List of most visited museums

This article lists the most visited museums in the world in 2017, as ranked by Art Newspaper Review Visitor Figures Survey (April 2018) and the Museum Index of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and engineering firm (AECOM) (May 2018). It includes notable museums with more than two million visitors. The list includes art museums, history museums, natural history museums and science museums, but does not include archeological sites or historical monuments.

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
National Museum of China, Beijing, China.
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States.
Vatican Museums, Vatican City.
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, China
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., United States
British Museum, London, United Kingdom

List

Museums by number of visitors per year
NameCountry flag, cityVisitors per yearYear reported
LouvreFrance Paris8,100,0002017[1][2][3]
National Museum of ChinaChina Beijing8,062,6252017[4][5][6][7]
National Air and Space MuseumUnited States Washington, D.C.7,000,0002017[8][9]
Metropolitan Museum of Art[i]United States New York City6,692,9092017[10][11]
Vatican MuseumsVatican City Vatican City6,427,2772017[12][13]
Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumChina Shanghai6,421,0002017[14]
National Museum of Natural HistoryUnited States Washington, D.C.6,000,0002017[8][15]
British MuseumUnited Kingdom London5,906,7162017[16][17]
Tate ModernUnited Kingdom London5,656,0042017[16][18][19]
National Gallery of ArtUnited States Washington, D.C.5,232,0002017[20][21]
National GalleryUnited Kingdom London5,229,1922017[16][22]
American Museum of Natural HistoryUnited States New York City5,000,0002017[23]
National Palace Museum[iii]Taiwan Taipei4,435,0002017[24][25]
Natural History MuseumUnited Kingdom London4,435,0002017[16][26]
State Hermitage MuseumRussia Saint Petersburg4,220,0002017[27][28]
China Science and Technology MuseumChina Beijing3,983,0002017[29]
Reina SofíaSpain Madrid3,897,0002017[30][31]
National Museum of American HistoryUnited States Washington, D.C.3,800,0002017[8][32]
Victoria and Albert MuseumUnited Kingdom London3,789,7482017[16][33]
Zhejiang MuseumChina Hangzhou3,670,0002017[34]
National Museum of KoreaSouth Korea Seoul3,476,6062017[35]
Centre PompidouFrance Paris3,371,0002017[36][37]
Gansu Provincial MuseumChina Gansu3,350,0002017[38]
Nanjing MuseumChina Nanjing3,300,0002017[39]
London Science MuseumUnited Kingdom London3,251,0002017[16][40]
Somerset HouseUnited Kingdom London3,223,3502017[41][16]
Musée d'OrsayFrance Paris3,178,0002017[42]
National September 11 MuseumUnited States New York City3,100,0002017[43]
National Art CenterJapan Tokyo2,987,0002017[44]
Museo del PradoSpain Madrid2,824,0002017[45]
Chongqing Museum of Natural HistoryChina Chongqing2,830,0002017[46]
Museum of Modern ArtUnited States New York City2,750,0002017[47]
National Folk Museum of KoreaSouth Korea Seoul2,714,0002017[48]
Shaanxi History MuseumChina Xi'an2,713,4652017[49][50]
Royal Museums GreenwichUnited Kingdom London2,607,0992017[16]
National Museum of Nature and ScienceJapan Tokyo2,600,0002017[51]
Chongqing Science and Technology MuseumChina Chongqing2,560,0002017[52][53]
China Art MuseumChina Shanghai2,550,0002017[54][55][56]
National Gallery of VictoriaAustralia Melbourne2,522,6962017[57][58]
Mevlana MuseumTurkey Konya2,500,0002017[59]
Cité des Sciences et de l'IndustrieFrance Paris2,439,0002017[60]
National Museum of African American History and CultureUnited States Washington, D.C.2,400,0002017[8][61]
National Science and Technology MuseumTaiwan Kaohsiung1,981,0002017[62]
National Museum of AnthropologyMexico Mexico City2,336,1152017[63]
Houston Museum of Natural ScienceUnited States Houston2,295,0002017[64]
Galleria degli UffiziItaly Florence2,200,0002017[65]
RijksmuseumNetherlands Amsterdam2,160,0002017[66]
National Museum of ScotlandUnited Kingdom Edinburgh2,165,6012017[16]
National Museum of HistoryMexico Mexico City2,135,4652017[63]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and MuseumPoland Oświęcim2,100,0002017[67]
Van Gogh MuseumNetherlands Amsterdam2,100,0002017[68]
Three Gorges MuseumChina Chongqing2,112,0002017[69]
Shanghai MuseumChina Shanghai2,109,2002017[70][71]
California Science CenterUnited States Los Angeles2,106,0002017[72]
Tretyakov GalleryRussia Moscow2,024,0002017[73]

See also

Notes

^i Includes visitors recorded at all three Metropolitan Museum of Art sites, such as the 505,590 visitors recorded at the Met Breuer.[74]
^ii Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.[74]
^iii Includes only the visitors recorded at the main museum in Taipei, and not the 991,666 visitors recorded at the Southern Branch.

References

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