List of most-visited art museums

In 2023, total attendance in the most-visited art museums returned largely to the level of 2019, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.[1]

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

A primary source for 2023 figures is the Art Newspaper, , whose most recent annual survey was published in March 2024. 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, several months after the publication of The Art Newspaper's list. Museums in China included on the 2021 list are noted at the bottom of this list with the prior year's statistics and will be incorporated into the main listings when 2022 statistics are released.[2]

Visitors in 2023
Rank in 2023MuseumCountry and cityVisitors annuallyImage
(1)Louvre Paris8,860,000 (2023)[3]
(2)Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)6,764,858 (2023)[4]
(3)British Museum London5,820,860 (2023)
(up 42 percent from 2022)[5][6]
(4)Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City5,364,000 (2023)[7]
(5)Tate Modern London4,742,038 (2023)[6]
(6)National Museum of Korea Seoul4,180,285 (2023)[8]
(7)Musée d'Orsay Paris3,871,498 (2023)
[9]
(8)National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.3,829,812 (2023)[10]
(9)Museo del Prado Madrid3,337,550 (2023)[8]
(10)State Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg3,273,753 (2023)[11]
(11)Victoria and Albert Museum London3,110,000 (2023)
(up 28 percent from 2022)[12][5][6]
(12)National Gallery London3,096,508 (2023)
(up 14 percent from 2022)[13]
(13)State Russian Museum Saint Petersburg2,900,000 (2023)[11]
(14)Museum of Modern Art New York City2,839,509 (2023)[11]
(15)M+ Hong Kong2,797,616 (2023)[11]
(16)Somerset House London2,727,677 (2023)
(up 28 percent from 2022)[5][6]
(17)Uffizi Gallery Florence2,717,857 (2023), figure does not include visitors to the Palazzo Pitti or Boboli Gardens
(up 129 percent from 2021)[5][14]
(18)Rijksmuseum Amsterdam2,702,824 (2023)[11]
(19)Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou) Paris2,621,696 (2023)

[15][16]
(20)Wawel Castle Kraków2,561,000 (2023)[11]
(21)The National Art Center, Tokyo Tokyo2,250,758 (2023)[11]
(22) 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa 2,230,939 (2023)[11]
(23)National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh2,186,841 (2023)
(up 56 percent from 2022)[17][5]
(24)Tretyakov Gallery Moscow2,100,000 (2023)[11]
(25)Royal Castle, Warsaw Warsaw2,023,642 (2023)[11]
(26)National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul branch) Seoul2,021,771 (2023)[11]
(27)Galleria dell'Accademia Florence2,013,974 (2023)[11]
(28)Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney1,945,810 (2023)[11]
(29)Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo1,924,456 (2023)[11]
(30)Acropolis Museum Athens1,904,456 (2023)[11]
(31)Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh1,836,057 (2023)[11]
(32)NGV International (National Gallery of Victoria) Melbourne1,800,124 (2023),[11] figure does not include visitors to the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
(33)National Gallery Singapore Singapore1,723,916 (2023)[11]
(34)Humboldt Forum Berlin1,700,000 (2023)[11]
(35)Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna1,688,509 (2023)[11]
(36)Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam1,686,766 (2023)[11]
(37)National Museum in Kraków Kraków1,650,792 (2023)[11]
(38)National Museum of African-American History and Culture (Smithsonian Institution) Washington, D.C.1,600,000 (2023)[11]
(39)Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris1,550,000 (2023)[11]
(40)Museo Reina Sofía Madrid1,514,854 (2023)[11]
(41)Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte1,474,825 (2023)[11]
(42)Musée du quai Branly Paris1,410,000 (2023)[18]
(43)Gyeongju National Museum Gyeongju1,340,032 (2023)[11]
(44)Upper Belvedere Vienna1,339,660 (2023)[11]
(45)Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao1,324,221 (2023)[19]
(46) Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro 1,323,034 2023)[19]
(47)Art Institute of Chicago Chicago1,322,195 (2023)[20]
(48)Doge's Palace Venice1,301,619 2023)[11]
(49)Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) Marseille1,300,000 (2023)
[21]
(50)Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow1,283,882 (2023)[11]
(51)Hong Kong Palace Museum Hong Kong1,260,000 (2023)[11]
(52) Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 1,257,411 (2023)[11]
(53)Getty Center Los Angeles1,251,134 (2023)[11]
(54)Louvre Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi1,247,076 (2023)[11]
(55)National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Oslo1,246,000 (2023)[11]
(56)Musée de l'Orangerie Paris1,239,539 (2023)[22]
(57)Petit Palais Paris1,187,637 (2023)[23]
(58)Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington1,181,637 2023)[11]
(59)Donald W. Reynolds Center
(contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery and
Smithsonian American Art Museum)		 Washington D.C.1,166,129 (2023)[11]
(60) National Portrait Gallery London 1,164,018 (2023)[11]
(61) Serralves Porto 1,147,761 (2023)[11]
(62)Tate Britain London1,091,218 (2023)[11]
(63)Royal Ontario Museum Toronto1,091,120 (2023)[11]
(64)Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens San Marino, California1,090,475 (2023)[11]
(65)Museo Egizio Turin1,061,157 (2023)[11]
(66)Museu Picasso Barcelona1,047,094 (2023)[11]
(67)Moscow Kremlin Museums Moscow1,024,610 (2023)[11]
(68)Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid1,017,684 (2023)[11]

(69)National Gallery of Ireland Dublin1,017,636 (2023)[11]
(70)De Young Museum San Francisco999,645 (2023)[11]
(71)Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston999,514 (2023)[11]
(72)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston952,290 (2023)[11]
(73)Albertina Vienna943,974 (2023)[11]
(74) Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris Paris 927,023 (2023)[11]
(75)Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv906,350 (2023)[11]
(76)Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles902,237 (2023)[11]
(77)Ashmolean Museum Oxford900,277 (2023)[11]
(78) Royal Palace of Milan Milan 896,681 (2023)[11]
(79)The Broad Los Angeles895,949 (2023)[11]
(80) National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT) Tokyo 883,596 (2023)[11]
(81)Palazzo Pitti Florence883,568 (2023)[11]
(82)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York City861,374 (2023)[11]
(83)Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Sydney859,386 (2023)[11]
(84) Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto 846,835 (2023)[11]
(85)Imperial War Museum London841,575 (2023)[11]
(86)Museum of Fine Arts Budapest821,491 (2023)[11]
(87) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville 784,971 (2023)[11]
(88)Museo Picasso Málaga Málaga779,279 (2023)[11]
(89)Whitney Museum New York City768,000 (2023)[11]
(90)Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan760,667 (2023)[11]
(91)Fondation Monet in Giverny Giverny750,000 (2023)[11]
(92) The Ian Potter Museum of Art Melbourne 732,114 (2023)[11]
(93) Dalí Theatre-Museum Figueres 726,199 (2023)[11]
(94)National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon branch) Gwacheon726,065 (2023)[11]
(95) Hong Kong Heritage Museum Hong Kong 724,011 (2023)[11]
(96) Faberge Museum St Petersburg 709,982 (2023)[11]
(97)Royal Academy of Arts London709,961 (2023)[11]
(98)Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk702,426 (2023)[11]
(99) National Museum of the American Indian Washington D.C. 701,021 (2023)[11]
(100) Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 685,336 (2023)[11]

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "The Art Newspaper,", March 2023
    2. Coville, Alex (27 March 2023). "Will China's museums still come out on top despite harsh Covid rules?". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
    3. Radio France, (January 11, 2024
    4. The"Art Newspaper", March 21,2024
    5. Cheshire, Lee; da Silva, José (27 March 2023). "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling?". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
    6. Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), March 18, 2024
    7. "New York Times", March 12, 2024, ""Audience Snapshot; Four Years After Shutdown, a Mixed Recovery"
    8. CLIC Museum Index, published January 2024
    9. "En 2023, le Louvre a retrouvé une fréquentation pré-Covid avec près de 9 millions de visiteurs". Franceinfo Culture (in French). 4 January 2024.
    10. "National Gallery of Art Welcomed 3.8 Million Visitors in 2023; Attendance 18% Higher than 2022". NGA. National Gallery of Art. 29 January 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
    11. "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 2024.
    12. ALVA Visitor Figures (March 18, 2024)
    13. ALVA Visitor Figures (March 18, 2024)
    14. "All the numbers of the post-pandemic Uffizi Galleries". Uffizi (in Italian). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
    15. "Le Parisien", 6 January, 2023
    16. Jordane de Faÿ (4 January 2023). "3 009 570 - Le nombre de visiteurs au Centre Pompidou en 2022". Le Quotiden de L'Art (in French).
    17. ALVA Visitor Figures (March 18, 2024)
    18. beaux-Arts.com,February 2024
    19. CLIC Annual Museum Survey, January 2024
    20. "New York Times,", March 21, 2024
    21. CLIC Museum Index, January 30, 2024
    22. CLC Museum Index, Feb. 2024
    23. Beaux-Arts.com February 2024|

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