List of most-visited museums by region

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This is a list of the most visited museums in each region in 2023, based upon the annual reports of museum attendance from the Art Newspaper Review, and from official national sources. If 2023 figures are not available, earlier figures are shown, with the year indicated.

Asia

Asia - Top twenty museums by number of visitors per year
Name City Visitors annually Country Year reported
National Museum of China Beijing 6,757,000 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2023[1]
China Science and Technology Museum Beijing 5,315,000 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2023[2]
Nanjing Museum Nanjing 5,007,000 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2023[3]
Suzhou Museum Suzhou 4,852,000 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2023[4]
Hunan Museum Hunan 4,852,000 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2023[5]
Hubei Provincial Museum Hubei 4,300,000 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2023[6]
National Museum of Korea Seoul 4,180,000 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2023[7]
National Museum of Natural Science Taichung 2,738,000 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 2023[8]
M+ Hong Kong 2,798,000 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 2023[9]
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul 1,806,641 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2022[10]
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo 1,924,456 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2023[11]
The National Art Center, Tokyo 2,250,758 2023[12]
Tokyo National Museum 1,372,132 2022[13]
National Gallery Singapore Singapore 1,723,916 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 2023[14]
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Shanghai 494,000 2022[15]
National Palace Museum[iii] Taipei 1,040,000 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 2022[16]
Zhejiang Provincial Museum Hangzhou 874,000 2022[17]
National Taiwan Science Education Center Taipei 2,468,000 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 2023[18]
Shaanxi History Museum Xi'an 1,000,000 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2020[19]
National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo 2,500,000 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2023[20]
Shanghai Museum Shanghai 604,090 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2020[21]

Europe

Europe - Top museums by number of visitors in 2023
Name City Visitors per year Country Year reported
Louvre Paris 8,900,000 File:Flag of France.svg France 2023[22]
Vatican Museums Vatican City 6,800,000 File:Flag of Vatican City (2023–present).svg Vatican 2023[23]
British Museum London 5,820,860 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2023[24]
Natural History Museum London 5,688,608 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2023[25]
Musée d'Orsay Paris 5.2 million File:Flag of France.svg France 2023[23]
Galleria degli Uffizi Florence 5,138,588 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2023[23]
Tate Modern London 4,742,038 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2023[26]
Centre Pompidou Paris 3,009,570 File:Flag of France.svg France 2023[23]
National Gallery London 2,727,119 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2023[23]
State Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg 3,274,000 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2023[27]
Museo del Prado Madrid 2,456,724 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2023[23]
Victoria and Albert Museum London 3,110,000 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 2023[28][23]
London Science Museum 2,957,000 2023[29]
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 2,702,824 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2023[23]
Galleria dell'Accademia Florence 2,013,974 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2023[23]
Tretyakov Gallery Moscow 2,100,000 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2023[23]
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie Paris 1,992,823 File:Flag of France.svg France 2022[23]
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam 1,686,766 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2023[23]
Reina Sofía Madrid 1,514,854 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2023[23]

North America

Name City Visitors per year Country Year reported
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City 5,364,000 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2023[30]
National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C. 4,400,000 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2023[31]
National Gallery of Art 3,829,812 2023[32]
Museum of Modern Art New York City 2,839,509 2023[33]
Smithsonian Museum of American History Washington, D.C. 2,100,000 2023[34]
National Air and Space Museum (with Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center) 3,100,000 2023[35]
National Museum of African American History and Culture 1,600,000 2023[36]
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 1,300,000 2023[37]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles 902,237 2022[38]
Getty Center 989,302 2022[39]
Royal Ontario Museum Toronto 796,579 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2022[40]
National Gallery of Canada|Ottawa 165,854 2022[41]
National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City 1,494,587 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2022[42]
National Museum of History 1,486,379 2022[43]
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology Drumheller, Alberta 501,430 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2022

Oceania

Name City Visitors per year Country Year reported
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney 1,692,028 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2023[44]
National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne 1,580,303 2022[45]
Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney 1,093,072 2023[46]
National Gallery of Australia Canberra 1,021,983 2022[47]
Australian Museum Sydney 950,000 2023[48]
Museum of New Zealand Wellington 863,129 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2022[49]
Powerhouse Museum (Ultimo) Sydney 583,757 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2023[50]
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane 271,030 2020[51]
Australian Centre for the Moving Image Melbourne 1,316,000 2016[52]
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Sydney 1,206,000 2017[53]

South America

South America
Name City Visitors per year Country Year reported
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte 1,474,825 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2023[54]
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro 1,323,034 2023[54]
Museu Nacional da Republica Brasilia 935,168 2017[53]
Instituto Tomie Othake São Paulo 895,769 2017[53]
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo 880,000 2023[55]
Museu do Ipiranga 655,759 2023[56]
São Paulo Museum of Art 530,235 2023[57]
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires 515,000 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2023[58]

See also

References

  1. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  2. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  3. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  4. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  5. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  6. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  7. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index, August 2024
  8. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  9. ↑ 2023 TEA-AECOM Museum Index, August 2024
  10. ↑ Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  11. ↑ Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2024
  12. ↑ Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  13. ↑ Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  14. ↑ Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2024
  15. ↑ AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  16. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  17. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  18. ↑ AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020
  19. ↑ AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020
  20. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024
  21. ↑ AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020, retrieved September 2021
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  25. ↑ Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) "2023 Visitor Figures", published March 21, 2024
  26. ↑ Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) "2023 Visitor Figures", published March 21, 2024
  27. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2024
  28. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 2024
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  32. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March
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  35. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  36. ↑ Visitor Statistics, Smithsonian Institution, 17 February 2023
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  38. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  39. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
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  56. ↑ "Museu do Ipiranga atinge 1 milhão de visitantes desde sua reinauguração". Ipiranga News. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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