List of most-visited art museums

See also: List of most-visited museums and List of most-visited museums by region

The 100 most popular art museums in the world in 2022, divided by countries and continents.

A primary source for 2024 figures is the Art Newspaper, , whose most recent annual survey was published in March 2025. Other major sources included the newsroom of the Smithsonian Institution, the French Ministry of Culture, and the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions in the United Kingdom.

Visitor numbers for museums in mainland China are traditionally released by the government in May each year, after the publication of The Art Newspaper list.

Visitors in 2024

Rank in 2024 [1]	Museum	Country and city	Visitors annually	Image
(1)	Louvre	Paris	8,737,050 (2024) [2] [3]
(2)	Vatican Museums	Vatican City, Rome	6,825,436 (2024) [3]
(3)	British Museum	London	6,479,952 (2024) [3]
(4)	Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York City	5,727,258 (2024) [3]
(5)	Tate Modern	London	4,603,025 (2024) [3] [4]
(6) (new)	Shanghai Museum East (opened 2024)	Shanghai	4,234,046 (2024) [3]
(7)	National Gallery of Art	Washington, D.C.	3,936,543 (2024) [3]
(8)	National Museum of Korea	Seoul	3,788,785 (2024) [3]
(9)	Musée d'Orsay	Paris	3,751,141 (2024) [3] [5]
(10)	National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)	Mexico City	3,700,000 (2024) [6]
(11)	State Russian Museum	Saint Petersburg	3,611,899 (2024) [3]
(12)	State Hermitage Museum	Saint Petersburg	3,563,590 (2024) [3]
(13)	Victoria and Albert Museum	London	3,525,700 (2024) [3] [4]
(14)	Museo del Prado	Madrid	3,457,057 (2024) [3]
(15)	Pompidou Center	Paris	3,204,369 (2024) [3]
(16)	National Gallery	London	3,203,451 (2024) [3] [4] [7]
(17)	Wawel Castle	Kraków	3,100,000 (2024) [3]
(18)	Somerset House	London	3,074,736 (2024) [3]
(19)	Uffizi Gallery	Florence	2,908,828 (2024) [3]
(20)	Museum of Modern Art	New York City	2,657,377 (2024) [3]
(21)	M+	Hong Kong	2,612,691 (2024) [3]
(22)	Tretyakov Gallery	Moscow	2,524,450 (2024) [3]
(23)	Rijksmuseum	Amsterdam	2,500,000 (2024) [3]
(25)	Tokyo National Museum	Tokyo	2,436,368 (2024) [3]
(26)	Art Gallery of New South Wales	Sydney	2,369,339 (2024) [8]
(27) (new)	Shanghai Museum East (opened 2024)	Shanghai	2,344,582 (2024) [9]
(28)	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	2,314,974 (2024) [3] [4]
(29)	NGV International (National Gallery of Victoria)	Melbourne	2,287,575 (2024), [9]
(30)	Museo Soumaya	Mexico City	2,282,933 (2024) [10]
(31)	Royal Castle, Warsaw	Warsaw	2,148,850 (2024) [3]
(32)	National Gallery Singapore	Singapore	2,040,481 (2024) [9]
(33)	Acropolis Museum	Athens	2,000,212 (2024) [11]
(34)	Scottish National Gallery	Edinburgh	1,999,196 (2024) [9]
(35)	Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum	Tokyo	1,994,080 (2024) [12]
(36)	Kunsthistorisches Museum	Vienna	1,954,269 (2024) [9]
(37)	National Palace Museum	Taipei	1,874,994 (2024) [9]
(38)	National Museum in Kraków	Kraków	1,859,484 (2024) [9]
(39)	Van Gogh Museum	Amsterdam	1,840,000 (2024) [9]
(40)	National Art Center, Tokyo	Tokyo	1,755,036 (2024) [12]
(41)	Hong Kong Museum of Art	Hong Kong	1,763, 400 (2024) [9]
(42)	National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul branch)	Seoul	1,655,834 (2024) [8]
(43)	National Museum of African-American History and Culture (Smithsonian Institution)	Washington, D.C.	1,600,000 (2024) [9]
(44)	National Portrait Gallery	London	1,578,0655 (2024) [13]
(45)	Pushkin Museum	Moscow	1,551,628 (2024) [3]
(46)	Museo Reina Sofía	Madrid	1,537,105 (2024) [9]
(47)	National Museum of Warsaw	Warsaw	1,500,655 (2024) [9]	[9]
(48)	Upper Belvedere	Vienna	1,484,222 (2024) [14]
(50)	Petit Palais	Paris	1,459,371 (2024) [9]
(51)	National Folk Museum of Korea	Seoul	1,443,298 (2024) [9]
(53)	Louvre Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	1,422,021 (2024) [9]
(54)	National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo	Tokyo	1,367,385 (2024)
(55)	Gyeongju National Museum	Gyeongju	1,357,552 (2024) [9]
(56)	Doge's Palace	Venice	1,333,314 (2024) [15]
(57)	Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago	1,324,241 (2024) [16]
(58)	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao	Bilbao	1,301,343 (2024) [17] [18]
(59)	Getty Center	Los Angeles	1,301,332 (2024) [9]
(60)	Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM)	Marseille	1,300,000 (2024) [19]
(61-62)	Donald W. Reynolds Center (contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum)	Washington D.C.	1,273,450 (2024) [9]
(63)	Musée du quai Branly	Paris	1,270,000 (2024) [20]
(64)	Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil	Belo Horizonte	1,234,872 (2024) [9]
(65)	Tate Britain	London	1,226,872 (2024) [8]
(66)	Moscow Kremlin Museums	Moscow	1,214,851 (2024) [9]
(67)	Louis Vuitton Foundation	Paris	1,208,173 (2024) [9]
(68)	Musée de l'Orangerie	Paris	1,198,694 [21]
(69)	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	Glasgow	1,182,204 (2024) [19]
(70)	Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens	San Marino, California	1,152,416 (2024) [22]
(72)	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa	Wellington	1,146,954 (2024) [9]
(73)	Museu Picasso	Barcelona	1,128,140 (2024) [9]
(74)	Royal Ontario Museum	Toronto	1,114,325 (2024) [23]
(76)	Albertina	Vienna	1,069,500 (2024) [23]
(77)	National Gallery of Ireland	Dublin	1,058,259 (2024) [9]
(78)	Tel Aviv Museum of Art	Tel Aviv	1,057,362 (2024) [9]
(88)	Hong Kong Palace Museum	Hong Kong	911,548 (2024) [14]
(86)	National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design	Oslo	1,200,000 (2024) [9]
(65)	Museo Egizio	Turin	1,036,689 (2024) [9]
(84)	Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum	Madrid	951,821 (2024) [9]
(70)	De Young Museum	San Francisco	999,645 (2023) [9]
(93)	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Houston	854,684 (2024) [9]
(72)	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Boston	952,290 (2023) [9]
(74)	Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris	Paris	927,023 (2023) [9]
(76)	Los Angeles County Museum of Art	Los Angeles	902,237 (2023) [9]
(77)	Ashmolean Museum	Oxford	900,277 (2023) [9]
(71)	Royal Palace of Milan	Milan	1,150,282 (2024) [9]
(83)	National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo	Tokyo	883,596 (2024) [9]
(96)	The Broad	Los Angeles	846,500 (2024) [9]
(81)	Palazzo Pitti	Florence	883,568 (2023) [9]
(82)	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum	New York City	861,374 (2023) [9]
(83)	Museum of Contemporary Art Australia	Sydney	859,386 (2023) [9]
(84)	Art Gallery of Ontario	Toronto	846,835 (2023) [9]
(85)	Imperial War Museum	London	841,575 (2023) [9]
(86)	Museum of Fine Arts	Budapest	821,491 (2023) [9]
(87)	Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Bentonville	784,971 (2023) [9]
(88)	Museo Picasso Málaga	Málaga	779,279 (2023) [9]
(89)	Whitney Museum	New York City	768,000 (2023) [9]
(90)	Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park	Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan	760,667 (2023) [9]
(91)	Fondation Monet in Giverny	Giverny	750,000 (2023) [9]
(92)	Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia (National Gallery of Victoria)	Melbourne	732,114 (2023) [9]
(93)	Dalí Theatre-Museum	Figueres	726,199 (2023) [9]
(94)	National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon branch)	Gwacheon	726,065 (2023) [9]
(95)	Hong Kong Heritage Museum	Hong Kong	724,011 (2023) [9]
(96)	Faberge Museum	St Petersburg	709,982 (2023) [9]
(97)	Royal Academy of Arts	London	709,961 (2023) [9]
(98)	Louisiana Museum of Modern Art	Humlebæk	702,426 (2023) [9]
(99)	National Museum of the American Indian	Washington D.C.	701,021 (2023) [9]
(100)	Cleveland Museum of Art	Cleveland	685,336 (2023) [9]

See also

• Arts portal
• Visual arts portal

• List of most-visited museums
• 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
• List of most visited palaces and monuments
• List of most-visited museums by region
• List of art museums
• List of largest art museums
• List of national galleries
• List of single-artist museums

References

1. Per "Art Newspaper" March 2025
2. Louvre Press Release, January 1, 2025
3. "The world's most-visited museums 2024: normality returns—for some". The Art Newspaper. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
4. "Latest Visitor Figures (2024)". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). Retrieved 22 April 2025.
5. Club innovation-culture.fr, 10 April 2025
6. Art Newpaper, April 2025
7. "Press releases | Press and media | National Gallery, London". www.nationalgallery.org.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
8. Art Newspaper, May 2025
9. "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
10. "The Art Newspaper", March 2025
11. Art Newspaper March 2025
12. Art Newspaper May 2025)
13. "The Art Newspaper" (2025)
14. Art Newpspaper, April 2025
15. Art Newspaper April 2025)
16. "Art Newspaper" (April 2025)
17. Art Newspaper, March 2025
18. CLIC Annual Museum Survey, January 2024
19. Art Newspaper April 2025
20. beaux-Arts.com,February 2024
21. "Art Newspaper" March 2025
22. "The Art Newspapeer" March 2025
23. {The Art Newspaper (March 2025)