Table 1 Top 20 European museums by...

Table 1

Top 20 European museums by number of visitors from 2012 to 2022

Rank	Museum	Location	Free/Paid	Total visitors (2012–2022)	% Museum (2012–2022)
1	Louvre Museum	Paris, France	P	85,605,000	12.19
2	British Museum	London, UK	F	56,896,000	8.10
3	Vatican Museums	Vatican, Vatican	P	56,830,999	8.09
4	National Gallery	London, UK	F	52,412,000	7.46
5	Tate Modern	London, UK	F	50,596,000	7.21
6	Natural History Museum	London, UK	F	47,983,000	6.83
7	State Hermitage	St Petersburg, Russia	P	35,839,000	5.10
8	Reina Sofia	Madrid, Spain	P	33,403,000	4.76
9	Centre Pompidou	Paris, France	P	33,017,000	4.70
10	Musee D'Orsay	Paris, France	P	32,187,000	4.58
11	Victoria and Albert Museum	London, UK	F	31,935,000	4.55
12	Science Museum South Kensington	London, UK	F	29,899,000	4.26
13	Museo Nacional del Prado	Madrid, España	P	26,809,000	3.82
14	Cite Des Sciences Et De L'Industrie	Paris, France	P	22,999,000	3.28
15	Galleria Degli Uffizi	Florence, Italy	P	20,347,000	2.90
16	Rijksmuseum	Amsterdam, Netherlands	F	20,320,058	2.89
17	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh, UK	F	18,395,000	2.62
18	Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum	Oswiecim, Poland	P	16,864,000	2.40
19	National Portrait Gallery	London, UK	F	15,390,000	2.19
20	Van Gogh Museum	Amsterdam, Netherlands	P	14,383,000	2.05
	Total visitors			702,110,057	100.00

Rank	Museum	Location	Free/Paid	Total visitors (2012–2022)	% Museum (2012–2022)
1	Louvre Museum	Paris, France	P	85,605,000	12.19
2	British Museum	London, UK	F	56,896,000	8.10
3	Vatican Museums	Vatican, Vatican	P	56,830,999	8.09
4	National Gallery	London, UK	F	52,412,000	7.46
5	Tate Modern	London, UK	F	50,596,000	7.21
6	Natural History Museum	London, UK	F	47,983,000	6.83
7	State Hermitage	St Petersburg, Russia	P	35,839,000	5.10
8	Reina Sofia	Madrid, Spain	P	33,403,000	4.76
9	Centre Pompidou	Paris, France	P	33,017,000	4.70
10	Musee D'Orsay	Paris, France	P	32,187,000	4.58
11	Victoria and Albert Museum	London, UK	F	31,935,000	4.55
12	Science Museum South Kensington	London, UK	F	29,899,000	4.26
13	Museo Nacional del Prado	Madrid, España	P	26,809,000	3.82
14	Cite Des Sciences Et De L'Industrie	Paris, France	P	22,999,000	3.28
15	Galleria Degli Uffizi	Florence, Italy	P	20,347,000	2.90
16	Rijksmuseum	Amsterdam, Netherlands	F	20,320,058	2.89
17	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh, UK	F	18,395,000	2.62
18	Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum	Oswiecim, Poland	P	16,864,000	2.40
19	National Portrait Gallery	London, UK	F	15,390,000	2.19
20	Van Gogh Museum	Amsterdam, Netherlands	P	14,383,000	2.05
	Total visitors			702,110,057	100.00

Source(s): Own elaboration from TEA/AECOM (2023)

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