV International (National Gallery of Victoria )
Melbourne
1,800,124 (2023),[ 14]
(33)
National Gallery Singapore
Singapore
1,723,916 (2023)[ 14]
(34)
Humboldt Forum
Berlin
1,700,000 (2023)[ 14]
(35)
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna
1,688,509 (2023)[ 14]
(36)
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam
1,686,766 (2023)[ 14]
(37)
National Museum in Kraków
Kraków
1,650,792 (2023)[ 14]
(38)
National Museum of African-American History and Culture (Smithsonian Institution )
Washington, D.C.
1,600,000 (2023)[ 14]
(39)
Louis Vuitton Foundation
Paris
1,550,000 (2023)[ 14]
(40)
Museo Reina Sofía
Madrid
1,514,854 (2023)[ 14]
(41)
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Belo Horizonte
1,474,825 (2023)[ 14]
(42)
Musée du quai Branly
Paris
1,410,000 (2023)[ 19]
(43)
Gyeongju National Museum
Gyeongju
1,340,032 (2023)[ 14]
(44)
Upper Belvedere
Vienna
1,339,660 (2023)[ 14]
(45)
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Bilbao
1,324,221 (2023)[ 20]
(46)
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Rio de Janeiro
1,323,034 (2023)[ 20]
(47)
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago
1,322,195 (2023)[ 21]
(48)
Doge's Palace
Venice
1,301,619 (2023)[ 14]
(49)
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM)
Marseille
1,300,000 (2023)[ 22]
(50)
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow
1,283,882 (2023)[ 14]
(51)
Hong Kong Palace Museum
Hong Kong
1,260,000 (2023)[ 14]
(52)
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong
1,257,411 (2023)[ 14]
(53)
Getty Center
Los Angeles
1,251,134 (2023)[ 14]
(54)
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
1,247,076 (2023)[ 14]
(55)
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Oslo
1,246,000 (2023)[ 14]
(56)
Musée de l'Orangerie
Paris
1,239,539 (2023)[ 23]
(57)
Petit Palais
Paris
1,187,637 (2023)[ 24]
(58)
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington
1,181,637 (2023)[ 14]
(59)
Donald W. Reynolds Center (contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery andSmithsonian American Art Museum )
Washington D.C.
1,166,129 (2023)[ 14]
(60)
National Portrait Gallery
London
1,164,018 (2023)[ 14]
(61)
Serralves
Porto
1,147,761 (2023)[ 14]
(62)
Tate Britain
London
1,091,218 (2023)[ 14]
(63)
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
1,091,120 (2023)[ 14]
(64)
Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, California
1,090,475 (2023)[ 14]
(65)
Museo Egizio
Turin
1,061,157 (2023)[ 14]
(66)
Museu Picasso
Barcelona
1,047,094 (2023)[ 14]
(67)
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Moscow
1,024,610 (2023)[ 14]
(68)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid
1,017,684 (2023)[ 14]
(69)
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin
1,017,636 (2023)[ 14]
(70)
De Young Museum
San Francisco
999,645 (2023)[ 14]
(71)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston
999,514 (2023)[ 14]
(72)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston
952,290 (2023)[ 14]
(73)
Albertina
Vienna
943,974 (2023)[ 14]
(74)
Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris
Paris
927,023 (2023)[ 14]
(75)
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Tel Aviv
906,350 (2023)[ 14]
(76)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles
902,237 (2023)[ 14]
(77)
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford
900,277 (2023)[ 14]
(78)
Royal Palace of Milan
Milan
896,681 (2023)[ 14]
(79)
The Broad
Los Angeles
895,949 (2023)[ 14]
(80)
National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT)
Tokyo
883,596 (2023)[ 14]
(81)
Palazzo Pitti
Florence
883,568 (2023)[ 14]
(82)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City
861,374 (2023)[ 14]
(83)
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Sydney
859,386 (2023)[ 14]
(84)
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
846,835 (2023)[ 14]
(85)
Imperial War Museum
London
841,575 (2023)[ 14]
(86)
Museum of Fine Arts
Budapest
821,491 (2023)[ 14]
(87)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville
784,971 (2023)[ 14]
(88)
Museo Picasso Málaga
Málaga
779,279 (2023)[ 14]
(89)
Whitney Museum
New York City
768,000 (2023)[ 14]
(90)
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan
760,667 (2023)[ 14]
(91)
Fondation Monet in Giverny
Giverny
750,000 (2023)[ 14]
(92)
Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia (National Gallery of Victoria )
Melbourne
732,114 (2023)[ 14]
(93)
Dalí Theatre-Museum
Figueres
726,199 (2023)[ 14]
(94)
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon branch)
Gwacheon
726,065 (2023)[ 14]
(95)
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Hong Kong
724,011 (2023)[ 14]
(96)
Faberge Museum
St Petersburg
709,982 (2023)[ 14]
(97)
Royal Academy of Arts
London
709,961 (2023)[ 14]
(98)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Humlebæk
702,426 (2023)[ 14]
(99)
National Museum of the American Indian
Washington D.C.
701,021 (2023)[ 14]
(100)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
685,336 (2023)[ 14]
^ "The Art Newspaper,", March 2023
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