List of most-visited museums by region

See also: List of most-visited museums and List of most-visited art museums

This is a list of the most visited museums in each region in 2022, based upon the annual reports of museum attendance from the Art Newspaper Review, and from official national sources. If 2022 figures are not available, earlier figures are shown, with the year indicated.

Africa[edit]

Asia[edit]

Asia - Top twenty museums by number of visitors per year
Name City Visitors annually Year reported
National Museum of Korea South Korea Seoul 3,411,381 2022[1]
National Museum of Natural Science Taiwan Taichung 2,300,000 2022[2]
M+ Hong Kong Hong Kong 2,034,331 2022[3]
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art South KoreaSeoul 1,806,641 2022[4]
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Japan Tokyo 1,509,970 2022[5]
The National Art Center, Tokyo Japan Tokyo 1,400,096 2022[6]
Tokyo National Museum Japan Tokyo 1,372,132 2022[7]
National Gallery Singapore SingaporeSingapore 1,262,189 2022 [8]
National Museum of China China Beijing 1,631,000 2022[9]
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum China Shanghai 494,000 2022[10]
National Palace Museum[iii] Taiwan Taipei 1,040,000 2022[11]
China Science and Technology Museum China Beijing 1,431,000 2022[12]
Zhejiang Provincial Museum China Hangzhou 874,000 2022[13]
National Taiwan Science Education Center Taiwan Taipei 1,082,000 2020[14]
Shaanxi History Museum China Xi'an 1,000,000 2020[15]
National Museum of Nature and Science Japan Tokyo 1,350,000 2022[16]
Shanghai Museum China Shanghai 604,090 2020[17]
China Art Museum China Shanghai 2,550,000 2017[18]
Three Gorges Museum China Chongqing 2,112,000 2017[19][20]
National Science and Technology Museum Taiwan Kaohsiung 1,981,000 2017[20]
National Folk Museum of Korea South Korea Seoul 1,813,626 2017[19]

Australia and New Zealand[edit]

Australia and New Zealand
Name Country flag, city Visitors per year Year reported
National Gallery of Victoria Australia Melbourne 1,580,303 2022 [21]
National Gallery of Australia Australia Canberra 1,021,983 2022[22]
Museum of New Zealand New ZealandWellington 863,129 2022 [23]
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art Australia Brisbane 271,030 2020[24]
Art Gallery of New South Wales Australia Sydney 548,190 2020[24]
Australian Centre for the Moving Image Australia Melbourne 1,316,000 2016[25]
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Australia Sydney 1,206,000 2017[19]

Europe[edit]

Europe - Top museums by number of visitors in 2022
Name Country flag, city Visitors per year Year reported
Louvre France Paris 7,726,321 2022[26]
Vatican Museums Vatican City Vatican City 5,080,866 2022[26]
Natural History Museum United KingdomLondon 4,654,608 2022[27]
Tate Modern United Kingdom London 3,883,160 2022[26]
Musée d'Orsay France Paris 3,270,182 2022[26]
Centre Pompidou France Paris 3,009,570 2022[26]
National Gallery United Kingdom London 2,727,119 2022[26]
State Hermitage Museum Russia Saint Petersburg 2,651,688 2022[26]
Museo del Prado Spain Madrid 2,456,724 2022[26]
Victoria and Albert Museum United Kingdom London 2,370,261 2022[26]
London Science Museum United Kingdom London, 2,324,580 2022[28]
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie FranceParis 1,992,823 2022[26]
Tretyakov Gallery Russia Moscow 1,910,000 2022[26]
Galleria degli Uffizi Italy Florence 1,721,637 2022[26]
Reina Sofía Spain Madrid 1,318,823 2022[26]
Rijksmuseum Netherlands Amsterdam 1,766,084 2022[26]
Galleria dell'Accademia Italy Florence 1,428,369 2022[26]
Van Gogh Museum Netherlands Amsterdam 1,364,023 2022[26]

North America[edit]

North America: Top museums in 2022
Name Country flag, city Visitors per year Year reported
National Museum of Natural History United States Washington, D.C. 3,900,000 2022

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National Gallery of Art United States Washington, D.C. 3,256,433 2022[30]
Metropolitan Museum of Art United States New York City 3,208,832 2022[31]
Museum of Modern Art United States New York City 2,190,440 2022[32]
Smithsonian Museum of American History United States Washington, D.C. 1,800,000 2022[33]
National Air and Space Museum (with Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center) United States Washington, DC 2,190,440 2022[34]
National Museum of African American History and Culture United States Washington, D.C. 1,200,000 2022[35]
Art Institute of Chicago United States Chicago 1,037,158 2022[36]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art United States Los Angeles 867,322 2022[37]
Getty Center United States Los Angeles 989,302 2022[38]
Royal Ontario Museum Canada Toronto 796,579 2022[39]
National Gallery of Canada Canada Ottawa 165,854 2021-22[40]
National Museum of Anthropology Mexico Mexico City 1,494,587 2022[41]
National Museum of History Mexico Mexico City 1,486,379 2022[42]
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology Drumheller, AB 501,430 2022

South America[edit]

South America
Name Country flag, city Visitors per year Year reported
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1,364,208 2022[43]
Museu Nacional da Republica Brazil Brasilia 935,168 2017[19]
Instituto Tomie Otake Brazil São Paulo 895,769 2017[19]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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