This article lists the most visited art museums in the world (significant museums where art is the major focus; i.e., some museums that contain art are not included such as the Natural History Museum) based on an attendance survey for 2014 compiled by The Art Newspaper.[1] Many of the most visited art museums also feature on the overall list of the most visited museums in the world.
Most visited art museums in the world
Art Museums |
Name |
City |
Country |
Visitors annually |
Year reported |
Palace Museum |
Beijing |
China |
14,000,000 |
2014[2] |
Louvre |
Paris |
France |
9,260,000 |
2014[1] |
British Museum |
London |
United Kingdom |
6,695,213 |
2014[1] |
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York City |
United States |
6,226,727 |
2013[3] |
National Gallery |
London |
United Kingdom |
6,031,574 |
2013[3] |
Vatican Museums |
Vatican City (Rome) |
Vatican City |
5,978,804 |
2013[3] |
Tate Modern |
London |
United Kingdom |
4,884,939 |
2013[3] |
National Palace Museum |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
4,500,278 |
2013[3] |
National Gallery of Art |
Washington, D.C. |
United States |
4,093,070 |
2013[3] |
Musée National d'Art Moderne |
Paris |
France |
3,745,000 |
2013[3] |
Musée d'Orsay |
Paris |
France |
3,500,000 |
2013[3] |
Victoria and Albert Museum |
London |
United Kingdom |
3,290,500 |
2013[3] |
Reina Sofía |
Madrid |
Spain |
3,185,413 |
2013[3] |
Museum of Modern Art |
New York City |
United States |
3,066,337 |
2013[3] |
National Museum of Korea |
Seoul |
South Korea |
3,052,823 |
2013[3] |
State Hermitage Museum |
St. Petersburg |
Russia |
2,898,562 |
2013[3] |
National Folk Museum of Korea |
Seoul |
South Korea |
2,705,814 |
2013[3] |
Somerset House |
London |
United Kingdom |
2,398,066 |
2013[3] |
Museo del Prado |
Madrid |
Spain |
2,306,966 |
2013[3] |
Rijksmuseum |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
2,450,000 |
2014[1] |
The National Art Center |
Tokyo |
Japan |
2,039,947 |
2013[3] |
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
2,034,397 |
2013[3] |
National Portrait Gallery |
London |
United Kingdom |
2,014,636 |
2013[3] |
Shanghai Museum |
Shanghai |
China |
1,946,420 |
2013[3] |
National Gallery of Victoria[i] |
Melbourne |
Australia |
1,940,921 |
2013[3] |
Galleria degli Uffizi |
Florence |
Italy |
1,870,708 |
2013[3] |
MuCEM |
Marseille |
France |
1,824,000 |
2013[3] |
National Museum of Scotland |
Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
1,768,090 |
2013[3] |
Moscow Kremlin |
Moscow |
Russia |
1,758,460 |
2013[3] |
J. Paul Getty Museum[ii] |
Los Angeles |
United States |
1,728,815 |
2013[3] |
FAMSF[iii] |
San Francisco |
United States |
1,690,078 |
2013[3] |
Van Gogh Museum |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
1,608,849 |
2014[1] |
Art Institute of Chicago |
Chicago |
United States |
1,539,716 |
2013[3] |
Saatchi Gallery |
London |
United Kingdom |
1,505,608 |
2013[3] |
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil |
Brasilia |
Brazil |
1,468,818 |
2013[3] |
National Galleries of Scotland[iv] |
Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
1,460,324 |
2013[3] |
Grand Palais |
Paris |
France |
1,422,013 |
2013[3] |
Tokyo National Museum |
Tokyo |
Japan |
1,403,909 |
2013[3] |
Tate Britain |
London |
United Kingdom |
1,378,272 |
2013[3] |
Tretyakov Gallery |
Moscow |
Russia |
1,360,000 |
2013[3] |
Dalí Theatre and Museum |
Figueres |
Spain |
1,333,430 |
2013[3] |
Musée du quai Branly |
Paris |
France |
1,307,326 |
2013[3] |
Doge's Palace |
Venice |
Italy |
1,307,230 |
2013[3] |
Canadian Museum of History |
Gatineau |
Canada |
1,300,000 |
2015[4] |
Gyeongju National Museum |
Gyeongju |
South Korea |
1,276,165 |
2013[3] |
Australian Centre for the Moving Image |
Melbourne |
Australia |
1,260,577 |
2013[3] |
Pergamon Museum |
Berlin |
Germany |
1,260,000 |
2013[3] |
Galleria dell'Accademia |
Florence |
Italy |
1,257,241 |
2013[3] |
Queensland Art Gallery/GoMA[v] |
Brisbane |
Australia |
1,224,964 |
2013[3] |
Mori Art Museum |
Tokyo |
Japan |
1,223,198 |
2013[3] |
LACMA |
Los Angeles |
United States |
1,202,654 |
2013[3] |
SAAM/Renwick Gallery |
Washington, D.C. |
United States |
1,200,000 |
2013[3] |
Guggenheim Museum |
New York City |
United States |
1,199,123 |
2013[3] |
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern |
Valencia |
Spain |
1,163,419 |
2013[3] |
Art Gallery of New South Wales |
Sydney |
Australia |
1,162,792 |
2013[3] |
National Museum of Western Art |
Tokyo |
Japan |
1,155,975 |
2013[3] |
Museum of Fine Arts |
Boston |
United States |
1,134,289 |
2013[3] |
Museo Soumaya |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
1,095,000 |
2013[3] |
Acropolis Museum |
Athens |
Greece |
1,091,143 |
2013[3] |
National Portrait Gallery |
Washington, D.C. |
United States |
1,083,815 |
2013[3] |
National Art Museum of China |
Beijing |
China |
1,050,000 |
2013[3] |
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
1,044,067 |
2013[3] |
Royal Academy of Arts |
London |
United Kingdom |
1,018,378 |
2013[3] |
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
Montreal |
Canada |
1,015,022 |
2013[3] |
Museum of Liverpool |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
1,015,022 |
2013[3] |
Israel Museum |
Jerusalem |
Israel |
966,502 |
2013[3] |
Belvedere |
Vienna |
Austria |
957,802 |
2013[3] |
Royal Ontario Museum |
Toronto |
Canada |
956,498 |
2013[3] |
Serpentine Galleries |
London |
United Kingdom |
945,161 |
2013[3] |
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum |
Madrid |
Spain |
944,827 |
2013[3] |
Neues Museum |
Berlin |
Germany |
940,000 |
2013[3] |
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
931,639 |
2013 [3] |
Guggenheim Museum |
Bilbao |
Spain |
931,015 |
2013 [3] |
Museu Picasso |
Barcelona |
Spain |
911,342 |
2013[3] |
Musée de l'Orangerie |
Paris |
France |
900,000 |
2013[3] |
MCA Australia |
Sydney |
Australia |
894,876 |
2013[3] |
CaixaForum Barcelona |
Barcelona |
Spain |
892,806 |
2013[3] |
Art Gallery of Ontario |
Toronto |
Canada |
852,904 |
2013[3] |
Museum of Fine Arts |
Houston |
United States |
850,395 |
2013[3] |
Melbourne Museum |
Melbourne |
Australia |
850,194 |
2013[3] |
Merseyside Maritime Museum |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
845,709 |
2013[3] |
Louvre-Lens |
Lens |
France |
824,898 |
2013[3] |
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum |
Aarhus |
Denmark |
816,468 |
2015[5] |
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
811,000 |
2014[1] |
Royal Palace of Milan |
Milan |
Italy |
806,677 |
2013[3] |
CaixaForum Madrid |
Madrid |
Spain |
790,732 |
2013[3] |
Kunsthistorisches Museum |
Vienna |
Austria |
778,853 |
2013[3] |
National Gallery of Australia |
Canberra |
Australia |
770,243 |
2013[3] |
Minneapolis Institute of Art |
Minneapolis |
United States |
752,444 |
2015[6] |
Ashmolean Museum |
Oxford |
United Kingdom |
747,874 |
2013[3] |
Palais de Tokyo |
Paris |
France |
723,259 |
2013[3] |
World Museum Liverpool |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
716,579 |
2013[3] |
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris |
Paris |
France |
700,088 |
2013[3] |
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art |
Beijing |
China |
700,000 |
2013[3] |
Seattle Art Museum[vi] |
Seattle |
United States |
689,582 |
2013[3] |
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium |
Brussels |
Belgium |
662,389 |
2013 [3] |
Huntington Library |
San Marino (Los Angeles County ) |
United States |
660,640 |
2013 [3] |
Art Gallery of South Australia |
Adelaide |
Australia |
660,358 |
2013[3] |
National Portrait Gallery |
Canberra |
Australia |
652,759 |
2013[3] |
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art |
Humlebæk |
Denmark |
647,857 |
2014[7] |
Hirshhorn Museum |
Washington, D.C. |
United States |
645,343 |
2013[3] |
MACBA |
Barcelona |
Spain |
643,274 |
2013[3] |
National Gallery of Ireland |
Dublin |
Ireland |
641,572 |
2013[3] |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Philadelphia |
United States |
639,810 |
2013[3] |
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya |
Barcelona |
Spain |
635,917 |
2013[3] |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
Tel Aviv |
Israel |
630,000 |
2013[3] |
Detroit Institute of Arts |
Detroit |
United States |
630,000 |
2014[8] |
İstanbul Modern |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
628,000 |
2013[3] |
Freer and Sackler Galleries |
Washington, D.C. |
United States |
613,000 |
2013[3] |
Notes
^i NGV International: 1,306,852; Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia: 634,069
^ii Getty Center: 1,356,381; Getty Villa: 372,434)
^iii M. H. de Young Memorial Museum: 1,304,339; California Palace of the Legion of Honor: 385,739)
^iv Scottish National Gallery: 933,296; Scottish National Portrait Gallery: 261,937; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: 265,091
^v Queensland Art Gallery: 597,157; Queensland Gallery of Modern Art: 627,807
^vi includes the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Visitor Figures 2014: The grand totals: exhibition and museum attendance numbers worldwide, The Art Newspaper, International Edition, April 2015.
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- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 3.41 3.42 3.43 3.44 3.45 3.46 3.47 3.48 3.49 3.50 3.51 3.52 3.53 3.54 3.55 3.56 3.57 3.58 3.59 3.60 3.61 3.62 3.63 3.64 3.65 3.66 3.67 3.68 3.69 3.70 3.71 3.72 3.73 3.74 3.75 3.76 3.77 3.78 3.79 3.80 3.81 3.82 3.83 3.84 3.85 3.86 3.87 3.88 3.89 3.90 3.91 3.92 3.93 3.94 3.95 3.96 3.97 Visitor Figures 2013: Museum and exhibition attendance numbers compiled and analysed, The Art Newspaper, International Edition, April 2014.
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- ↑ Detroit Institute of Arts - Just the Facts. Retrieved June 26, 2015.