20 MOST POPULAR MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD This week the Themed Entertainment Association and AECOM released their 2014 Museum Index which ranks the world’s most popular museums by the amount of visitors they had. Once again the Louvre in Paris ranks as the number one museum in the world. Here is a list of the top 20 most popular museums in the world.
These museums have started to introduce various ‘Baseball Pins‘ which creates a great souvenir to take home and remember your experience. I’m sure there will be some competition to see who has collected the most…
1. LOUVRE, PARIS, FRANCE Louvre photo Photo by kBandara Louvre attracted 9.3 million visitors in 2014 making it the most popular museum in the world.
2. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA, BEIJING national museum of china photo Photo by Archbob The National Museum of China was the second most visited museum in the world with 7.6 million visitors.
3. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, WASHINGTON most popular museums
The National Museum of Natural History dropped one spot to become the third most visited museum in the world. Attendance dropped nearly 9% from 8 million to 7.3 million.
4. NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, WASHINGTON air and space museum washington photo Photo by m01229 Smithsonian National Air and Space museum received 6.7 million visitors as one of the most popular museums.
5. BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON most popular museums Photo by bram_souffreau British Museum is the fifth most popular museum with 6.7 million visitors.
6. NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON national gallery london photo Photo by ** Maurice ** 6.4 million visitors
7. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK most visited museums Photo by Tomás Fano 6.3 million visitors
8. VATICAN MUSEUMS, VATICAN CITY vatican museum photo Photo by HarshLight Vatican Museums had a 13% increase in attendance with 6.2 million visitors.
9. TATE MODERN, LONDON tate modern photo Photo by dalbera Tate Modern had an 18% increase in attendance with 5.8 million visitors.
10. NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, TAIWAN national palace museum taiwan photo Photo by caitriana National Palace Museum in Taiwan had a 22% increase in attendance with 5.4 million visitors.
11. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON most visited museums Photo by srboisvert 5.4 million visitors
12. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK most popular museums Photo by TristanReville American Museum of Natural History had 5 million visitors.
13. SHANGHAI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM shanghai science and technology photo Photo by Gary Lerude The attendance at this museum jumped nearly 18% to 4.2 million visitors.
14. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON national museum of american history photo Photo by Janitors The Smithsonian National Museum of American History had an 18% decline in attendance with 4 million visitors.
15. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON most visited museums Photo by NCinDC National Gallery of Art welcomed 3.9 million visitors.
16. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA, SEOUL national museum of korea seoul photo Photo by KOREA.NET – Official page of the Republic of Korea This museum had 3.5 million visitors, a 16% increase making it one of the most popular museums in the world.
17. MUSEE D’ORSAY, PARIS most popular museums Photo by Shadowgate This art museum welcomed 3.5 million visitors.
18. CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS most popular museums Photo by Oh Paris Centre Pompidou is the 18th most visited museum even though attendance dropped by nearly 8% with 3.5 million visitors.
19. SCIENCE MUSEUM, LONDON science museum london photo Photo by heatheronhertravels Science Museum in South Kensington had 3.4 million visitors.
20. NATIONAL FOLK MUSEUM OF KOREA, SEOUL national folk museum korea photo Photo by larrywkoester National Folk Museum of Korea had a 21% increase in attendance with 3.3 million visitors.
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