Visit Museums around the World
| No. | Museum | Country and city | Visitors annually | Image |
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1
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Louvre |
 Paris
|
2,825,000 (2021) (up 5 percent from 2020) |
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2
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Russian Museum |
 Saint Petersburg
|
2,260,231 (2021) (up 88 percent from 2020) |
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3
|
Multimedia Art Museum |
Moscow
|
2,242,405 (2021) (up 421 percent from 2020) |
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4
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Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 New York
|
1,958,000 (2021) (Up 84 percent from 2020) |
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5
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National Gallery of Art |
Washington, D.C.
|
1,704,606 (2021) (up by 133 percent from 2020) |
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6
|
State Hermitage Museum |
Saint Petersburg
|
1,649,443 (2021) (Up 70 percent from 2020) |
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7
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Museo Reina Sofía |
 Madrid
|
1,643,108 (2021) (up from 1,248,000 in 2020) |
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8
|
Vatican Museums |
 Vatican City
|
1,612,530 (2021) (up 24 percent from 2020) |
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9
|
Tretyakov Gallery |
Moscow
|
1,580,819 (2021) (up 77 percent from 2020) |
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10
|
Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou) |
Paris |
1,501,040 (2021) (up by 64 percent from 2020) |
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11
|
British Museum |
 London
|
1,327,120 (2021) [2] (up 42 percent from 2020) |
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12
|
National Museum of Korea |
 Seoul
|
1,262,562 (2021) (Up 63 percent from 2020) |
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13
|
Museo del Prado |
Madrid
|
1,175,296 (2021) (up 38 percent from 2020) |
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14
|
Royal Castle, Warsaw |
 Warsaw
|
1,168,821 (2021) (up 80% from 2020) |
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15
|
Museum of Modern Art |
New York |
1,160,686 (2021) (up 64 percent from 2020) |
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16
|
Tate Modern |
London |
1,156,037 (2021) (down 19 percent from 2020) |
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17
|
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum |
 Tokyo |
1,049,183 (2021) (up 106 percent from 2020) |
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18
|
Musée d'Orsay |
Paris |
1,044,365 (2021) (up by 20 percent from 2020) |
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19
|
Somerset House |
London |
984,978 (2021) (up by 36 percent from 2020) |
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20
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Uffizi Gallery |
 Florence
|
969,695 (2021) (up 47 percent from 2020)[3] |
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21
|
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art |
Seoul
|
937,484 (2021) (up by 97 percent from 2020) |
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22
|
The National Art Center, Tokyo |
Tokyo |
881,733 (2021) (up 113 percent from 2020) |
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23
|
Shanghai Museum |
 Shanghai
|
880,457 (2021) (up by 46 percent from 2020) |
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24
|
Victoria and Albert Museum |
London |
857,742 (2021) (down 2 percent from 2020) |
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25
|
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
 Wellington
|
808,706 (2021) (down 3 percent from 2020) |
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26
|
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) |
Marseille
|
806,649 (2021) (up 26 percent from 2020) |
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27
|
National Gallery of Victoria |
 Melbourne
|
801,699 (2021) (up 26 percent from 2020) |
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28
|
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts |
Moscow |
766,325 (2021) (up 36 percent from 2020)) |
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29
|
National Gallery Singapore |
 Singapore
|
748,526 (2021) (up 2 percent from 2020) |
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30
|
National Gallery |
London |
708,924 (2021) (down 48 percent from 2020) |
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31
|
Louis Vuitton Foundation |
Paris
|
691,000 (2021) (up 174 percent from 2020) |
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32
|
National Museum in Krakow |
Krakow
|
679,729 (2021) (up percent from 2020) |
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33
|
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum |
Madrid |
671,078 (2021) (up 97 percent from 2020 ) |
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34
|
Scottish National Gallery |
Edinburgh
|
660,741 (2021) (up 49 percent from 2020) |
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35
|
Gyeongju National Museum |
Gyeongju
|
653,651 (2021) (up 79 percent from 2020) |
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36
|
Rijksmuseum |
 Amsterdam
|
625,000 (2021) (down 7 percent from 2020) |
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37
|
Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
Los Angeles
|
620,621 (2021) (up 197 percent from 2020) |
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38
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Hong Kong Museum of Art |
 Kowloon
|
619,810 (2021) (up 160 percent from 2020) |
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39
|
Musée du quai Branly |
Paris |
615,795 (2021) (no data from 2020) |
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40
|
Tokyo National Museum |
Tokyo
|
605,214 (2021) (down 16 percent from 2020) |
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41
|
West Bund Museum |
Shanghai
|
592,000 (2021) (up 62 percent from 2020) |
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42
|
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art |
Beijing |
585,621 (2021) (up 52 percent from 2020) |  |
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43
|
Kunsthistorisches Museum |
 Vienna
|
579,204 (2021) (up 27 percent from 2020) |
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44
|
Moscow Kremlin Museums |
Moscow |
578,000 (2021) (up 36 percent from 2020 |
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45
|
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park |
Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan
|
550,000 (2021) (\up 112 percent from 2020) |
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45
|
National Portrait Gallery (Australia) |
Canberra
|
430,932 (2020) (down 81% from 2019) |
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46
|
Acropolis Museum |
 Athens
|
547,910 (2021) (Up 69 percent from 2020) |
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47
|
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao |
Bilbao
|
530,967 (2021) (up 68 percent from 2020) |
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47
|
Mireuksaji Museum |
Iksan
|
417,527 (2020) (no data for 2019) |
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48
|
Tate Britain |
London |
525,144 (2021) (up 34 percent from 2020) |
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49
|
Petit Palais |
Paris |
517,624 (2021) (no data from 2020) |
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50
|
Humboldt Forum |
 Berlin |
515,000 (2021) (new museum; no data from 2020) |
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51
|
Bourse de commerce (Paris) (Pinault Collection) |
Paris |
508,689 (2021) (new museum) |
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52
|
Getty Center |
Los Angeles
|
508,449 (2021) (up 90 percent from 2020) |
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53
|
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane |
Brisbane
|
499,530 (2021) (up 51 percent from 2020) |
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53
|
Palazzo Reale |
Milan
|
390,716 (2020) (down 48% from 2019) |
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54
|
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Houston
|
495,530 (2021) (up 51 percent from 2020) |
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54
|
Royal Academy of Arts |
London |
385,775 (2020) (down 69% from 2019) |
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55
|
Whitney Museum |
New York
|
492,500 (2021) (up 111 percent from 2020) |
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56
|
Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
 Tel Aviv
|
478,169 (2021) (up 15 percent from 2020) |
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56
|
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia |
Sydney
|
367,849 (2020) (down 64% from 2019) |
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57
|
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Boston
|
477,427 (2021) (up 91 percent from 2020) |
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57
|
Art Institute of Chicago |
Chicago
|
365,660 (2020) (down 78% from 2019) |
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58
|
Royal Academy of Arts |
London |
468,693 (2021) (up 21 percent from 2020) |
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59
|
National Gallery of Australia |
Canberra
|
455,558 (2021) (up 51 percent from 2020) |
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60
|
China Art Museum, Pudong, Shanghai |
Shanghai
|
450,000 (2021) (new museum) |
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60
|
Saatchi Gallery |
London |
354,787 (2020) (down 69% from 2019) |
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61
|
Galleria dell'Accademia |
Florence
|
446,143 (2021) (up 40percent from 2020) |
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62
|
Art Gallery of South Australia |
Adelaide
|
444,577 (2021) (up 35% from 2020) |
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63
|
Triennale di Milano |
Milan
|
441,749 (2021) (no data from 2020) |
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64
|
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
Bentonville, Arkansas
|
439,552 (2021) (Up 24 percent from 2020) |
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64
|
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane |
Brisbane
|
330,031 (down 54% from 2019) |
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65
|
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
437,348 (2021) (Up 149 percent from 2020) |
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65
|
Louvre Abu Dhabi |
 Abu Dhabi
|
324,718 (down 67% from 2019) |
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|
66
|
Art Gallery of New South Wales |
Sydney
|
428,748 (2021) (down 22 percent from 2020) |
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67
|
Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg |
Saint Petersburg
|
420,000 (2021) down 42 percent from 2020) |
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67
|
Museo Soumaya |
 Mexico City
|
321,803 (2020) (down 71% from 2019 |
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|
68
|
National Palace Museum |
 Taipei
|
416,436 (2021) (down 35 percent from 2020) |
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69
|
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
Richmond, Virginia
|
410,734 (2021) (up 58 percent from 2020) |
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70
|
Cleveland Museum of Art |
Cleveland, Ohio
|
409,921 (2021) (up 122 percent from 2020) |
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71
|
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art |
Moscow
|
408,057 (2021) (up 40 percent from 2020) |
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71
|
Städel Museum |
Frankfurt
|
318,792 (2020) (down 45% from 2019) |
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72
|
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum |
 Aarhus
|
401,844 (2021) (down 9 percent from 2020) |
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72
|
Berardo Collection Museum |
 Lisbon
|
317,028 (2020) (down 65% from 2019) |
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73
|
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
400,940 (2021) (up 61 percent from 2020) |
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74
|
Museo Egizio |
Turin |
398,336 (2021) (up 65 percent from 2020)) |
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75
|
De Young Museum |
San Francisco
|
394,402 (2021) (up 69 percent from 2020) |
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76
|
National Museum of African-American History and Culture |
Washington, DC
|
392,966 (2021) (up 69 percent from 2020) |
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76
|
National Portrait Gallery |
London |
309,402 (2020) (down 81% from 2019) |
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77
|
Musée des Arts Decoratifs |
Paris |
391,379 (2021) (up 32 percent from 2020) |
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|
78
|
Caixa Forum |
Barcelona
|
390,239 (2021) (up 83 percent from 2020) |
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79
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Kunsthaus Zürich |
 Zurich
|
382,603 (2021) (up 42 percent from 2020) |
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79
|
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
 Montreal
|
301,474 (2020) (down 74% from 2019) |
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|
80
|
Musée de l'Orangerie |
Paris
|
380,147 (2021) (up 64 percent from 2020) |
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|
80
|
Deutsches Historisches Museum |
Berlin
|
299,002 (2020) | _-_Berlin.jpg) |
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81
|
M+ |
Kowloon
|
371,082 (2021) (new) |
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82
|
Van Gogh Museum |
Amsterdam
|
366,359 (2021) (down 29 percent from 2020) |
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82
|
Beyeler Foundation |
Basel
|
291,604 (2020) (down 33% from 2019) |
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83
|
Albertina |
Vienna
|
366,280 (2021) (up 2 percent from 2020) |
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83
|
National Gallery of Denmark |
Copenhagen
|
285,901 (2020) (down 27% from 2019) |
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84
|
Yorkshire Sculpture Park |
Wakefield
|
363,320 (2021) (new) |
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84
|
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil |
 São Paulo
|
282,998 (2020) (down 66% from 2019) |
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|
85
|
Instituto Tomie Ohtake |
São Paulo
|
329,683 (2021) (down 81% from 2020) |
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85
|
National Gallery Prague |
 Prague
|
282,562 (2020) (down 49% from 2019) |
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86
|
Queensland Art Gallery |
Brisbane
|
341,023(2021) (up 26% from 2020) |
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86
|
Imperial War Museum |
London
|
278,797 (2020) (down 74% from 2019) |
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87
|
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art |
Humlebæk
|
334,926 (2021) (down 17% from 2020) |
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|
87
|
Daegu National Museum |
Daegu
|
277,887 (2020) (down 49% from 2019) |
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88
|
World Museum |
Liverpool
|
330,593 (2021) (up 22 percent from 2020) |
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88
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam |
Amsterdam
|
277,000 (2020) (down 59% from 2019) |
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89-90
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Donald W. Reynolds Center (contains two museums, the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum) |
Washington D.C. |
324,683 (2021) (down 81% from 2019) |
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89
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium |
 Brussels
|
273,571 (2020) (down 75% from 2019) |
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91
|
MMCA Deoksugung |
 Seoul
|
329,391 (2021) (up 144 percent from 2020) |
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92
|
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere |
Vienna
|
328,413 (2021) (up 21 percent from 2020) |
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93
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National Museum of Scotland (Museums below have 2020 attendance figures) |
Edinburgh
|
302,909 (2021) (up 48 percent from 2020) |
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93
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National Museum of Art, Osaka |
Osaka
|
270,097 (2020) |  |
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96
|
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum |
Glasgow
|
288,212 (2021) |  |
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97
|
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park |
Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan
|
259,329 (2020) (down 61% from 2019) |
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99
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Christchurch Art Gallery |
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