List of most-visited museums

See also: List of most-visited art museums and List of most-visited museums by region

This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world in 2024. Primary sources include annual attendance statistics in the "Art Newspaper" (March 2025}! the TEA Museum Index for 2024, published August 2025, the annual report of the National Cultural Heritage Administration of the Chinese Government, the Smithsonian News Desk in the United States, the annual report of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions in the United Kingdom, and museum websites.


List of most-visited museums

Name Visitors City Country
Louvre 8,700,000 (2024)[1] Paris France
National Museum of China 6,956,800 (2024)[2] Beijing China
Vatican Museums 6,825,436 (2024)[3] Vatican City, Rome Vatican
Shenzhen Museum 6,805,000 (2024)[4] Shenzhen China
British Museum 6,479,952 (2024)[5] London United Kingdom
China Science and Technology Museum 6,421,000 (2024)[6] Beijing China
Natural History Museum, South Kensington 6,301,972 (2024)[7] London United Kingdom
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5,727,258 (2024)[8] New York City United States
Nanjing Museum 5,680,000 (2024)[9] Nanjing China
American Museum of Natural History 5,400,000 (2024) New York City United States
Tate Modern 4,603,025 (2024)[10] London United Kingdom
Hubei Provincial Museum 4,356,943 (2024)[11] Wuhan China
Shanghai Museum East 4,230,000 (2024)[12] Shanghai China
National Gallery of Art 3,936,543 (2024)[13] Washington, D.C. United States
National Museum of Korea 3.78 million (2024)[14] Seoul South Korea
Musée d'Orsay 3,751,000 (including Musée de l'Orangerie) (2024)[15] Paris France
National Museum of Anthropology 3,700,000 (2024) Mexico City Mexico
State Russian Museum 3,611,899 (2024)[16] Saint Petersburg Russia
State Hermitage Museum 3,563,590 (2024)[17] Saint Petersburg Russia
Victoria and Albert Museum 3,525,700 (2024)[18] London, South Kensington United Kingdom
Prado Museum 3,457,057 (2024)[19] Madrid Spain
Centre Pompidou 3,204,369 (2024)[20] Paris France
National Gallery 3,203,451 (2024)[21] London United Kingdom
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle 3.2 million (2024)[22] Paris France
National Air and Space Museum[a] 3,100,000 (2024)[23] Washington, D.C. United States
Mevlana Museum 3,048,000 (2024)[24] Konya Turkey
National Museum of Natural History 3.0 million (2024)[25] Washington, D.C. United States
Galleria degli Uffizi 2,908,828 (2024)[26] Florence Italy
National Museum of Natural Science 2,854,455 (2024)[27] Taichung Taiwan
London Science Museum 2,827,242 (2024)[28] London United Kingdom
Museum of Modern Art 2,657,377 (2024)[29] New York City United States
National Museum of Nature and Science 2,634,997 (2024)[30] Tokyo Japan
M+ 2.61 million (2024)[31][32] Hong Kong Hong Kong
State Tretyakov Gallery 2,524,450 (2024)[33] Moscow Russia
Rijksmuseum 2,500,000 (2024)[34] Amsterdam Netherlands
Tokyo National Museum 2,460,000 (2024)[35] Tokyo Japan
Art Gallery of NSW 2,369,339 (2024)[36] Sydney Australia
National Museum of Scotland 2,314,974 (2024)[37] Edinburgh United Kingdom
Royal Museums Greenwich 2,255,753 (2024)[38] London United Kingdom
Galleria dell'Accademia 2,189,103 (2024)[39] Florence Italy
Smithsonian Museum of American History 2,100,000 (2024)[40] Washington, D.C. United States
National Science and Technology Museum 1,875,372 (2023)[41] Kaohsiung Taiwan
National Palace Museum 1,874,994 (2024)[42] Taipei Taiwan
Van Gogh Museum 1,840,000 (2024)[43] Amsterdam Netherlands
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 1,301,343 (2024)[44] Bilbao Spain
Moscow Kremlin Museum 1,214,851 (2024)[45] Moscow Russia
National Gallery Singapore 2,040,481 (2024)[46] Singapore Singapore
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art 1,974,773 (2023)[47] Kanazawa Japan
California Science Center 1,694,000 (2022)[48] Los Angeles United States
China National Silk Museum 1,692,697 (2023)[49] Hangzhou China
Kunsthistorisches Museum 1,688,509[50] Vienna Austria
Fujian Museum 1,676,973 (2023)[51] Fuzhou China
Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum 1,641,226 (2023)[52] Hangzhou China
National Museum in Kraków 1,600,000[53] Kraków Poland
National Gallery of Victoria 1,580,303[43] Melbourne Australia
Louis Vuitton Foundation 1,500,000 (2023)[54] Paris France
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts 1,461,406[41] Kaohsiung Taiwan
Acropolis Museum 1,451,727[43] Athens Greece
The National Art Center, Tokyo 1,755,036[43] Tokyo Japan
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil 1,364,208[43] São Paulo Brazil
Palacio de Cristal del Retiro 1,318,823[b][43] Madrid Spain
Chinese Aviation Museum 1,292,278 (2023)[55] Beijing China

Criteria

This list includes art museums, cultural museums, history museums, natural history museums, and science museums with an attendance of over 1,250,000 people in 2022, but does not include archaeological sites, historical monuments, or most palace museums.

For example, the Palace Museum in Beijing (17,000,000 visitors in 2024) is not included, nor the Chengdu-Wuhou Mausoleum Site (14,500,570) and Emperor Quin-shi-Huang Mausoleum in Xian (11,610,000 visitors in 2024) nor are the Forbidden City, Kremlin, and Palace of Versailles are not included, though the Louvre and Hermitage are included.

Due to differences in reporting across regions, there is some variation in the time periods for which figures are reported. Figures for North America and continental Europe are generally calendar-year figures, while most figures for Britain and the Asia-Pacific are fiscal year figures, from April through March.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center.
  2. ^ Does not include visitors to the main Reina Sofía museum.

References

  1. ^ Louvre Press Release, 6 January, 2025
  2. ^ "National Museum Annual Report Information System". NCHA.
  3. ^ THe Art Newspaper, March 2025
  4. ^ AECOM Museum Survey (2024) published August 2025
  5. ^ ALVA, March 2025,
  6. ^ TEA-AECOM Museum Survey for 2024, published August 2025
  7. ^ ALVA, April 2025
  8. ^ The Art Newspaper, April 2025
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  12. ^ Conde-Naste Traveller, "The most-visited museums in Asia", 25 August 2025
  13. ^ NGA Press Release, January 29, (2024)
  14. ^ "Conde-Naste Traveller",25 August 2025
  15. ^ The Art Newpspaer, March 2025
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  20. ^ Franceinfo Culture, 4 January 2025
  21. ^ ALVA, April 1, 2025
  22. ^ "Le Figaro", January, 2025
  23. ^ Smithsonian Museum Newsroom February 2025
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  32. ^ Conde-Naste Traveler, Oct. 13, 2025
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