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List of most visited art museums in the world


This article lists the most visited art museums in the world (i.e. all museums with any form of art on display, some museums such as the Natural History Museum are excluded). This list of 100 is based on "2010 worldwide museum attendance numbers" compiled by The Art Newspaper published in April 2011. The country with the highest number of visitors in the top 100 is the United Kingdom. The country with the most museums appearing in the top 100 is the United States. Several major art museums, such as the Palace Museum in Beijing, which annually draws 7 million visitors, the Musée d'Histoire de France in the Palace of Versailles with 5,659,606 annual visitors in 2009, the Vatican Museums of Rome, with 5,078,004 visitors in 2011,and the National Palace Museum in Taipei, with 3,441,238 visitors in 2010,were not included.

RankMuseumCityCountryVisitor Count
1
Musée du LouvreParis France8,500,000
2
British MuseumLondon United Kingdom5,842,138
3
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York United States5,216,988
4
Tate ModernLondon United Kingdom5,061,172
5
National GalleryLondon United Kingdom4,954,914
6
National Gallery of ArtWashington United States4,775,114
7
Museum of Modern ArtNew York United States3,131,238
8
Centre PompidouParis France3,130,000
9
National Museum of KoreaSeoul South Korea3,067,909
10
Musée d’OrsayParis France2,985,510
11
Museo del PradoMadrid Spain2,732,000
12
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon United Kingdom2,629,065
13
State Hermitage MuseumSt. Petersburg Russia2,490,387
14
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilRio de Janeiro Brazil2,317,772
15
Museo Reina SofíaMadrid Spain2,313,532
16
De Young MuseumSan Francisco United States2,043,854
17
The National Art Center, TokyoTokyo Japan2,027,980
18
National Portrait GalleryLondonUnited Kingdom United Kingdom1,819,442
19
Tate BritainLondon United Kingdom1,665,291
20
Galleria degli UffiziFlorence Italy1,651,210
21
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago United States1,612,780
22
Gyeongju National MuseumGyeongju South Korea1,491,582
23
Van Gogh MuseumAmsterdam Netherlands1,429,854
24
Museu PicassoBarcelona Spain1,369,187
25
Acropolis MuseumAthens Greece1,355,720
26
Musée du Quai BranlyParis France1,326,153
27
Royal Palace of MilanMilan Italy1,300,000
28
State Tretyakov GalleryMoscow Russia1,297,424
29
ResidenzschlossDresden Germany1,286,733
30
Saatchi GalleryLondon United Kingdom1,271,301
31
Tokyo National MuseumTokyo Japan1,271,174
32
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilBrasília Brazil1,267,146
33
Getty CenterLos Angeles United States1,205,685
34
Galleria dell’AccademiaFlorence Italy1,170,933
35
Melbourne MuseumMelbourne Australia1,164,139
36
National Portrait GalleryWashington United States1,144,494
37
Neues MuseumBerlin Germany1,142,000
38
Museum of Fine ArtsHouston United States1,125,000
39
Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumNew York United States1,105,352
40
Australian Centre for the Moving ImageMelbourne Australia1,103,536
41
Smithsonian American Art MuseumWashington United States1,100,000
42
Queensland GoMABrisbane Australia1,089,691
43
Kelvingrove Art GalleryGlasgow United Kingdom1,070,521
44
Ashmolean MuseumOxford United Kingdom1,041,310
45
PergamonmuseumBerlin Germany1,035,000
46
Royal Academy of ArtsLondon United Kingdom1,007,306
47
Kremlin MuseumsMoscow Russia1,006,738
48
Art Gallery of New South WalesSydney Australia1,004,404
49
National Gallery of ScotlandEdinburgh United Kingdom969,449
50
Museu Colecção BerardoLisbon Portugal964,540
51
Guggenheim Museum BilbaoBilbao Spain956,417
52
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'AngeloRome Italy915,421
53
LACMALos Angeles United States914,356
54
Museum of Fine ArtsBoston United States911,216
55
Rijksmuseum AmsterdamAmsterdam Netherlands900,000
56
Art Gallery of OntarioToronto Canada878,478
57
NGV InternationalMelbourne Australia820,632
58
Musea BrugesBruges Belgium860,445
59
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de ParisParis France849,983
60
Museu Nacional d'Art de CatalunyaBarcelona Spain828,713
61
Museo Thyssen-BornemiszaMadrid Spain821,099
62
National Gallery of AustraliaCanberra Australia820,720
63
BelvedereVienna Austria812,522
64
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler GalleryWashington United States795,627
65
Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilSão Paulo Brazil756,752
66
Queensland Art GalleryBrisbane Australia748,142
67
National Gallery of IrelandDublin Ireland736,855
68
Serpentine GalleryLondon United Kingdom736,072
69
Birmingham Museum & Art GalleryBirmingham United Kingdom730,971
70
Israel MuseumJerusalem Israel718,000
71
Musées Royaux des Beaux-ArtsBrussels Belgium715,313
72
Ian Potter Centre: NGV AustraliaMelbourne Australia717,676
73
SFMoMASan Francisco United States700,000
74
MASPSao Paulo Brazil661,038
75
AlbertinaVienna Austria655,598
76
Scuderie del QuirinaleRome Italy655,000
77
Museo delle PorcellaneFlorence Italy652,164
78
Hermitage AmsterdamAmsterdam Netherlands650,000
78
Centre Pompidou-MetzMetz France650,000
80
Istanbul ModernIstanbul Turkey634,900
81
Hirshhorn MuseumWashington United States620,774
82
Tate LiverpoolLiverpool United Kingdom615,596
83
Tel Aviv Museum of ArtTel Aviv Israel610,000
84
Reggia di CasertaCaserta Italy601,614
85
Palais des Beaux-ArtsBrussels Belgium589,345
86
Museum of Contemporary ArtSydney Australia578,913
87
Museo delle Antichità EgizieTurin Italy576,200
88
La Triennale di MilanoMilan Italy559,615
89
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna Austria559,150
90
Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtHumlebæk Denmark525,617
91
Gongju National MuseumGongju South Korea551,922
92
Seattle Art MuseumSeattle United States551,683
93
National Museum of Western ArtTokyo Japan544,731
94
Musée des beaux-arts de MontréalMontreal Canada538,180
95
Kyoto National MuseumKyoto Japan532,427
96
Museum of Fine ArtsBudapest Hungary525,556
97
Galleria BorgheseRome Italy518,369
98
High Museum of ArtAtlanta United States509,000
99
Pinacoteca do EstadoSao Paulo Brazil500,000
100
Galerie Alte MeisterDresden Germany490,359
101
Moderna MuseetStockholm Sweden486.523

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_visited_art_museums_in_the_world  

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