List of the most visited art museums in the world (2015)

The list of the most visited art museums in the world lists 63 museums and galleries that are most popular among visitors, whose expositions mainly consist of works of art . Art is understood as sculpture , painting , graphic art , photography and decorative and applied art . The list does not include tourist attractions that are not pure art museums (for example, the Forbidden City in Beijing ). Also, the list does not include museums whose expositions include works of art, but which primarily are specialized museums dedicated to a specific topic (for example, the Museum of Natural History in London ), as well as open museum-parks (for example, the Museum in Moscow ).

No.	Title	City	A country	Year of foundation	Visitors per year	The photo
one	The louvre museum	Paris	France	1792	8 600 000
2	British museum	London	Great Britain	1753	6 820 686
3	Metropolitan Museum	New York	USA	1870	6 533 106
four	Vatican Museums	Vatican City ( Rome )	Vatican	1506	6 002 251
five	London National Gallery	London	Great Britain	1824	5 908 254
6	Museum of the imperial palace	Taipei	Republic of China	1965	5,291,797
7	Tate Modern	London	Great Britain	2000	4 712 581
eight	National Gallery of Art	Washington	USA	1937	4 104 331
9	State Hermitage Museum	St. Petersburg	Russia	1764	3 668 031
ten	Orsay Museum	Paris	France	1968	3,440,000
eleven	Victoria and Albert Museum	London	Great Britain	1852	3 432 325
12	Reina Sofia Art Center	Madrid	Spain	1992	3,249,591
13	Somerset House	London	Great Britain	1776	3 235 104
14	National Folk Museum of Korea	Seoul	The Republic of Korea	1945	3 129 680
15	New York Museum of Modern Art	New York	USA	1929	3 084 624
sixteen	State Museum of Modern Art	Paris	France	1947	3,060,000
17	Tokyo City Museum of Art	Tokyo	Japan	1926	2 772 829
18	National Folk Museum of Korea	Seoul	The Republic of Korea	1945	2 762 143
nineteen	Prado	Madrid	Spain	1819	2 696 666
20	National Center for the Arts	Tokyo	Japan	2007	2 466 311
21	National Gallery of Victoria and Ian Potter Center	Melbourne	Australia	1861	2,411,311
22	State Museum	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1800	2,345,666
23	Bank of Brazil Cultural Center	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1989	2,288,023
24	the Moscow Kremlin	Moscow	Russia	1547	2 157 637
25	National Gallery of Scotland , National Portrait Gallery of Scotland , Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art	Edinburgh	Great Britain	1859	2 148 242
26	National Portrait Gallery	London	Great Britain	1856	2 145 486
27	Getty Museum and Getty Villa	Los Angeles	USA	1954	2,039,226
28	Uffizi	Florence	Italy	1581	1 971 146
29th	Shanghai Museum	Shanghai	China	1952	1 923 504
thirty	Tokyo National Museum	Tokyo	Japan	1872	1 914 880
31	Vincent Van Gogh Museum	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1973	1 908 744
32	Grand Palace	Paris	France	1900	1,738,089
33	State Tretyakov Gallery	Moscow	Russia	1856	1 626 825
34	Zumaia Museum	Mexico city	Mexico	2011	1 615 224
35	Saatchi Gallery	London	Great Britain	1985	1,576,511
36	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	Great Britain	1866	1 567 310
37	San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts and Museum of the Legion of Honor	San Francisco	USA	1895	1,500,761
38	Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean	Marseilles	France	2013	1,500,000
39	New Acropolis Museum	Athens	Greece	2009	1 486 171
40	Academy of Fine Arts Gallery	Florence	Italy	1784	1,415,397
41	Tomi Otake Institute	Sao paulo	Brazil	2001	1 378 126
42	Australian Moving Image Center	Melbourne	Australia	2002	1,343,450
43	Branly Museum	Paris	France	2006	1 301 277
44	National Portrait Gallery	Washington	USA	1962	1,300,000
45	Tate Britain	London	Great Britain	1897	1,284,519
46	Doge's Palace	Venice	Italy	1340	1,276,127
47	Bank of Brazil Cultural Center	Sao paulo	Brazil	2001	1,268,560
48	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	Glasgow	Great Britain	1901	1,261,552
49	Museum of Fine Arts	Boston	USA	1870	1 192 567
50	National Museum of China	Beijing	China	2003	1,190,000
51	Queensland Art Gallery and Queensland Contemporary Art Gallery	Brisbane	Australia	1895 and 2006	1,181,861
52	Theater Museum Dali	Figueres	Spain	1974	1 162 124
53	Whitney Museum of American Art	New York	USA	1931	1,133,285
54	Belvedere Gallery	Vein	Austria	1903	1 126 954
55	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao	Bilbao	Spain	1997	1 103 211
56	National Museum of Modern Art	Seoul	The Republic of Korea	1969	1 101 565
57	Royal Academy of Arts	London	Great Britain	1768	1,096,608
58	Gyeongju State Museum	Gyeongju	The Republic of Korea	1910	1 089 206
59	Royal Ontario Museum	Toronto	Canada	1912	1,065,471
60	Los Angeles County Museum of Art	Los Angeles	USA	1910	1,041,395
61	Imperial War Museum	London	Great Britain	1917	1,031,027
62	Bank of Brazil Cultural Center	Brasilia	Brazil	2000	1,026,509
63	Picasso Museum	Barcelona	Spain	1963	1 008 125