This is a list of the most visited museums in each region in 2023, based upon the annual reports of museum attendance from the Art Newspaper Review, and from official national sources. If 2023 figures are not available, earlier figures are shown, with the year indicated.
Asia Asia - Top twenty museums by number of visitors per year Name City Visitors annually Country Year reportedNational Museum of ChinaBeijing6,757,000 2023TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2023, published June 2024China Science and Technology Museum5,315,0002023Nanjing MuseumNanjing5,007,0002023Suzhou MuseumSuzhou4,852,0002023Hunan MuseumHunan4,852,0002023Hubei Provincial MuseumHubei4,300,0002023National Museum of KoreaSeoul 4,180,000 2023TEA-AECOM Museum Index, August 2024Mevlana MuseumKonya3,300,0002023National Museum of Natural ScienceTaichung2,738,000 2023M+Hong Kong 2,798,000 20232023 TEA-AECOM Museum Index, August 2024National Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtSeoul1,806,641 2022Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2023Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumTokyo1,924,456 2023Art Newspaper annual survey, March 2024The National Art Center, Tokyo2,250,7582023Tokyo National Museum1,372,1322022National Gallery SingaporeSingapore1,723,9162023Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumShanghai494,0002022AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2022, published June 2023National Palace MuseumTaipei1,040,000 2022TEA-AECOM Museum Index 2022, published June 2023Zhejiang Provincial MuseumHangzhou874,0002022National Taiwan Science Education CenterTaipei2,468,000 2023AECOM-TEA Museum Index 2020Shaanxi History MuseumXi'an1,000,000 2020
Europe Europe - Top museums by number of visitors in 2023NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reportedLouvreParis8,900,0002023"The Art Newspaper," March 2024Vatican MuseumsVatican City6,800,0002023British MuseumLondon5,820,8602023Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) "2023 Visitor Figures", published March 21, 2024Natural History Museum 5,688,608 2023Musée d'OrsayParis5,200,0002023Galleria degli UffiziFlorence5,138,5882023Tate ModernLondon4,742,0382023State Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg3,274,0002023Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon3,110,0002023Centre PompidouParis3,009,5702023London Science MuseumLondon 2,957,0002023Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) "2023 Visitor Figures", published March, 2024National Gallery2,727,1192023RijksmuseumAmsterdam2,702,8242023Museo del PradoMadrid2,456,7242023Tretyakov GalleryMoscow2,100,0002023Galleria dell'AccademiaFlorence2,013,9742023National Museum in WarsawWarsaw2,000,0002023Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie Paris 1,992,823 2022Van Gogh MuseumAmsterdam1,686,7662023National Museum in KrakówKraków1,600,0002023Reina SofíaMadrid1,514,8542023Galata TowerIstanbul1,300,0002023
North America NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reportedMetropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City5,727,0002024National Museum of Natural HistoryWashington, D.C.5,400,0002024 National Gallery of Art3,937,0002024"The Art Newspaper", March 2025Museum of Modern ArtNew York City2,657,000 2024The Art Newspaper, March 2025Smithsonian Museum of American HistoryWashington, D.C.3,900,0002024Visitor Statistics, Smithsonian Institution, 17 February 2025National Air and Space Museum (with Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center)1,900,000 2025National Museum of African American History and Culture1,600,0002024Visitor Statistics, Smithsonian Institution, 17 February 2025Art Institute of ChicagoChicago1,324,0002024"The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2024, 2025 Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles902,2372022"The Art Newspaper", March 27, 2023Getty Center989,3022022Royal Ontario Museum 1,100,000 2024"Statista", "Number of visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada from 2014 to 2022", retrieved 7 April 2023Art Gallery of OntarioToronto1,000,0002025National Gallery of CanadaOttawa165,8542022"Site of the National Gallery of Canada, retrieved 9 April 2023National Museum of AnthropologyMexico City5,048,8932025Estadística de Visitantes, Mexican Ministry of Culture (INAH), accessed January 15, 2026National Museum of History2,676,3732025Royal Tyrrell Museum of PalaeontologyDrumheller, Alberta501,4302022The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens San Marino1,014,0002022
Oceania NameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reportedArt Gallery of New South WalesSydney1,692,0282023National Gallery of VictoriaMelbourne 1,580,3032022Australian National Maritime MuseumSydney1,093,0722023National Gallery of AustraliaCanberra 1,021,983 2022"The Art Newspaper", March 17, 2023Australian MuseumSydney 950,000 2023Museum of New ZealandWellington 863,129 2022Powerhouse Museum (Ultimo) Sydney583,7572023Queensland Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane271,0302020Australian Centre for the Moving ImageMelbourne1,316,0002016Museum of Contemporary Art AustraliaSydney1,206,0002017The Art Newspaper Review, April 2018
South America South AmericaNameCityVisitors per yearCountryYear reportedCentro Cultural Banco do BrasilBelo Horizonte1,474,8252023Centro Cultural Banco do BrasilRio de Janeiro1,323,0342023Museu Nacional da RepublicaBrasília935,1682017 Instituto Tomie OthakeSão Paulo895,7692017 Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo880,0002023 Museu do Ipiranga655,7592023São Paulo Museum of Art530,2352023Latin American Art Museum of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires515,0002023
See also List of most-visited museums List of most-visited art museums List of most-visited museums in the United States List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom List of most-visited museums in France
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