# List of most-visited museums by region

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 reported |
| National Museum of China | Beijing | 6,757,000 | China | 2023 |
| China Science and Technology Museum | Beijing | 5,315,000 | China | 2023 |
| Nanjing Museum | Nanjing | 5,007,000 | China | 2023 |
| Suzhou Museum | Suzhou | 4,852,000 | China | 2023 |
| Hunan Museum | Hunan | 4,852,000 | China | 2023 |
| Hubei Provincial Museum | Hubei | 4,300,000 | China | 2023 |
| National Museum of Korea | Seoul | 4,180,000 | South Korea | 2023 |
| Mevlana Museum | Konya | 3,300,000 | Turkey | 2023 |
| National Museum of Natural Science | Taichung | 2,738,000 | Taiwan | 2023 |
| M+ | Hong Kong | 2,798,000 | Hong Kong | 2023 |
| National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art | Seoul | 1,806,641 | South Korea | 2022 |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum | Tokyo | 1,924,456 | Japan | 2023 |
| The National Art Center, Tokyo | Tokyo | 2,250,758 | Japan | 2023 |
| Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo | 1,372,132 | Japan | 2022 |
| National Gallery Singapore | Singapore | 1,723,916 | Singapore | 2023 |
| Shanghai Science and Technology Museum | Shanghai | 494,000 | 2022 |
| National Palace Museum | Taipei | 1,040,000 | Taiwan | 2022 |
| Zhejiang Provincial Museum | Hangzhou | 874,000 | 2022 |
| National Taiwan Science Education Center | Taipei | 2,468,000 | Taiwan | 2023 |
| Shaanxi History Museum | Xi'an | 1,000,000 | China | 2020 |

## Europe

Europe - Top museums by number of visitors in 2023 :
| Name | City | Visitors per year | Country | Year reported |
| Louvre | Paris | 8,900,000 | France | 2023 |
| Vatican Museums | Vatican City | 6,800,000 | Vatican | 2023 |
| British Museum | London | 5,820,860 | United Kingdom | 2023 |
| Natural History Museum | London | 5,688,608 | United Kingdom | 2023 |
| Musée d'Orsay | Paris | 5.2 million | France | 2023 |
| Galleria degli Uffizi | Florence | 5,138,588 | Italy | 2023 |
| Tate Modern | London | 4,742,038 | United Kingdom | 2023 |
| State Hermitage Museum | Saint Petersburg | 3,274,000 | Russia | 2023 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum | London | 3,110,000 | United Kingdom | 2023 |
| Centre Pompidou | Paris | 3,009,570 | France | 2023 |
| London Science Museum | London | 2,957,000 | United Kingdom | 2023 |
| National Gallery | London | 2,727,119 | United Kingdom | 2023 |
| Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | 2,702,824 | Netherlands | 2023 |
| Museo del Prado | Madrid | 2,456,724 | Spain | 2023 |
| Tretyakov Gallery | Moscow | 2,100,000 | Russia | 2023 |
| Galleria dell'Accademia | Florence | 2,013,974 | Italy | 2023 |
| National Museum in Warsaw | Warsaw | 2,000,000 | Poland | 2023 |
| Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie | Paris | 1,992,823 | France | 2022 |
| Van Gogh Museum | Amsterdam | 1,686,766 | Netherlands | 2023 |
| National Museum in Kraków | Kraków | 1,600,000 | Poland | 2023 |
| Reina Sofía | Madrid | 1,514,854 | Spain | 2023 |
| Galata Tower | Istanbul | 1,300,000 | Turkey | 2023 |

## North America

| Name | City | Visitors per year | Country | Year reported |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City | 5,364,000 | United States | 2023 |
| National Museum of Natural History | Washington, D.C. | 4,400,000 | United States | 2023 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, D.C. | 3,829,812 | United States | 2023 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York City | 2,839,509 | United States | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Museum of American History | Washington, D.C. | 2,100,000 | United States | 2023 |
| National Air and Space Museum (with Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center) | Washington, D.C. | 3,100,000 | United States | 2023 |
| National Museum of African American History and Culture | Washington, D.C. | 1,600,000 | United States | 2023 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | 1,300,000 | United States | 2023 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles | 902,237 | United States | 2022 |
| Getty Center | Los Angeles | 989,302 | United States | 2022 |
| Art Gallery of Ontario | Toronto | 1,000,000 | Canada | 2025 |
| Royal Ontario Museum | Toronto | 796,579 | Canada | 2022 |
| National Gallery of Canada|Ottawa | Toronto | 165,854 | Canada | 2022 |
| National Museum of Anthropology | Mexico City | 1,494,587 | Mexico | 2022 |
| National Museum of History | Mexico City | 1,486,379 | Mexico | 2022 |
| Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | Drumheller, Alberta | 501,430 | Canada | 2022 |
| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens | San Marino | 1,014,000 | United States | 2022 |

## Oceania

| Name | City | Visitors per year | Country | Year reported |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Sydney | 1,692,028 | Australia | 2023 |
| National Gallery of Victoria | Melbourne | 1,580,303 | Australia | 2022 |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | Sydney | 1,093,072 | Australia | 2023 |
| National Gallery of Australia | Canberra | 1,021,983 | Australia | 2022 |
| Australian Museum | Sydney | 950,000 | Australia | 2023 |
| Museum of New Zealand | Wellington | 863,129 | New Zealand | 2022 |
| Powerhouse Museum (Ultimo) | Sydney | 583,757 | Australia | 2023 |
| Queensland Gallery of Modern Art | Brisbane | 271,030 | Australia | 2020 |
| Australian Centre for the Moving Image | Melbourne | 1,316,000 | Australia | 2016 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | Sydney | 1,206,000 | Australia | 2017 |

## South America

South America :
| Name | City | Visitors per year | Country | Year reported |
| Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil | Belo Horizonte | 1,474,825 | Brazil | 2023 |
| Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil | Rio de Janeiro | 1,323,034 | Brazil | 2023 |
| Museu Nacional da Republica | Brasília | 935,168 | Brazil | 2017 |
| Instituto Tomie Othake | São Paulo | 895,769 | Brazil | 2017 |
| Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo | São Paulo | 880,000 | Brazil | 2023 |
| Museu do Ipiranga | São Paulo | 655,759 | Brazil | 2023 |
| São Paulo Museum of Art | São Paulo | 530,235 | Brazil | 2023 |
| Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | 515,000 | Argentina | 2023 |