List of most-visited museums

{{Short description|none}} {{See also||List of most-visited art museums|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.

[[File:Vista exterior del Museo del Louvre.JPG|thumb|right|Musée du Louvre, Paris, France]]

[[File:62684-Beijing-Tiananmen-Square (28609003992).jpg|thumb|National Museum of China, Beijing, China]]

[[File:Musei Vaticani. Braccio Nuovo.JPG|thumb|Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome]]

[[File:British Museum from NE 2 (cropped).JPG|thumb|British Museum, London]]

== List of most-visited museums ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Name !Visitors!!City !Country |- |1 |Louvre || 9,000,000 (2025) <ref>Louvre Press Release, 6 January, 2026</ref>|| Paris | {{flag|France}} |- |National Museum of China || 6,956,800 (2024)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nb.ncha.gov.cn/museum.html?page=1&name=%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A6%86&nianfen=2024&showModel=list&order=default | title=National Museum Annual Report Information System | publisher = NCHA}}</ref> || Beijing | {{flag|China}} |- |Vatican Museums ||6,933,822 (2025)<ref>The Art Newspaper, March 2026</ref>|| Vatican City, Rome |{{flag|Vatican}} |- | Shenzhen Museum || 6,805,000 (2024)<ref>AECOM Museum Survey (2024) published August 2025</ref>|| Shenzhen |{{flag|China}} |- |National Museum of Korea|| 6,507,483 (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=국립중앙박물관, 2025년 연간 관람객 650만 명 돌파 |url=https://www.museum.go.kr/MUSEUM/contents/M0701040000.do?schM=view&catCustomType=post&catId=93&arcId=23327&cp=4&sv= |access-date=26 February 2026 |website=National Museum of Korea |language=ko}}</ref> || Seoul |{{flag|South Korea}} |- | British Museum || 6,440,120 (2025)<ref>The Art Newspaper, March 2026 </ref>|| London | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |China Science and Technology Museum || 6,421,000 (2024)<ref name=":3">TEA-AECOM Museum Survey for 2024, published August 2025</ref>|| Beijing | {{flag|China}} |- |Natural History Museum, South Kensington || 6,301,972 (2024)<ref>ALVA, April 2025</ref>|| London |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |-

|Metropolitan Museum of Art || 5,984,091 (2025)<ref>The Art Newspaper, March 2026 </ref>|| New York City |{{flag|United States}} |- |Nanjing Museum || 5,680,000 (2024)<ref>TEA-AECOM Museum Survey for 2024, published August, 2025]</ref> || Nanjing | {{flag|China}} |- |American Museum of Natural History || 5,400,000 (2024)|| New York City |{{flag|United States}} |- |Tate Modern || 4,603,025 (2024)<ref>ALVA, April 1, 2025</ref>|| London | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |Hubei Provincial Museum ||4,356,943 (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=湖北省博物馆 |url=http://nb.ncha.gov.cn/museumdetail.html?msg=efcbd149cf294a498e574494934dbd5a&nianfen=2023 |access-date=8 November 2025 |website=国博物馆年度报告信息系统 |language=zh}}</ref> |Wuhan |{{flag|China}} |- | Shanghai Museum East || 4,230,000 (2024)<ref>Conde-Naste Traveller, "The most-visited museums in Asia", 25 August 2025 </ref> || Shanghai ||{{flag|China}} |- |National Gallery of Art ||3,936,543 (2024)<ref>NGA Press Release, January 29, (2024)</ref>|| Washington, D.C. | {{flag|United States}} |- |Musée d'Orsay ||3,751,000 (including Musée de l'Orangerie) (2024)<ref>The Art Newpspaer, March 2025</ref>|| Paris||{{flag|France}} |- |National Museum of Anthropology ||3,700,000 (2024)|| Mexico City | {{flag|Mexico}} |- |State Russian Museum || 5,087,276 (2025)<ref>"The Art Newspaper", March 2026</ref>|| Saint Petersburg | {{flag|Russia}} |- |State Hermitage Museum || 3,846,375 (2025)<ref name=":2">"The Art Newspaper", March 2026</ref>||Saint Petersburg | {{flag|Russia}} |- |Victoria and Albert Museum || 3,525,700 (2024)<ref>"THe Art Newspaper", March 2025</ref> || London, South Kensington | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |Prado Museum ||3,457,057 (2024)<ref> "The Art Newspaper", March 2025)</ref> ||Madrid | {{flag|Spain}} |-

| Centre Pompidou ||3,204,369 (2024)<ref>Franceinfo Culture, 4 January 2025</ref> || Paris | {{flag|France}} |- ||National Gallery || 3,203,451 (2024)<ref>ALVA, April 1, 2025 </ref>|| London | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |-

|Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle ||3.2 million (2024)<ref>"Le Figaro", January, 2025</ref>|| Paris | {{flag|France}} |- |National Air and Space Museum{{Efn|Includes visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center.}} ||3,100,000 (2024)<ref>Smithsonian Museum Newsroom February 2025</ref>|| Washington, D.C. | {{flag|United States}} |- |Mevlana Museum || 3,048,000 (2024)<ref>Sabah daily, January 23, 2025 </ref>|| Konya | {{flag|Turkey}} |- |National Museum of Natural History || 3.0 million (2024)<ref>Smithsonian.Institution Newsroom </ref>|| Washington, D.C. | {{flag|United States}} |- |Galleria degli Uffizi|| 2,908,828 (2024)<ref> The Art Newspaper, March 2025, Marcj 2025 </ref>|| Florence | {{flag|Italy}} |-

|National Museum of Natural Science || 2,854,455 (2024)<ref>{{cite web |author1=國立自然科學博物館 |title=2024 總服務人次年報表(全) |url=https://www.nmns.edu.tw/export/sites/nmns/ch/about/.galleries/files/20250107.pdf |website=www.nmns.edu.tw |accessdate=2025-04-12 |language=zh }}</ref>|| Taichung | {{flag|Taiwan}} |- |London Science Museum || 2,827,242 (2024)<ref>ALVA survey, April 1, 2025</ref>|| London | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |Museum of Modern Art || 2,657,377 (2024)<ref>"The Art Newspaper", March 2025</ref>|| New York City | {{flag|United States}} |- |National Museum of Nature and Science |2,634,997 (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Museum of Nature and Science Profile 2025 |url=https://www.kahaku.go.jp/albums/abm.php?d=2566&f=abm00003577.pdf&n=kahaku_outline2025.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |Tokyo |{{flag|Japan}} |- |M+ ||2.61 million (2024)<ref>Conde-Naste Traveler September 17, 2025 </ref><ref>''Conde-Naste Traveler'', Oct. 13, 2025 </ref> || Hong Kong | {{flag|Hong Kong}} |- |State Tretyakov Gallery || 3,075,976 (2025)<ref>"The Art Newspaper", March 2026</ref>|| Moscow | {{flag|Russia}} |- | Rijksmuseum || 2,500,000 (2024)<ref>"The Art Newspaper",April 1 2025}</ref> || Amsterdam | {{flag|Netherlands}} |- |Tokyo National Museum |2,460,000 (2024)<ref>Conde-Naste Traveler, July 2025</ref> |Tokyo |{{flag|Japan}} |- |Art Gallery of NSW || 2,369,339 (2024)<ref>"The Art Newspaper" March 2025 name="</ref> || Sydney | {{flag|Australia}} |- |National Museum of Scotland || 2,314,974 (2024)<ref>ALVA, April 1, 2024</ref>|| Edinburgh | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- | Royal Museums Greenwich || 2,255,753 (2024)<ref name="ALVA">{{cite web |url=https://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 |title=2024 Visitor Figures |publisher=Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) |date=April 1, 2025 |access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref>|| London | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |Galleria dell'Accademia |2,189,103 (2024)<ref>Statista 2024 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034447/number-of-visitors-to-the-gallery-of-the-academy-in-florence/?srsltid=AfmBOooUwN_L2ugX0DqWcvhcla5AIoC-BtjYH6KTFs8zo6zOfAtvEV0x|access-date=05 November 2025</ref> |Florence |{{flag|Italy}} |- |Smithsonian Museum of American History |2,100,000 (2024)<ref name=":4">Smithsonian. Institution Newsroom (January 10, 2024)</ref> |Washington, D.C. |{{flag|United States}} |- |National Gallery Singapore | 2,040,481 (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/03/26/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-world-2024 |website=theartnewspaper.com |date=26 March 2025 |publisher=The Art Newspaper |access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref> || Singapore | {{flag|Singapore}} |- |21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art |1,974,773 (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa |url=https://www.kanazawa21.jp/tmpImages/videoFiles/file-62-602-file.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |Kanazawa |{{flag|Japan}} |- |National Science and Technology Museum || 1,875,372 (2023)<ref name="Taiwan">{{Cite web |title=Scenic Spots |url=https://stat.taiwan.net.tw/scenicSpot |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=Tourism Statistics Database of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau}}</ref>|| Kaohsiung | {{flag|Taiwan}} |- |National Palace Museum || 1,874,994 (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Branch of the National Palace Museum 2024 Breakdown Table for Number of Visitors |url=https://www.npm.gov.tw/NewFileAtt.ashx?lang=1&id=10056120 |website=www.npm.gov.tw |access-date=12 April 2025 }}</ref> || Taipei | {{flag|Taiwan}} |- |National Museum in Kraków || 1,859,484 (2024)<ref>The Art Newpspaer, March 2025</ref>|| Kraków | {{flag|Poland}} |- |Van Gogh Museum || 1,840,000 (2024)<ref name="Art Newspaper data">{{cite web |last1=Cheshire |first1=Lee |last2=da Silva |first2=José |title=The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling? |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/27/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-worldwho-has-recovered-and-who-is-still-struggling |website=The Art Newspaper |access-date=28 March 2023 |date=27 March 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live}}</ref>|| Amsterdam | {{flag|Netherlands}} |- |The National Art Center, Tokyo || 1,755,036<ref name="Art Newspaper data" />|| Tokyo | {{flag|Japan}} |- |California Science Center || 1,694,000 (2022)<ref name="tea-aecom">{{cite web |url=https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2022.pdf |title=TEA/AECOM 2022 Theme Index and Museum Index |date=13 June 2023 |access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref>|| Los Angeles | {{flag|United States}} |- |China National Silk Museum |1,692,697 (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=中国丝绸博物馆 |url=http://nb.ncha.gov.cn/museumdetail.html?msg=cd74281cabf042cc8b48366321ba64f4&nianfen=2023 |access-date=12 July 2025 |website=全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 |language=zh}}</ref> |Hangzhou |{{flag|China}} |- |Kunsthistorisches Museum || 1,688,509<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bmkoes.gv.at/kunst-und-kultur/kulturinstitutionen-des-bundes/bundesmuseen/besuchsstatistik-bundesmuseen-oenb-2023.html | title=Besuchsstatistik der Bundesmuseen und der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek 2023 }}</ref>|| Vienna | {{flag|Austria}} |- |Fujian Museum |1,676,973 (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=福建博物院 |url=http://nb.ncha.gov.cn/museumdetail.html?msg=82f4ba6ca5384ea7a6c5aa5718af3985&nianfen=2023 |access-date=12 July 2025 |website=全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 |language=zh}}</ref> |Fuzhou |{{flag|China}} |- |Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum |1,641,226 (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=杭州工艺美术博物馆 |url=http://nb.ncha.gov.cn/museumdetail.html?msg=79b3f431c0454464b1325a9ec8cbe823&nianfen=2023 |access-date=12 July 2025 |website=全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 |language=zh}}</ref> |Hangzhou |{{flag|China}} |- |National Gallery of Victoria|| 1,580,303<ref name="Art Newspaper data" />|| Melbourne | {{flag|Australia}} |- |National Museum in Warsaw |1,500,655 (2024)<ref>The Art Newpspaer, March 2025</ref> |Warsaw |{{flag|Poland}} |- |Louis Vuitton Foundation || 1,500,000 (2023)<ref>CLIC Museum Survey survey, January 2024</ref>|| Paris | {{flag|France}} |- |Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts || 1,461,406<ref name="Taiwan" />|| Kaohsiung | {{flag|Taiwan}} |- |Acropolis Museum ||1,451,727<ref name="Art Newspaper data" />||Athens | {{flag|Greece}} |- |Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil || 1,364,208<ref name="Art Newspaper data" />|| São Paulo | {{flag|Brazil}} |-

|Palacio de Cristal del Retiro || 1,318,823{{efn|Does not include visitors to the main Reina Sofía museum.}}<ref name="Art Newspaper data" />|| Madrid | {{flag|Spain}} |- |Guggenheim Museum Bilbao |1,301,343 (2024)<ref>"The Art Newspaper" March 2025</ref> |Bilbao |{{flag|Spain}} |- |Chinese Aviation Museum |1,292,278 (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=中国航空博物馆 |url=http://nb.ncha.gov.cn/museumdetail.html?msg=56b302f2d67b482488c499ec2505a514&nianfen=2022 |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 |language=zh |trans-website=National Museum Annual Report Information System}}</ref> |Beijing |{{flag|China}} |- |Moscow Kremlin Museum || 1,240,113 (2025)<ref>"The Art Newspaper", March 2026</ref>|| Moscow | {{flag|Russia}} |- |}

== 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.

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

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