List of most-visited art museums

This is a list of the most-visited art museums. The primary source for 2025 figures is The Art Newspaper, whose most recent annual survey was published in April 2026. Other 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 2025

Rank in 2025 Per "Art Newspaper" April 2026 Museum Country and city Visitors annually Image (1) Louvre , Paris 9,046,000 (2025) “ Le Quotidien de L'Art”, 5 April 2026 (2) Vatican Museums 6,933,822 (2025) (3) National Museum of Korea , Seoul6,507,483 (2025) (4) British Museum , London 6,440,120 (2025) (5) Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City 5,984,091 (2025)The Art Newspaper, April 5, 2026 (6) State Russian Museum , Saint Petersburg 5,087,276 (2025) "The Art Newspaper" April 5, 2025 (7) National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico) , Mexico City 5,048,893 (2025) The Art Newspaper, April 5, 2026 (9) Tate Modern , London 4,514,266 (2025) "THe Art Newspaper, April 2026 (7) Shanghai Museum East (opened 2024) , Shanghai 4,234,046 (2024) (8) National Gallery of Art , Washington, D.C. 3,936,543 (2024) (10) Musée d'Orsay , Paris 3,751,141 (2024)Club innovation-culture.fr, 10 April 2025 (12) State Hermitage Museum , Saint Petersburg 3,846,375 (2025) (13) Victoria and Albert Museum , London 3,525,700 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (14) , Madrid 3,457,057 (2024)The Art Newspaper, April 2025 (15) Pompidou Center , Paris 3,204,369 (2024) (16) National Gallery , London 3,203,451 (2024) (17) Wawel Castle , Kraków 3,100,000 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (18) Somerset House , London 3,074,736 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (19) Uffizi Gallery , Florence 2,735,335 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (20) Museum of Modern Art , New York City 2,657,377 (2024) (21) M+ 2,612,691 (2024) (22) Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow 3,075,976 (2025) (23) Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam 2,500,000 (2024) (24) teamLab Planets TOKYO , Tokyo2,436,870 (2024) (25) Tokyo National Museum , Tokyo2,436,368 (2024) (26) Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney 2,369,339 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (27) Shanghai Museum on People's Square , Shanghai 2,344,582 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (28) National Museum of Scotland , Edinburgh 2,314,974 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (29) NGV International (National Gallery of Victoria) , Melbourne 2,287,575 (2024), Art Newspaper April 2025 (30) Museo Soumaya , Mexico City 2,282,933 (2024)"The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (31) Royal Castle, Warsaw , Warsaw 2,148,850 (2024) The Art Newspaper, April 2025 (32) National Gallery Singapore 2,040,481 (2024)The Art Newspaper, April 2025 (33) Acropolis Museum , Athens 2,000,212 (2024)Art Newspaper April 2025 (34) Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh 1,999,196 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (35) Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum , Tokyo 1,994,080 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (36) Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna 1,954,269 (2024)Art Newspaper April 2025 (37) National Palace Museum , Taipei 1,874,994 (2024)Art Newspaper April 2025 (38) National Museum in Kraków , Kraków 1,859,484 (2024)Art Newspaper April 2025 (39) Van Gogh Museum , Amsterdam 1,840,000 Art Newspaper April 2025 (40) National Art Center, Tokyo , Tokyo 1,755,036 (2024) (41) Hong Kong Museum of Art1,763, 400 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (42) National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul branch) , Seoul 1,655,834 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (43) National Museum of African-American History and Culture (Smithsonian Institution) , Washington, D.C. 1,600,000 (2024)The Art Newspaper, April 2025 (44) National Portrait Gallery, London1,578,065 (2024)"The Art Newspaper" (April 2025) (45) Pushkin Museum , Moscow 1,551,628 (2024) (46) Museo Reina Sofía , Madrid 1,537,105 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (47) National Museum of Warsaw , Warsaw1,500,655 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (48) Upper Belvedere , Vienna 1,484,222 (2024)Art Newpspaper, April 2025 (50) , Paris 1,459,371 (2024)Art Newpspaper, April 2025 (51) National Folk Museum of Korea , Seoul 1,443,298 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (53) Louvre Abu Dhabi , Abu Dhabi 1,422,021 (2024)Art Newpspaper, April 2025 (54) National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Tokyo 1,367,385 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (55) Gyeongju National Museum , Gyeongju 1,357,552 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (56) Doge's Palace , Venice 1,333,314 (2024)Art Newspaper April 2025) (57) Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago 1,324,241 (2024)"Art Newspaper" (April 2025) (58) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao , Bilbao 1,301,343 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (59) Getty Center , Los Angeles 1,301,332 (2024)"Art Newspaper" survey, April 2025 (60) Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) , Marseille 1,300,000 (2024)Art Newspaper April 2025 (61-62) Donald W. Reynolds Center(contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery andSmithsonian American Art Museum) , Washington D.C. 1,273,450 (2024)"The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (63)São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo1,195,935 (2025) (64) Musée du quai Branly , Paris 1,270,000 (2024)"Art Newspaper", April 2025 (64) Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil , Rio de Janeiro 1,234,872 (2024)"Art Newspaper" April 2025 (65) Tate Britain , London 1,226,872 (2024) Art Newspaper, April 2025 (66) Moscow Kremlin Museums , Moscow 1,214,851 (2024)"The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (67)Louis Vuitton Foundation , Paris 1,208,173 (2024)"The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (68) Musée de l'Orangerie , Paris 1,198,694 "Art Newspaper" April 2025 (69) Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum , Glasgow 1,182,204 (2024) Art Newspaper, April 2025 (70) Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens , San Marino, California 1,152,416 (2024)"The Art Newspaper" April 2025 (71) Palazzo Reale, Milan , Milan 1,150,282 (2024)"The Art Newspaper" April 2025 (72) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa , Wellington 1,146,954 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (73) Museu Picasso , Barcelona 1,128,140 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (74) Royal Ontario Museum , Toronto 1,114,325 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (76) Albertina , Vienna 1,069,500 (2024)Art Newspaper, April 2025 (77) National Gallery of Ireland , Dublin 1,058,259 (2024)"The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (78) Tel Aviv Museum of Art , Tel Aviv 1,057,362 (2024)"The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (79) Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil , Rio de Janeiro 1,043,620 (2024) { Art Newspaper April 2025 (80) Museo Egizio , Turin 1,036,689 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (81) GES-2 (Moscow) , Moscow 1,001,019 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (82) Istanbul Modern , Istanbul 989,617 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (83) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , Boston 988,911 (2024)"The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (84) Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum , Madrid 951,821 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (85) CaixaForum Madrid , Madrid 947,642 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (86) National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design , Oslo 946,000 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (87) Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 942,692 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (88) Hong Kong Palace Museum 911,548 (2024) (89) Palazzo Pitti , Florence 909,020 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (90) Whitney Museum , New York City 888,816 (2024) "Art Newpspaper, April 2025". (91) Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles 873,825 (2024) "Art Newpspaper, April 2025" (92) Israel Museum , Jerusalem 855,157 (2024) "The Art Newspaper," April 2025 (93) Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , Houston 854,684 (2024)"The Art Newspaper" April 2025 (94) Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona 854,496 (2024)"The Art Newspaper" April 2025 (95) Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park , Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan 851,626 (2024) (96) The Broad , Los Angeles 846,500 (2024) Art Newspaper April 2025 (97)Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City 837,124 (2024) "The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (98) Museum of Contemporary Art Australia , Sydney 833,699 (2024) "The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (99) Imperial War Museum , London 810,497 (2024) "The Art Newspaper", April 2025 (100) Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo , São Paulo 810,444 (2024) "The Art Newspaper", April 2025

List of most-visited art museums

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