List of most-visited museums in the United States

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This is a list of the most-visited museums in the United States in 2024. It is based upon the statistics of the Smithsonian Institution Newsroom (January 2025) and the annual survey of museum attendance by the Art Newspaper published in March 2025, the TEA Global Experience Index for 2024, published in spring 2025, and from museum sources.

RankMuseumLocationVisitorsYear
(1) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City 5,727,2582024 [1]
(2) National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. 3,936,5432024 [2]
(3) American Museum of Natural History New York City 3,900,0002024 [3]
(4) National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C. 3,900,0002024 [4]
(5) National Air and Space Museum (with Udvar-Hazy Center) Washington, D.C. 3,100,0002024 [5]
(6) Museum of Modern Art New York City 2,657,3772024 [6]
(7) National 9/11 Museum New York City 2,400,0002024 [7]
(8) National Museum of American History Washington, D.C. 2,100,0002024 [5]
(9) California Science Center Los Angeles 1,700,0002024 [8]
(10) National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington, D.C. 1,600,0002024 [5]
(11) Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston 1,547,0002024 [9]
(12) Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Chicago 1,476,0002024 [10]
(13) Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 1,324,2412024 [1]
(14) Smithsonian American Art Museum (with Renwick Gallery) Washington, D.C. 1,273,4502024 [11]
(15) Getty Center Los Angeles 1,301,3322024 [1]
(16) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
(with the George C. Page and William S. Hart museums)		 Los Angeles 1,200,0002023 [12]
(17) Donald W. Reynolds Center
(contains the National Portrait Gallery and
Smithsonian American Art Museum)		Washington D.C.1,273,450(2024) [13]
(18) Denver Museum of Nature and Science Denver 1,350,00002024 [10]
(19) Museum of Science Boston 1,324,0002024 [10]
(20) Huntington Library San Marino, California 1,152,4162024 [14]
(21) Field Museum of Natural History Chicago 1,018,0022022 [15] [10]
(22) De Young Museum San Francisco 999,6452023 [10]
(23) Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston 854,6842024 [10]
(24) California Academy of Sciences San Francisco 966,0002022 [16]
(25) Museum of Fine Arts Boston 988,9112024 [1]
(26) Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles 873,8252024 [1]
(27) The Broad Los Angeles 846,5002024 [10]
(28) Solomon Guggenheim Museum New York City 861,3742023 [10]
(29) Perot Museum of Nature and Science Dallas 849,3292023 [17]
(30) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, Arkansas 784,9712023 [10]
(31) Whitney Museum of American Art New York City 888,8162024 [10]
(32) Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Grand Rapids, Michigan 851,6262024 [1]
(33) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C. 714,6842023 [5]
(34) National Museum of the American Indian Washington, D.C. 704,0742023 [5]
(35) Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 685,3362023 [10]
(36) Denver Art Museum Denver 656,3422022 [14]
(37) North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Raleigh, North Carolina 617,3752022 [18]
(38) Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis 591,0692022 [19]
(39) Milwaukee Public Museum Milwaukee 549,6702023 [20]
(40) The Museum of Flight Seattle 445,5382023 [21]
(41) Pacific Science Center Seattle 410,0002022 [22]
(42) Fernbank Museum of Natural History Atlanta 408,0002023 [23]

See also

Notes and citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Art Newspaper, March 2025
  2. ↑ The Art Newspaper, 3-26-2025|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/26/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-world-2024 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}
  3. ↑ Museum Website, January 2025
  4. ↑ Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, January 2025
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk Visitor Stats, retrieved December 26, 2024.
  6. ↑ name="teacom"> "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  7. ↑ Museum Website, May 2025
  8. ↑ Center website, May 2024
  9. ↑ Museum website
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  11. ↑ The Art Newspapr, March 2025
  12. ↑ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) (December 19, 2023). "Our Year in Review".{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  13. ↑ "The Art Newspaper", April 2025
  14. 1 2 "The Art Newspaper, March 28, 2023
  15. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index, published June, 2023
  16. ↑ TEA-AECOM Museum Index, published June 23, 2023
  17. ↑ Perot Museum of Nature and Science Impact Report, October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2023.
  18. ↑ North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Annual Report FY 2021-2022.
  19. ↑ Minneapolis Star-Tribune, December 30, 2022
  20. ↑ Milwaukee Public Museum Annual Report 2022/23.
  21. ↑ The Museum of Flight. "The Museum of Flight Annual Report 2024".
  22. ↑ Pacific Science Center Annual Report, 2023
  23. ↑ Fernbank Museum Impact Report, 2023.
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