List of most visited art museums

This article lists the most visited art museums in the world, as listed by Art Newspaper Review Visitor Figures Survey (April 2018) and the Museum Index of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and engineering firm (AECOM). The list only includes museums found in those sources. It includes notable museums with more than one million visitors where the display of art, for the art itself, is the museum's primary purpose.

List

Art museums
N.NameCityVisitors annuallyYear reported
1
Louvre Paris8,100,0002017[1][2]
2
National Museum of China Beijing8,062,6252017[3]
3
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City7,350,0002017[4]
4
Vatican Museums  Vatican City6,427,2772017[5]
5
British Museum London5,906,7162017[6]
6
Tate Modern London5,826,9272017[7]
7
National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.5,232,2772017[8]
8
National Gallery London5,229,1922017[9][10]
9
National Palace Museum Taipei4,436,1182017[11]
10
State Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg4,200,0002017[12]
11
Reina Sofía Madrid3,880,8122017[13]
12
Victoria and Albert Museum London3,789,7482017[14]
13
National Museum of Korea Seoul3,476,6062017[15]
14
Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou) Paris3,370,0002017[16][15]
15
Somerset House London3,223,3502017[17]
16
Musée d'Orsay Paris3,177,8422017[18][15]
17
The National Art Center, Tokyo Tokyo2,986,9082017[15]
18
Museo del Prado Madrid2,824,4042017[19]
19
Museum of Modern Art New York City2,752,7192017[15]
20
Moscow Kremlin Museums Moscow2,746,4052017[15]
21
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo2,723,9552017[15]
22
National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne2,522,6962017[15]
23
National Museum of American Art Washington D.C.2,363,0902017[15]
24
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam2,255,0102017[15]
25
Galleria degli Uffizi Florence2,235,3552017[15]
26
Tokyo National Museum Tokyo2,178,8252017[15]
27
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh2,165,6012017[15]
28
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam2,160,0002017[15]
29
Shanghai Museum Shanghai2,087,5972017[15]
30
Tretyakov Gallery Moscow2,024,0002017[15]
31
National Folk Museum of Korea Seoul1,813,6262017[15]
32
Saatchi Gallery London1,809,5682017[15]
33
Tate Britain London1,777,8772017[20]
34
Galleria dell'Accademia Florence1,623,6772017[15]
35
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago1,619,3162017[15]
36
Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh1,600,7612017[15]
37
Acropolis Museum Athens1,590,4102017[15]
38
National Gallery Singapore Singapore1,544,0002017[15]
39
Getty Center [iii] Los Angeles1,451,8012017[15]
40
National Museum of Western Art Tokyo1,436,9412017[15]
41
Belvedere Vienna1,427,2252017[15]
42
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane1,425,8262017 [15]
43
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna1,424,1492017[15]
44
Grand Palais Paris1,412,0602017[21][15]
45
Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris1,402,2452017[15]
46
Royal Ontario Museum Toronto1,389,6962017[15]
47
Australian Centre for the Moving Image Melbourne1,353,1762017[15]
48
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney1,349,0002017[15]
50
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal1,323,8372017[15]
51
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao1,322,6112017[15]
52
SAAM/National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.1,310,9362017[22][15]
53
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles1,306,5532017[15]
54
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow1,304,0722017[20]
55
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Moscow1,301,8322017 [15]
56
National Museum in Krakow Krakow1,278,2102017 [15]
57
National Portrait Gallery London1,271,9202017[20]
58
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations Marseille1,255,0002017[15]
59
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Brasília1,229,4322017[15]
60
Museum of Fine Arts Boston1,226,4312017[15]
61
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul1,218,5042017[15]
62
Dalí Theatre and Museum Figueres1,207,1492017[15]
63
Musée du quai Branly Paris1,173,7122017[15]
64
Petit Palais Paris1,171,2202017[15]
65
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo Rome1,155,2442017[15]
66
Hirshhorn Museum Washington, D.C.1,131,8862017[23]
67
Royal Palace of Milan Milan1,119,6072017[15]
68
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco1,113,9842017[15]
69
Hong Kong Heritage Museum Hong Kong1,106,4192017[15]
70
De Young Museum San Francisco1,099,8542017[15]
71
Whitney Museum New York1,095,0582017[15]
72
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston1,082,2552017[15]
73
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Deoksugung1,071,6062017[15]
74
National Gallery of Ireland Dublin1,065,9292017[15]
75
Museo Soumaya Mexico City1,064,4602017[15]
76
MCA Australia Sydney1,061,3112017[15]
77
Royal Academy of Arts London1,049,9622017 [20][15]
78
Museu Picasso Barcelona1,046,1902017[15]
79
Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto1,023,4362017[15]

See also

Notes

^iii Includes the Getty Centeronly; (Does not include Getty Villa (379,214)
^iii Includes the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor
^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

References

  1. ↑ "8,1 millions de visiteurs au Louvre en 2017" (in French). Louvre. 8 January 2018.
  2. ↑ The Art Newspaper Review Visitor Figures Survey for 2017 (April, 2018)
  3. ↑ The Art Newspaper, list of top ten most visited art museums, 26 March, 2018
  4. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/arts/design/met-museum-record-attendance.html
  5. ↑ "Museums and gallery visitors figure for 2017". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Museums and galleries monthly visits". Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Museums and galleries monthly visits". Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  8. ↑ The Art Newspaper, 26 March 2018
  9. ↑ The Art Newspaper, list of top ten most visited art museums, 26 March, 2018
  10. ↑ "Museums and galleries monthly visits". Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. ↑ The Art Newspaper, list of top ten most visited art museums, 26 March, 2018
  12. ↑ The Art Newspaper, list of top ten most visited art museums, 26 March, 2018
  13. ↑ Statista- The Statistics Portal, retrieved 16 April, 2018
  14. ↑ ALVA: retrieved 16 April, 2018
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 The Art Newspaper Review, April 2018
  16. ↑ "Plus de 3,3 millions de visites au Centre Pompidou - Visiteurs - Fréquentation - 2016". 8 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  17. ↑ ALVA, retrieved 16 April 2018
  18. ↑ Le Figaro, Jan. 5, 2018
  19. ↑ Statista- The Statistics Portal: retrieved 16 April 2018
  20. 1 2 3 4 "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions". www.alva.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  21. ↑ "Plus de 3,3 millions de visites au Centre Pompidou - Visiteurs - Fréquentation - 2016". 8 January 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  22. ↑ Smithsonian News Desk, retrieved April 17, 2018
  23. ↑ Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, retrieved April 18, 2018

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