List of most-visited museums
This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world, per annual attendance statistics. Many museums have not reported 2023 figures as of February 2024. These museums show their 2022 attendance.
Total museum attendance in 2023 continued to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, although attendance for most museums remained lower than before 2020. Among the top 100 art museums in 2022, total attendance was 141 million visitors, double the number in 2021 and three times the number for 2020, but still well below the 2019 figure of 230 million visitors.[1]
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Most-visited museums in 2023 and 2022
Criteria
This list includes art museums, cultural museums, history museums, natural history museums, and science museums with an attendance of over 1,250,000 people in 2022, but does not include archaeological sites, historical monuments, or most palace museums. For example, the Forbidden City, Kremlin, and Palace of Versailles are not included, though the Louvre and Hermitage are included.
Due to differences in reporting across regions, there is some variation in the time periods for which figures are reported. Figures for North America and continental Europe are generally calendar-year figures, while most figures for Britain and the Asia-Pacific are fiscal year figures, from April through March.
See also
- List of most-visited art museums
- List of most-visited museums by region
- List of largest art museums
- List of most visited palaces and monuments
- List of most visited museums in the Netherlands
- List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom
- List of most-visited museums in the United States
- List of most-visited museums in France
Notes
- ^ Includes visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center.
- ^ Does not include visitors to the main Reina Sofía museum.
- ^ Does not include visitors to the Palacio de Cristal del Retiro.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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 28 March 2023.
- ^ [1] Franceinfo Culture, 4 January 2024
- ^ New York Times, March 2023
- ^ ALVA, March 2024
- ^ ALVA, March 25,2024
- ^ "New York Times", March 12, 2024
- ^ "Le Figaro", January 6, (2024)
- ^ ALVA, March 2024
- ^ Smithsonian. Institution Newsroom (January 10, 2024)
- ^ Club Innovation-Culture, 20 January 2024
- ^ "Le Figaro", January 1, (2024)
- ^ Smithsonian Museum Newsroom February 2024
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- ^ Club Innovation-Culture, 20 January 2024
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- ^ ALVA, March 2024
- ^ "The Art Newspaper", March 28,2024
- ^ "The Art Newspaper", March 26,2024
- ^ "The Art Newspaper", March 26,2024
- ^ Smithsonian. Institution Newsroom (January 10, 2024)
- ^ Club-Innovation-Culture, January 2024
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- ^ "成都博物馆 (成都中国皮影博物馆)". 全国博物馆年度报告信息系统 [National Museum Annual Report Information System] (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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