List of most-visited museums in the United States: Difference between revisions

 

Line 23: Line 23:

| style=”text-align:center” |(4)||[[National Museum of Natural History]]|| [[Washington, D.C.]]||3,900,000 ||2024<ref>TEA Global Experience Index, 2024</ref>

| style=”text-align:center” |(4)||[[National Museum of Natural History]]|| [[Washington, D.C.]]||3,900,000 ||2024<ref>TEA Global Experience Index, 2024</ref>

|-

|-

| style=”text-align:center” | (5) |||[[National Air and Space Museum]] (with [[Udvar-Hazy Center]]) ||[[Washington, D.C.]]|| 3,100,000||2024<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |title=Visitor Stats {{!}} Smithsonian Institution |url=https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/about/stats |access-date=2025-1025 |website=www.si.edu |language=en}}</ref>

| style=”text-align:center” | (5) |||[[Museum ]]||[[ ]]||,,||2024<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www../// |access-date=2025– |website= }}</ref>

|

|

| style=”text-align:center” | (6) |||[[Museum of Modern Art]]|| [[New York City]]||2,657,377 ||2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-26 |title=The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/26/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-world-2024 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=The Art Newspaper – International art news and events}}</ref>

|-

|-

|style=”text-align:center” | (7) |||[[National 9/11 Museum]]|| [[New York City]]||2,265,0000 ||2024<ref>TEA Global Experience Index 2024</ref>

|style=”text-align:center” | (7) |||[[National 9/11 Museum]]|| [[New York City]]||2,265,0000 ||2024<ref>TEA Global Experience Index 2024</ref>

Line 38: Line 39:

|-

|-

| style=”text-align:center” | (12) |||[[Griffin Museum of Science and Industry]]||[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]||1,476,000 ||2023<ref name=”teacom”>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-26 |title=The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/26/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-world-2024 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=The Art Newspaper – International art news and events}}</ref>

| style=”text-align:center” | (12) |||[[Griffin Museum of Science and Industry]]||[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]||1,476,000 ||2023<ref name=”teacom”>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-26 |title=The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/26/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-world-2024 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=The Art Newspaper – International art news and events}}</ref>

|-

style=”text-align:center” | (5) |||[[National Air and Space Museum]] (with [[Udvar-Hazy Center]]) ||[[Washington, D.C.]]|| 1,900,000||2024<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |title=Visitor Stats {{!}} Smithsonian Institution |url=https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/about/stats |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=www.si.edu |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|-

| style=”text-align:center” | (13) |||[[Art Institute of Chicago]]|| [[Chicago]]||1,324,241 ||2024<ref name=”Art Newspaper, March 2025″/>

| style=”text-align:center” | (13) |||[[Art Institute of Chicago]]|| [[Chicago]]||1,324,241 ||2024<ref name=”Art Newspaper, March 2025″/>

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
American Museum of Natural History, New York City
National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.
National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
National Museum of American History, Washington D.C.

This is a list of the most-visited museums in the United States in 2024. It is based upon the statistics of the Smithsonian Institution Newsroom (January 2025) and the annual survey of museum attendance by the Art Newspaper published in March 2025, the TEA Global Experience Index for 2024, published in spring 2025, and from museum sources.

style=”text-align:center” | (5) |||National Air and Space Museum (with Udvar-Hazy Center) ||Washington, D.C.|| 1,900,000||2024[7]

Rank Museum Location Visitors Year
(1) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City 5,727,258 2024[1]
(2) American Museum of Natural History New York City 5,400,000 2024[2]
(3) National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. 3,936,543 2024[3]
(4) National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C. 3,900,000 2024[4]
(5) Museum of Modern Art New York City 2,657,377 2024[5]
(7) National 9/11 Museum New York City 2,265,0000 2024[6]
(8) National Museum of American History Washington, D.C. 2,100,000 2024[7]
(9) Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston 1,520,000 2022[8]
(10) California Science Center Los Angeles 1,694,000 2022[9]
(11) National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington, D.C. 1,600,000 2024[7]
(12) Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Chicago 1,476,000 2023[10]
(13) Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 1,324,241 2024[1]
(14) Smithsonian American Art Museum (with Renwick Gallery) Washington, D.C. 1,273,450 2024[11]
(15) Getty Center Los Angeles 1,301,332 2024[1]
(16) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
(with the George C. Page and William S. Hart museums)
Los Angeles 1,200,000 2023[12]
(17) National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. 1,273,450 2024[13]
(18) Denver Museum of Nature and Science Denver 1,151,000 2022[10]
(19) Museum of Science Boston 1,123,000 2022[10]
(20) Huntington Library San Marino, California 1,152,416 2024[14]
(21) Field Museum of Natural History Chicago 1,018,002 2022[15][10]
(22) De Young Museum San Francisco 999,645 2023[10]
(23) Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston 854,684 2024[10]
(24) California Academy of Sciences San Francisco 966,000 2022[16]
(25) Museum of Fine Arts Boston 988,911 2024[1]
(26) Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles 873,825 2024[1]
(27) The Broad Los Angeles 846,500 2024[10]
(28) Solomon Guggenheim Museum New York City 861,374 2023[10]
(29) Perot Museum of Nature and Science Dallas 849,329 2023[17]
(30) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, Arkansas 784,971 2023[10]
(31) Whitney Museum of American Art New York City 888,816 2024[10]
(32) Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Grand Rapids, Michigan 851,626 2024[1]
(33) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C. 714,684 2023[7]
(34) National Museum of the American Indian Washington, D.C. 704,074 2023[7]
(35) Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 685,336 2023[10]
(36) Denver Art Museum Denver 656,342 2022[14]
(37) North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Raleigh, North Carolina 617,375 2022[18]
(38) Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis 591,069 2022[19]
(39) Milwaukee Public Museum Milwaukee 549,670 2023[20]
(40) The Museum of Flight Seattle 445,538 2023[21]
(41) Pacific Science Center Seattle 410,000 2022[22]
(42) Fernbank Museum of Natural History Atlanta 408,000 2023[23]

Notes and citations

[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Art Newspaper, March 2025
  2. ^ TEA Global Experience Index, 2024
  3. ^ “The 100 Most Popular Art Museums in the World 2024”. The Art Newspaper. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  4. ^ TEA Global Experience Index, 2024
  5. ^ “The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs”. The Art Newspaper – International art news and events. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  6. ^ TEA Global Experience Index 2024
  7. ^ a b c d e “Visitor Stats | Smithsonian Institution”. www.si.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  8. ^ Museum website
  9. ^ Center website, May 2024
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k “The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs”. The Art Newspaper – International art news and events. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  11. ^ The Art Newspapr, March 2025
  12. ^ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) (December 19, 2023). “Our Year in Review”.
  13. ^ Art Newspaper, March 2025
  14. ^ a b “The Art Newspaper, March 28, 2023
  15. ^ TEA-AECOM Museum Index, published June, 2023
  16. ^ TEA-AECOM Museum Index, published June 23, 2023
  17. ^ “FY23-ImpactReport – Flipbook – Page 1”. FY23-ImpactReport – Flipbook – Page 1. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  18. ^ North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Annual Report FY 2021-2022.
  19. ^ Minneapolis Star-Tribune, December 30, 2022
  20. ^ “Annual Report & Public Records | Milwaukee Public Museum”. www.mpm.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  21. ^ The Museum of Flight. “The Museum of Flight Annual Report 2024”.
  22. ^ Pacific Science Center Annual Report, 2023
  23. ^ Fernbank Museum Impact Report, 2023.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Exit mobile version