Most Visited Museums in the World 2024
Source:
The Art Newspaper
Key Findings
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Louvre leads in Annual Visitors (Millions) with 9.20 in 2024.
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Average Annual Visitors (Millions) in 2024: 5.89 · median: 5.50.
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Gap in 2024: Louvre is 2.4× larger than Musée d'Orsay.
About This Dataset
Most Visited Museums in the World 2024
The chart highlights the most visited museums in the world for 2024, showcasing the Louvre as the clear leader with 9.2 million annual visitors. Following closely is the National Museum of China with 7.3 million, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art attracting 6.5 million visitors. These figures reflect the ongoing global interest in cultural institutions and their ability to draw large crowds.
Analysis
The top three in Annual Visitors (Millions) in 2024 are Louvre (9.20), National Museum of China (7.30) and Metropolitan Museum of Art (6.50). Louvre tops the list without dominating it, holding 19.5% of what the 8 entities record between them. The other 6 are bunched between 3.90 and 6.50.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- The Art Newspaper
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Annual Visitors (Millions)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
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