List of most visited museums


This article lists museums with more than two million annual visitors reported in the most recent surveys of museum attendance. A museum is defined as a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, care, research, and exhibition of numerous objects that represent the legacy of humankind and its environment.

Criteria for inclusion

Major sources for this list are the Art Newspaper's annual exhibition and museum visitor figures, which includes only art museums, and the /AECOM Museum Index. The research for the Museum Index is conducted by the consulting firm AECOM, a Fortune 500 consulting company. The list includes art museums, history museums, natural history museums, and science museums, but does not include archaeological sites or historical monuments, and many palace museums. This list generally follows that guideline, so the Palace of Versailles, Peterhof Palace, and Forbidden City are not included. Though these sites include some museum collections, they are found in the List of most visited palaces and monuments. The list also includes one site, the Mevlana Museum, a mausoleum and religious shrine which is classified by the Turkish government as a museum. However, it does not include Hagia Sophia, which the Turkish government also classifies as a museum.
, Beijing, China.
, New York City, United States.
, Vatican City.
, Saint Petersburg, Russia
, London, United Kingdom
, Seoul, South Korea
, Madrid, Spain
, Taipei, Taiwan

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