List of most-visited museums explained

This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world, per annual attendance statistics. Many museums have not reported 2023 figures as of February 2024. These museums show their 2022 attendance.

Total museum attendance in 2023 continued to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, although attendance for most museums remained lower than before 2020. Among the top 100 art museums in 2022, total attendance was 141 million visitors, double the number in 2021 and three times the number for 2020, but still well below the 2019 figure of 230 million visitors.^[1]

Most-visited museums in 2023 and 2022

Name	Visitors in 2023 or 2022	City	Country
	8,900,000 (2023)^[2]	Paris	France
	6,800,000 (2023)^[3]
	5,820,860 (2023)^[4]	London	United Kingdom
	5,688,608 (2023)^[5]	London	United Kingdom
	5,400,000 (2023)^[6]	New York City	United States
	5.2 million (including Musée de l'Orangerie) (2023)^[7]	Paris	France
	4,742,038 (2023)^[8]	London	United Kingdom
	4,400,000 (2023)^[9]	Washington, D.C.	United States
National Museum of Korea	4.18 million (2023)^[10]	Seoul
	3.8 million (2023)^[11]	Paris	France
	3,100,000 (2023)^[12]	Washington, D.C.	United States
	Paris	France	2,611,000 (2023)^[13]
	3,209,285 (2023)^[14]		Spain
	3,273,753 (2023)^[15]	Saint Petersburg
	3,096,508 (2023)^[16])	London	United Kingdom
	3,110,000 (2023)^[17]	London	United Kingdom
Galleria degli Uffizi	2,717,857 (2023)^[18]	Florence
	2,839,509 (2023)^[19]	New York City	United States
	2,636,352 (2023)	Mexico City	Mexico
	2,456,825 (2023)	Mexico City	Mexico
	2,100,000 (2023)^[20]	Washington, D.C.	United States
	1,324,000 (2023)^[21]		Bilbao	Spain
	3,359,700 (2022)^[22]	Guangzhou	China
	3,352,505 (2022)^[23]	Konya	Turkey
	2,900,000 (2023)^[24]	Saint Petersburg
	2,582,444^[25]	Keelung
	2,334,930^[26]	London	United Kingdom
	2,300,000^[27]	Beijing	China
	2,299,808	Taichung
Topography of Terror	2,100,000^[28]	Berlin	Germany
			Hong Kong
	2,025,800^[29]	Dongguan	China
	1,992,823^[30]	Paris	France
	1,973,751	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
	1,910,000	Moscow
	1,878,504	Taipei
	1,875,372	Kaohsiung
	1,806,641	Seoul
	1,766,084	Amsterdam	Netherlands
	1,694,000^[31]	Los Angeles	United States
	1,630,911^[32]	Beijing	China
	1,628,580	London	United Kingdom
	1,610,000^[33]	Nanjing	China
	1,581,263^[34]	Hangzhou	China
National Gallery of Victoria	1,580,303	Melbourne	Australia
	1,538,143^[35]	Chengdu	China
	1,520,000	Houston	United States
	1,509,970	Tokyo	Japan
	1,508,229^[36]	Changzhou	China
	1,500,000	Berlin	Germany
	1,461,406	Kaohsiung
	1,451,727	Athens	Greece
	1,431,189^[37]	Beijing	China
	1,428,369	Florence	Italy
	1,417,412^[38]	Suzhou	China
	1,404,735^[39]	Chengdu	China
	1,403,179^[40]	Shanghai	China
	1,400,096	Tokyo	Japan
	1,500,000 (2023)^[41]	Paris	France
	1,372,132	Tokyo	Japan
	1,365,425	Kraków	Poland
	1,364,208	São Paulo	Brazil
	1,364,023	Amsterdam	Netherlands
	1,350,000	Tokyo	Japan
	1,345,617	Vienna	Austria
	1,320,752^[42]	Tianjin	China
	1,318,823	Madrid	Spain
	1,300,000 (2023)	Marseille	France
	1,277,230	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
			Singapore
	1,253,183	Madrid	Spain

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 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

• List of most-visited art museums
• List of most-visited museums by region
• List of largest art museums
• List of most visited palaces and monuments
• List of most visited museums in the Netherlands
• List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom
• List of most-visited museums in the United States
• List of most-visited museums in France

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cheshire . Lee . da Silva . José . The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling? . . 28 March 2023 . 27 March 2023 . 28 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328204505/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/27/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-worldwho-has-recovered-and-who-is-still-struggling . live.
2. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/arts-expos/en-2023-le-louvre-a-retrouve-une-frequentation-pre-covid-avec-pres-de-9-millions-de-visiteurs_6280212.html
3. New York Times, March 2023
4. ALVA, March 2024
5. ALVA, March 25,2024
6. "New York Times", March 12, 2024
7. "Le Figaro", January 6, (2024)
8. ALVA, March 2024
9. Smithsonian. Institution Newsroom (January 10, 2024)
10. Club Innovation-Culture, 20 January 2024
11. "Le Figaro", January 1, (2024)
12. Smithsonian Museum Newsroom February 2024
13. Franceinfo Culture, 4 January 2024
14. Club Innovation-Culture, 20 January 2024
15. "The Art Newspaper", March 28,2024
16. ALVA, March 2024
17. "The Art Newspaper", March 28,2024
18. "The Art Newspaper", March 26,2024
19. "The Art Newspaper", March 26,2024
20. Smithsonian. Institution Newsroom (January 10, 2024)
21. Club-Innovation-Culture, January 2024
22. Web site: 广东省博物馆 (广州鲁迅纪念馆) . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
23. News: Mevlana Museum takes first place with over 3 million visitors . The Konya News . 30 May 2023.
24. "The Art Newspaper", March 28,2024
25. Web site: Scenic Spots . 30 May 2023 . Tourism Statistics Database of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau.
26. Web site: 2022 Visitor Figures . Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) . 21 March 2023 . 30 May 2023.
27. Web site: 中国航空博物馆 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
28. Web site: Das sind Berlins meistbesuchte Museen: Kennen Sie alle? . Schulze . Nicole . . de . 13 May 2023 . 14 July 2023.
29. Web site: 鸦片战争博物馆 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
30. Web site: 2023-01-05 . La fréquentation des musées parisiens en nette hausse en 2022, un retour à la normale d'avant pandémie se profile . 2023-01-07 . franceinfo . fr-FR.
31. Web site: TEA/AECOM 2022 Theme Index and Museum Index . 13 June 2023 . 14 July 2023.
32. Web site: 中国国家博物馆 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
33. Web site: 南京博物院 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
34. Web site: 浙江自然博物院 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
35. Web site: 四川省建川博物馆 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
36. Web site: 常州博物馆 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
37. Web site: 中国科学技术馆 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
38. Web site: 苏州博物馆 (苏州民俗博物馆) . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
39. Web site: 成都博物馆 (成都中国皮影博物馆) . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
40. Web site: 上海科技馆 . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.
41. CLIC Museum Survey survey, January 2024
42. Web site: 天津自然博物馆 (北疆博物院) . zh . 30 May 2023 . 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 . National Museum Annual Report Information System.