List of most visited art museums in the world
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 in part 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. Figures may be unreliable due to conflicting sources or self-reporting.
List
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 | 6,002,251 | 2015[4] |
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] |
State Hermitage Museum | St. Petersburg | Russia | 3,668,031 | 2015[5] |
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] |
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] |
National Gallery of Victoria | Melbourne | Australia | 2,273,907 | 2015[6] |
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] |
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] |
Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum | Iran | Iran | 1,496,971 | 2013 [7] |
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] |
Deutsches Museum | Munich | Germany | 1,444,745 | 2014[8] |
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[9] |
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] |
Museo di Capodimonte | Naples | Italy | 923,706 | 2013[10] |
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[11] |
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] |
Museo Egizio | Turin | Italy | 772,900 | 2015[12] |
National Gallery of Australia | Canberra | Australia | 770,243 | 2013[3] |
Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis | United States | 752,444 | 2015[13] |
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[14] |
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] |
Warsaw Rising Museum | Warsaw | Poland | 630,000 | 2015[15] |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Tel Aviv | Israel | 630,000 | 2013[3] |
Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit | United States | 630,000 | 2014[16] |
İstanbul Modern | Istanbul | Turkey | 628,000 | 2013[3] |
Freer and Sackler Galleries | Washington, D.C. | United States | 613,000 | 2013[3] |
Notes
^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
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Visitor Figures 2014: The grand totals: exhibition and museum attendance numbers worldwide, The Art Newspaper, International Edition, April 2015.
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