¹ The source specifies that data from 2021 to 2025 for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York excludes the Met Cloisters. When including the number of visitors to the Met Cloisters, attendance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was as follows:Â
The Metropolitan Museum of Art revisited data for 2019 due to a changed counting methodology.
² Figures from 2020 to 2023 for the Museo Nacional de AntropologÃa were not available. Data for 2019 was calculated by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ based on the percentage change provided by the source.
³ The Shanghai Museum East opened in 2024. Data excludes the People's Square. In 2024, combined attendance at the Shanghai Museum (East and People's Square) was 6.58 million.Â
Figures prior to 2025 were previously published by the source or were calculated by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ based on the annual percentage changes provided by the source.
In 2025, the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, was the most visited art museum worldwide, recording approximately **** million visitors. This figure represented a ****percent increase in attendance over the previous year. In 2025, the Vatican Museums in the Vatican City and the National Museum of Korea in Seoul followed in the ranking, with around *** million and *** million visitors, respectively.
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The Art Newspaper. (March 31, 2026). Most visited art museums worldwide from 2019 to 2025 (in millions) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/246293/art-museums-by-total-attendance-worldwide/
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