Rank in 2023 | Museum | Country and city | Visitors annually | Image |
(1) | Louvre | Paris | 8,860,000 (2023)[3]
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(2) | Vatican Museums | Vatican City (Rome) | 6,764,858 (2023)[4] |
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(3) | British Museum | London | 5,820,860 (2023) (up 42 percent from 2022)[5][6] |
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(4) | Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City | 5,364,000 (2023)[7] |
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(5) | Tate Modern | London | 4,742,038 (2023)[6] | |
(6) | National Museum of Korea | Seoul | 4,180,285 (2023)[8] |
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(7) | Musée d'Orsay | Paris | 3,871,498 (2023) [9] |
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(8) | National Gallery of Art | Washington, D.C. | 3,829,812 (2023)[10] |
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(9) | Museo del Prado | Madrid | 3,337,550 (2023)[8] |
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(10) | State Hermitage Museum | Saint Petersburg | 3,273,753 (2023)[11]
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(11) | Victoria and Albert Museum | London | 3,110,000 (2023) (up 28 percent from 2022)[12][5][6] | |
(12) | National Gallery | London | 3,096,508 (2023) (up 14 percent from 2022)[13] |
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(13) | State Russian Museum | Saint Petersburg | 2,900,000 (2023)[11] |
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(14) | Museum of Modern Art | New York City | 2,839,509 (2023)[11]
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(15) | M+ | Hong Kong | 2,797,616 (2023)[11] | |
(16) | Somerset House | London | 2,727,677 (2023) (up 28 percent from 2022)[5][6] |
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(17) | Uffizi Gallery | Florence | 2,717,857 (2023), figure does not include visitors to the Palazzo Pitti or Boboli Gardens (up 129 percent from 2021)[5][14] | |
(18) | Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | 2,702,824 (2023)[11] |
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(19) | Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou) | Paris | 2,621,696 (2023)
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(20) | Wawel Castle | Kraków | 2,561,000 (2023)[11] | |
(21) | The National Art Center, Tokyo | Tokyo | 2,250,758 (2023)[11] | |
(22) |
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art |
Kanazawa |
2,230,939 (2023)[11] |
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(23) | National Museum of Scotland | Edinburgh | 2,186,841 (2023) (up 56 percent from 2022)[17][5] | |
(24) | Tretyakov Gallery | Moscow | 2,100,000 (2023)[11] |
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(25) | Royal Castle, Warsaw | Warsaw | 2,023,642 (2023)[11] | |
(26) | National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul branch) | Seoul | 2,021,771 (2023)[11] | |
(27) | Galleria dell'Accademia | Florence | 2,013,974 (2023)[11] | |
(28) | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Sydney | 1,945,810 (2023)[11] | |
(29) | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum | Tokyo | 1,924,456 (2023)[11] |
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(30) | Acropolis Museum | Athens | 1,904,456 (2023)[11] | |
(31) | Scottish National Gallery | Edinburgh | 1,836,057 (2023)[11] | |
(32) | NGV International (National Gallery of Victoria) | Melbourne | 1,800,124 (2023)[11], figure does not include visitors to the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia | |
(33) | National Gallery Singapore | Singapore | 1,723,916 (2023)[11] | |
(34) | Humboldt Forum | Berlin | 1,700,000 (2023)[11] | |
(35) | Kunsthistorisches Museum | Vienna | 1,688,509 (2023)[11] | |
(36) | Van Gogh Museum | Amsterdam | 1,686,766 (2023)[11] | |
(37) | National Museum in Kraków | Kraków | 1,650,792 (2023)[11] | |
(38) | National Museum of African-American History and Culture (Smithsonian Institution) | Washington, D.C. | 1,600,000 (2023)[11] | |
(39) | Louis Vuitton Foundation | Paris | 1,550,000 (2023)[11]
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(40) | Museo Reina Sofía | Madrid | 1,514,854 (2023)[11] |
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(41) | Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil | Belo Horizonte | 1,474,825 (2023)[11] | |
(42) | Musée du quai Branly | Paris | 1,410,000 million (2023)[18] | |
(43) | Gyeongju National Museum | Gyeongju | 1,340,032 million (2023)[11] | |
(44) | Upper Belvedere | Vienna | 1,339,660 million (2023)[11] | |
(45) | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | Bilbao | 1,324,221 million (2023)[19] | |
(46) |
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil |
Rio de Janeiro |
1,323,034 million (2023)[19] |
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(47) | Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | 1,322,195 million (2023)[20] | |
(48) | Doge's Palace | Venice | 1,301,619 million (2023)[11] | |
(49) | Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) | Marseille | 1,300,000 (2023) [21] | |
(50) | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | Glasgow | 1,283,882 (2023)[11] | |
(51) | Hong Kong Palace Museum | Hong Kong | 1,260,000 (2023)[11] | |
(52) |
Hong Kong Museum of Art |
Hong Kong |
1,257,411 million (2023)[11] |
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(53) | Getty Center | Los Angeles | 1,251,134 million (2023)[11] | |
(54) | Louvre Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | 1,247,076 million (2023)[11] | |
(55) | National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design | Oslo | 1,246,000 million (2023)[11] | |
(56) | Musée de l'Orangerie | Paris | 1,239,539 million (2023)[22] | |
(57) | Petit Palais | Paris | 1,187,637 million (2023)[23] | |
(58) | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | Wellington | 1,181,637 million (2023)[11] | |
(59) | Donald W. Reynolds Center (contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum) | Washington D.C. | 1,166,129 million (2023)[11] | |
(60) |
National Portrait Gallery |
London |
1,164,018 (2023)[11] |
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(61) |
Serralves |
Porto |
1,147,761 (2023)[11] |
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(62) | Tate Britain | London | 1,091,218 (2023)[11] | |
(63) | Royal Ontario Museum | Toronto | 1,091,120 (2023)[11] |
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(64) | Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens | San Marino, California | 1,090,475 (2023)[11] | |
(65) | Museo Egizio | Turin | 1,061,157 (2023)[11] | |
(66) | Museu Picasso | Barcelona | 1,047,094 (2023)[11] |
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(67) | Moscow Kremlin Museums | Moscow | 1,024,610 (2023)[11] | |
(68) | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum | Madrid | 1,017,684 (2023)[11] |
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(69) | National Gallery of Ireland | Dublin | 1,017,636 (2023)[11] | |
(70) | De Young Museum | San Francisco | 999,645 (2023)[11] | |
(71) | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Houston | 999,514 (2023)[11] | |
(72) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston | 952,290 (2023)[11] | |
(73) | Albertina | Vienna | 943,974 (2023)[11] | |
(74) |
Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris |
Paris |
927,023 (2023)[11] |
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(75) | Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Tel Aviv | 906,350 (2023)[11] | |
(76) | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles | 902,237 (2023)[11] | |
(77) | Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | 900,277 (2023)[11] | |
(78) |
Royal Palace of Milan |
Milan |
896,681 (2023)[11] |
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(79) | The Broad | Los Angeles | 895,949 (2023)[11] | |
(80) |
National Museum of Moder Art (MOMAT) |
Tokyo |
883,596 (2023)[11] |
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(81) | Palazzo Pitti | Florence | 883,568 (2023)[11] | |
(82) | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | New York City | 861,374 (2023)[11] | |
(83) | Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | Sydney | 859,386 (2023)[11] | |
(84) |
Art Gallery of Ontario |
Toronto |
846,835 (2023)[11] |
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(85) | Imperial War Museum | London | 841,575 (2023)[11] | |
(86) | Museum of Fine Arts | Budapest | 821,491 (2023)[11] | |
(87) |
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
Bentonville |
784,971 (2023)[11] |
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(88) | Museo Picasso Málaga | Málaga | 779,279 (2023)[11] |
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(89) | Whitney Museum | New York City | 768,000 (2023)[11] | |
(90) | Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park | Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan | 760,667 (2023)[11] | |
(91) | Fondation Monet in Giverny | Giverny | 750,000 (2023)[11] | |
(92) |
The Ian Potter Museum of Art |
Melbourne |
732,114 (2023)[11] |
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(93) |
Dalí Theatre-Museum |
Figueres |
726,199 (2023)[11] |
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(94) | National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon branch) | Gwacheon | 726,065 (2023)[11] | |
(95) |
Hong Kong Heritage Museum |
Hong Kong |
724,011 (2023)[11] |
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(96) |
Faberge Museum |
St Petersburg |
709,982 (2023)[11] |
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(97) | Royal Academy of Arts | London | 709,961 (2023)[11] | |
(98) | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art | Humlebæk | 702,426 (2023)[11] | |
(99) |
National Museum of the American Indian |
Washington D.C. |
701,021 (2023)[11] |
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(100) |
Cleveland Museum of Art |
Cleveland |
685,336 (2023)[11] |
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