List of most-visited museums by region explained

See also: List of most-visited museums and List of most-visited art museums. This is a list of the most visited museums in each region in 2022, based upon the annual reports of museum attendance from the Art Newspaper Review, and from official national sources. If 2022 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 annuallyCountry Year reported
National Museum of KoreaSeoul3,411,381 2022[1]
National Museum of Natural ScienceTaichung2,300,0002022[2]
M+2,034,331 2022[3]
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtSeoul1,806,641 1,806,641 2022[4]
Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumTokyo1,509,9702022[5]
The National Art Center, Tokyo1,400,0962022[6]
Tokyo National Museum1,372,1322022[7]
National Gallery SingaporeSingapore1,262,189 Singapore2022 [8]
National Museum of ChinaBeijing1,631,0002022[9]
Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumShanghai494,0002022[10]
National Palace MuseumTaipei1,040,0002022[11]
China Science and Technology MuseumBeijing1,431,0002022[12]
Zhejiang Provincial MuseumHangzhou874,0002022[13]
National Taiwan Science Education CenterTaipei1,082,0002020[14]
Shaanxi History MuseumXi'an1,000,0002020[15]
National Museum of Nature and ScienceTokyo1,350,0002022[16]
Shanghai MuseumShanghai604,0902020[17]
China Art Museum2,550,0002017[18]
Three Gorges MuseumChongqing2,112,0002017[19] [20]
National Science and Technology MuseumKaohsiung1,981,0002017
National Folk Museum of KoreaSeoul1,813,6262017

Europe

Europe - Top museums by number of visitors in 2022
NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reported
LouvreParis7,726,321 France2022[21]
Vatican MuseumsVatican City5,080,8662022
4,654,608 United Kingdom2022[22]
British Museum4,097,2532022
Tate Modern3,883,160 United Kingdom2022
Musée d'OrsayParis3,270,182 France2022
Centre Pompidou3,009,5702022
National GalleryLondon2,727,119 United Kingdom2022
State Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg2,651,6882022
Museo del PradoMadrid2,456,724 Spain2022
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon2,370,261 United Kingdom2022
2,324,5802022[23]
1,992,823 France2022
Tretyakov GalleryMoscow1,910,0002022
Galleria degli UffiziFlorence1,721,637 Italy2022
Reina SofíaMadrid1,318,823 Spain2022
RijksmuseumAmsterdam1,766,084 Netherlands2022
Galleria dell'AccademiaFlorence1,428,369 Italy2022
Van Gogh MuseumAmsterdam1,364,023 Netherlands2022

North America

North America: Top museums in 2022
NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reported
Washington, D.C.3,900,000 United States2022[24]
National Gallery of Art3,256,4332022[25]
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City3,208,8322022[26]
Museum of Modern Art2,190,4402022[27]
Smithsonian Museum of American HistoryWashington, D.C.1,800,0002022[28]
National Air and Space Museum (with Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center)2,190,4402022[29]
National Museum of African American History and Culture1,200,0002022[30]
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago1,037,1582022[31]
Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles867,3222022[32]
Getty Center989,3022022[33]
Royal Ontario MuseumToronto796,579 Canada2022[34]
National Gallery of CanadaOttawa165,854 2021-22[35]
National Museum of AnthropologyMexico City1,494,587 Mexico2022[36]
National Museum of History1,486,3792022[37]
Royal Tyrrell Museum of PalaeontologyDrumheller, Alberta501,430 Canada2022

Oceania

NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reported
National Gallery of VictoriaMelbourne1,580,303 Australia2022 [38]
National Gallery of AustraliaCanberra1,021,983 2022[39]
Museum of New Zealand863,129 New Zealand2022 [40]
Brisbane271,030 Australia2020[41]
Art Gallery of New South WalesSydney548,1902020
Australian Centre for the Moving ImageMelbourne1,316,0002016[42]
Museum of Contemporary Art AustraliaSydney1,206,0002017

South America

South America
NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reported
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilBelo Horizonte1,474,825 Brazil2023[43]
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilRio de Janeiro1,323,0342023
Museu Nacional da RepublicaBrasilia935,1682017
Instituto Tomie OthakeSão Paulo895,7692017
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo880,0002023[44]
Museu do Ipiranga655,7592023[45]
São Paulo Museum of Art530,2352023[46]
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires515,000 Argentina2023[47]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  2. TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  3. Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  4. Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  5. Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  6. Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  7. Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  8. Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023
  9. TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  10. AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  11. TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  12. TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  13. TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  14. AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020
  15. AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020
  16. TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023
  17. AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020, retrieved September 2021
  18. News: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-02-10/doc-ifyrkrva6571581.shtml . zh:去年最受观众欢迎美术馆是哪个 中华艺术宫位列第一 . zh . . 10 February 2018 . 22 March 2018.
  19. The Art Newspaper Review, April 2018
  20. 2017 AECOM-TEA Museum Index Report, published May 2018
  21. Web site: 2023-03-27 . The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling? . 2023-04-07 . The Art Newspaper - International art news and events.
  22. Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) "2022 Visitor Figures", published March 21, 2023
  23. Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) "2022 Visitor Figures", published March 21, 2023
  24. Web site: Visitor Stats . 2023-02-17 . Smithsonian Institution . en.
  25. "The Art Newspaper", March 27,2023
  26. "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  27. "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  28. Visitor Statistics, Smithsonian Institution, 17 February 2023
  29. "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  30. Visitor Statistics, Smithsonian Institution, 17 February 2023
  31. "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  32. "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  33. "The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023
  34. "Statista", "Number of visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada from 2014 to 2022", retrieved 7 April 2023
  35. "Site of the National Gallery of Canada, retrieved 9 April 2023
  36. Estadística de Visitantes, Mexican Ministry of Culture (INAH), accessed April 9, 2023
  37. Estadística de Visitantes, Mexican Ministry of Culture (INAH), accessed April 9, 2023
  38. Web site: Sharpe . Emily . da Silva . José . 2021-03-29 . Visitor Figures 2020: top 100 art museums revealed as attendance drops by 77% worldwide . 2022-03-16 . The Art Newspaper.
  39. "The Art Newspaper", March 17, 2023
  40. "The Art Newspaper", March 17, 2023
  41. Web site: Sharpe . Emily . da Silva . José . 2021-03-29 . Visitor Figures 2020: top 100 art museums revealed as attendance drops by 77% worldwide . 2022-03-16 . The Art Newspaper.
  42. Web site: Visitor Figures 2016 . The Art Newspaper Review . April 2017 . 23 March 2018.
  43. News: Cheshire . Lee . da Silva . José . The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs . 3 July 2024 . The Art Newspaper . 26 March 2024.
  44. News: Bergamo . Mônica . Pinacoteca bateu recorde de público em 2023 . 3 July 2024 . Folha de São Paulo . 3 January 2024.
  45. News: Museu do Ipiranga atinge 1 milhão de visitantes desde sua reinauguração . 3 July 2024 . Ipiranga News . 22 April 2024.
  46. News: Bergamo . Mônica . Masp registra aumento de 21% de público em 2023 . 3 July 2024 . Folha de São Paulo . 14 January 2024.
  47. Web site: El 2023 fue el año con más visitantes de la historia del museo . MALBA . 3 July 2024.

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