Entertainment & Culture2007–2025
Most-Visited Museums
Museum attendance is a tourism race with a dramatic pandemic crater. The Louvre usually owns the top line, but Chinese museums, the Vatican, the British Museum and New York's Met keep reshuffling as travel flows recover.
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Source: TEA/AECOM Global Attractions Attendance Reports Annual visitor counts in millions, reconstructed from TEA/AECOM reports and museum disclosures; 2025 values are early public estimates where available. illustrative data Updated 2026-07-05
The race in numbers
2lead changes
18years covered
12contenders
Palace Museumlongest reign — 12 yrs at #1
Final standings · 2025
- 1Louvre9.0M
- 2National Museum of China7.0M
- 3Vatican Museums6.9M
- 4Palace Museum6.7M
- 5British Museum6.6M