List of most-visited art museums

This article lists the most-visited art museums in the world in 2020. The primary source is The Art Newspaper annual survey of the number of visitors to major art museums in 2020, published 30 March 2021.

See also: List of most-visited museums and List of most visited museums by region

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the museums listed were closed during the year for long periods of time. For example, the Louvre, the top museum on the list, was closed for 150 days in 2020, and Louvre attendance for 2020 dropped by 72 percent from 2019. Overall, attendance at the top one hundred art museums dropped by 77 percent in 2020.[1]

List
No.MuseumCountry and cityVisitors annually[lower-alpha 1]Image
1
Louvre Paris2,700,000 (2020)
(down 72% from 2019)
2
National Museum of China Beijing1,600,000 (2020)
(down 78% from 2019)
3
Tate Modern London1,432,941 (2020)
(down 77% from 2019)
4
Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)1,300,000 (2020)
(down 81% from 2019)
5
British Museum London1,275,466 (2020)
(down 80% from 2019)
6
Museo Reina Sofía Madrid1,248,480 (2020)
(down 72% from 2019)
7
State Russian Museum Saint Petersburg1,203,324 (2020)
(down 50% from 2019)
8
National Gallery London1,197,143 (2020)
(down 77% from 2019)
9
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York1,124,759 (2020)
(down 83% from 2019)
10
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Kanazawa971,256 (2020)
(down 77% from 2019)
11
State Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg968,604 (2020)
(down 80% from 2019)
12
Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou) Paris912,803 (2020)
(down 77% from 2019)
13
Tretyakov Gallery Moscow894,374 (2020)
(down 68% from 2019)
14
Victoria and Albert Museum London872,240 (2020)
(down 78% from 2019)
15
Musée d'Orsay Paris867,724 (2020)
(down 76% from 2019)
16
Museo del Prado Madrid852,161 (2020)
(down 76% from 2019)
17
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington837,664 (2020)
(down 46% from 2019)
18
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro790,357 (2020)
(down 70% from 2019)
19
National Museum of Korea Seoul773,621 (2020)
(down 77% from 2019)
20
National Gallery Singapore Singapore736,132 (2020)
(down 59% from 2019)
21
National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.730,408 (2020)
(down 82% from 2019)
22
Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg728,779 (2020)
(no data for 2019)
23
Tokyo National Museum Tokyo724,762 (2020)
(down 73% from 2019)
24
Somerset House London724,310 (2020)
(down 75% from 2019)
25
Museum of Modern Art New York706,060 (2020)
(down 65% from 2019)
26
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam675,000 (2020)
(down 75% from 2019)
27
Uffizi Gallery Florence659,000 (2020)
(down 72% from 2019)
28
Royal Castle, Warsaw Warsaw650,000 (2020)
(down 48% from 2019)
29
National Palace Museum Taipei642,163 (2020)
(down 74% from 2019)
30
National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne604,090 (2020)
(down 74% from 2019)
31
Shanghai Museum Shanghai604,090 (2020)
(down 71% from 2019)
32
National Museum of Western Art Tokyo603,114 (2020)
(down 62% from 2019)
33
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Moscow564,431 (2020)
(down 62% from 2019))
34
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney548,190 (2020)
(down 57% from 2019)
35
Huntington Library San Marino, California547,000 (2020)
(down 34% from 2019)
36
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) Marseille527,000 (2020)
(down 56% from 2019)
37
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam516,990 (2020)
(down 75% from 2019)
38
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo510,117 (2020)
(down 82% from 2019)
39
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul475,091 (2020)
(down 67% from 2019)
40
Kunst­historisches Museum Vienna454,291 (2020)
(down 75% from 2019)
41
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh444,437 (2020)
(down 80% from 2019)
42
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum Aarhus440,869 (2020)
(down 39% from 2019)
43
Musée du quai Branly Paris438,813 (2020)
(down 61% from 2019)
44
Grand Palais Paris437,786 (2020)
(down 59% from 2019)
45
National Portrait Gallery (Australia) Canberra430,932 (2020)
(down 81% from 2019)
46
Moscow Kremlin Museums Moscow424,922 (2020)
(down 86% from 2019)
47
Mireuksaji Museum Iksan417,527 (2020)
(no data for 2019)
48
Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv414,151 (2020)
(down 69% from 2019)
49
The National Art Center, Tokyo Tokyo413,316 (2020)
(down 78% from 2019)
50
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk402,950 (2020)
(down 47% from 2019)
51
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston401,935 (2020)
(down 68% from 2019)
52
Tate Britain London391,599 (2020)
(down 78% from 2019)
53
Palazzo Reale Milan390,716 (2020)
(down 48% from 2019)
54
Royal Academy of Arts London385,775 (2020)
(down 69% from 2019)
55
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art Beijing385,295 (2020) (no data from 2019)
56
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Sydney367,849 (2020)
(down 64% from 20)
57
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago365,660 (2020)
(down 78% from 2019)
58
Gyeongju National Museum Gyeongju365,294 (2020)
(down 71% from 2019)
59
Albertina Vienna360,073 (2020)
(down 64% from 2019)
60
Saatchi Gallery London354,787 (2020)
(down 69% from 2019
61
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, Arkansas353,123 (2020)
(down 50% from 2019)
62
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid341,008
(down 67% from 2019)
63
Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide330,249
(down 22% from 2019)
64
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Brisbane330,031
(down 54% from 2019)
65
Louvre Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi324,718
(down 67% from 2019)
66
Acropolis Museum Athens324,633 (2020)
(down 82% from 2019)
67
Museo Soumaya Mexico City321,803 (2020)
(down 71% from 2019
68
69
Donald W. Reynolds Center
(contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery and
Smithsonian American Art Museum)		 Washington D.C.321,286 (2020)
(down 81% from 2019)
70
Galleria dell'Accademia Florence319,453 (2020)
(down 81% from 2019)
71
Städel Museum Frankfurt318,792 (2020)
(down 45% from 2019)
72
Berardo Collection Museum Lisbon317,028 (2020)
(down 65% from 2019)
73
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao315,908 (2020)
(down 73% from 2019)
74
National Museum in Krakow Krakow311,362 (2020)
(down 74% from 2019)
75
Instituto Tomie Ohtake São Paulo309,760 (2020)
(down 45% from 2019)
76
National Portrait Gallery London309,402 (2020)
(down 81% from 2019)
77
Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh304,560 (2020)
(down 81% from 2019)
78
National Gallery of Australia Canberra302,592 (2020)
(down 65% from 2019)
79
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal301,474 (2020)
(down 74% from 2019)
80
Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin299,002 (2020)
81
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Moscow291,794 (2020)
(down 69% from 2019)
82
Beyeler Foundation Basel291,604 (2020)
(down 33% from 2019)
83
National Gallery of Denmark Copen­hagen285,901 (2020)
(down 27% from 2019)
84
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil São Paulo282,998 (2020)
(down 66% from 2019)
85
National Gallery Prague Prague282,562 (2020)
(down 49% from 2019)
86
Imperial War Museum London278,797 (2020)
(down 74% from 2019)
87
Daegu National Museum Daegu277,887 (2020)
(down 49% from 2019)
88
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Amsterdam277,000 (2020)
(down 59% from 2019)
89
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Brussels273,571 (2020)
(down 75% from 2019)
90
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere Vienna271,621 (2020)
(down 79% from 2019)
91
World Museum Liverpool271,058 (2020)
(down 60% from 2019)
92
Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane271,030 (2020)
(down 58% from 2019)
93
National Museum of Art, Osaka Osaka270,097 (2020)
94
Getty Center Los Angeles267,035 (2020)
(down 81% from 2019)
95
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, Virginia260,350 (2020)
(down 49% from 2019)
96
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow259,978 (2020)
(down 86% from 2019)
97
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan259,329 (2020)
(down 61% from 2019)
98
Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris253,409 (2020)
(down 76% from 2019)
99
Christchurch Art Gallery Christ­church253,058 (2020)
(down 28% from 2019)
100
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston249,881 (2020)
(down 80% from 2019)

See also
  •  Arts portal
  •  Visual arts portal

Notes
  1. Annual visitation figures for 2020[2]

References
  1. The Art Newspaper, March 30, 2021

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