List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom
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This article lists the most visited museums in the United Kingdom (including art galleries). The list of 40 is based on the 2012 attendance numbers of the members of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions unless otherwise noted.[1]
Rank | Museum | Location | Country | Visitor Count |
---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
British Museum | London | England | 5,575,946 |
2
|
Tate Modern | London | England | 5,318,688 |
3
|
National Gallery | London | England | 5,163,902 |
4
|
Natural History Museum | London | England | 5,021,762 |
5
|
Victoria and Albert Museum | London | England | 3,231,700 |
6
|
Science Museum | London | England | 2,989,000 |
7
|
National Portrait Gallery | London | England | 2,096,858 |
8
|
National Museum of Scotland | Edinburgh | Scotland | 1,893,521 |
9
|
Tate Britain | London | England | 1,534,781 |
10
|
Saatchi Gallery[2] | London | England | 1,413,605 |
11
|
Royal Academy of Arts | London | England | 1,200,000 |
12
|
National Maritime Museum | London | England | 1,128,944 |
13
|
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum | Glasgow | Scotland | 1,037,594 |
14
|
Museum of Liverpool | Liverpool | England | 1,011,056 |
15
|
Riverside Museum | Glasgow | Scotland | 1,008,092 |
16
|
Scottish National Gallery | Edinburgh | Scotland | 961,311 |
17
|
Imperial War Museum | London | England | 957,952 |
18
|
Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | England | 846,180 |
19
|
Merseyside Maritime Museum | Liverpool | England | 845,709 |
20
|
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery[2] | Birmingham | England | 764,341 |
21
|
World Museum Liverpool | Liverpool | England | 716,579 |
22
|
National Railway Museum | York | England | 716,000 |
23
|
Museum of Science and Industry | Manchester | England | 682,000 |
24
|
Royal Observatory, Greenwich | London | England | 628,982 |
25
|
Tate Liverpool | Liverpool | England | 620,124 |
26
|
St Fagans National History Museum[3] | Cardiff | Wales | 600,735 |
27
|
Gallery of Modern Art | Glasgow | Scotland | 595,977 |
28
|
Oxford University Museum of Natural History | Oxford | England | 548,672 |
29
|
National Media Museum | Bradford | England | 504,000 |
30
|
National War Museum | Edinburgh | Scotland | 492,743 |
31
|
National Museum Cardiff[3] | Cardiff | Wales | 447,399 |
32
|
International Slavery Museum | Liverpool | England | 444,070 |
33
|
V&A Museum of Childhood | London | England | 427,200 |
34
|
Imperial War Museum Duxford | Duxford | England | 375,323 |
35
|
Pitt Rivers Museum | Oxford | England | 372,542 |
36
|
Churchill War Rooms | London | England | 343,690 |
37
|
Walker Art Gallery | Liverpool | England | 337,799 |
38
|
Imperial War Museum North | Manchester | England | 328,523 |
39
|
Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Edinburgh | Scotland | 327,980 |
40
|
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art | Edinburgh | Scotland | 314,814 |
See also
- Museum of the Year
- Tourism in the United Kingdom
- List of museums in the United Kingdom
- List of most visited art museums in the world