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 | China | 2023[1] |
China Science and Technology Museum | Beijing | 5,315,000 | China | 2023[2] |
Nanjing Museum | Nanjing | 5,007,000 | China | 2023[3] |
Suzhou Museum | Suzhou | 4,852,000 | China | 2023[4] |
Hunan Museum | Hunan | 4,852,000 | China | 2023[5] |
Hubei Provincial Museum | Hubei | 4,300,000 | China | 2023[6] |
National Museum of Korea | Seoul | 4,180,000 | South Korea | 2023[7] |
National Museum of Natural Science | Taichung | 2,738,000 | Taiwan | 2023[8] |
M+ | Hong Kong | 2,798,000 | Hong Kong | 2023[9] |
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art | Seoul | 1,806,641 | South Korea | 2022[10] |
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum | Tokyo | 1,924,456 | 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 | Singapore | 2023[14] |
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum | Shanghai | 494,000 | 2022[15] |
National Palace Museum[iii] | Taipei | 1,040,000 | Taiwan | 2022[16] |
Zhejiang Provincial Museum | Hangzhou | 874,000 | 2022[17] |
National Taiwan Science Education Center | Taipei | 2,468,000 | Taiwan | 2023[18] |
Shaanxi History Museum | Xi'an | 1,000,000 | China | 2020[19] |
National Museum of Nature and Science | Tokyo | 2,500,000 | Japan | 2023[20] |
Shanghai Museum | Shanghai | 604,090 | 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 | France | 2023[22] |
Vatican Museums | Vatican City | 6,800,000 | Vatican | 2023[23] |
British Museum | London | 5,820,860 | United Kingdom | 2023[24] |
Natural History Museum | London | 5,688,608 | United Kingdom | 2023[25] |
Tate Modern | London | 4,742,038 | United Kingdom | 2023[26] |
Musée d'Orsay | Paris | 5.2 million | France | 2023[23] |
Centre Pompidou | 3,009,570 | 2023[23] |
National Gallery | London | 2,727,119 | United Kingdom | 2023[23] |
State Hermitage Museum | Saint Petersburg | 3,274,000 | Russia | 2023[27] |
Museo del Prado | Madrid | 2,456,724 | Spain | 2023[23] |
Victoria and Albert Museum | London | 3,110,000 | United Kingdom | 2023[28][23] |
London Science Museum | 2,957,000 | 2023[29] |
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie | Paris | 1,992,823 | France | 2022[23] |
Tretyakov Gallery | Moscow | 2,100,000 | Russia | 2023[23] |
Galleria degli Uffizi | Florence | 5,138,588 | Italy | 2023[23] |
Reina Sofía | Madrid | 1,514,854 | Spain | 2023[23] |
Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | 2,702,824 | Netherlands | 2023[23] |
Galleria dell'Accademia | Florence | 2,013,974 | Italy | 2023[23] |
Van Gogh Museum | Amsterdam | 1,686,766 | Netherlands | 2023[23] |
North America
Name | City | Visitors per year | Country | Year reported |
Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City | 5,364,000 | United States | 2023[30] |
National Museum of Natural History | Washington, D.C. | 4,400,000 | 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 | Canada[40] |
National Gallery of Canada | Ottawa|165,854[41] |
National Museum of Anthropology | Mexico City | 1,494,587 | Mexico | 2022[42] |
National Museum of History | 1,486,379 | 2022[43] |
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | Drumheller, Alberta | 501,430 | Canada | 2022 |
Oceania
Name | City | Visitors per year | Country | Year reported |
National Gallery of Victoria | Melbourne | 1,580,303 | Australia | 2022[44] |
National Gallery of Australia | Canberra | 1,021,983 | 2022[45] |
Museum of New Zealand | Wellington | 863,129 | New Zealand | 2022[46] |
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art | Brisbane | 271,030 | Australia | 2020[47] |
Art Gallery of New South Wales | Sydney | 548,190 | 2020[47] |
Australian Centre for the Moving Image | Melbourne | 1,316,000 | 2016[48] |
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | Sydney | 1,206,000 | 2017[49] |
South America
South America |
Name | City | Visitors per year | Country | Year reported |
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil | Belo Horizonte | 1,474,825 | Brazil | 2023[50] |
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil | Rio de Janeiro | 1,323,034 | 2023[50] |
Museu Nacional da Republica | Brasilia | 935,168 | 2017[49] |
Instituto Tomie Othake | São Paulo | 895,769 | 2017[49] |
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo | 880,000 | 2023[51] |
Museu do Ipiranga | 655,759 | 2023[52] |
São Paulo Museum of Art | 530,235 | 2023[53] |
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | 515,000 | Argentina | 2023[54] |
See also
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