THE HIGHEST VISITED MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD
Added on: 27th Mar 2016
VATICAN MUSEUMS, VATICAN CITY, VATICAN
(5.9 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century, the Vatican
Museums display works from the immense collection built up
by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries
including some of the most renowned classical sculptures and
most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK CITY, USA
(6.1 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a
permanent collection containing more than 2 million works,
divided among seventeen curatorial departments. With a floor
area of about 2 million sq. ft. (190,000 sq. m), it is the largest art
museum in the US and one of the largest in the world.
NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, UK
(6.4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Located at the Trafalgar Square in Central London, the National
Gallery is an art museum housing a collection of over 2,300
paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery
boasts art pieces by some of the world´s most famous authors
including Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh.
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM,
WASHINGTON D.C., USA
(6.7 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Another part of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Air and
Space Museum holds the largest collection of historic aircraft
and spacecraft in the world. Established in 1946, the museum
attracted 6.7 million visitors in 2014, making it the fifth most
visited museum in the world.
BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, UK
(6.7 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Founded in 1753, the British Museum is dedicated to human history
and culture. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million
works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in the world.
The most visited museum in the UK, it illustrates and documents
the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
Holding a brilliant collection of 126 million specimens of plants,
animals, fossils, rocks, meteorites, human artefacts and others,
the National Museum of Natural History is the most visited museum
in the US. Home to 185 professional natural history scientists,
it is open 364 days a year and free of charge.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA, BEIJING, CHINA
(7.5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Dedicated to arts and history of China, the National Museum of
China is just 12-year old but it has already managed to build a
collection of over 1 million items. With 28 new exhibition halls, the
museum saw 7.5 million visits in 2013, making it the second
most visited museum in the world.
LOUVRE, PARIS, FRANCE
(9.3 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century, the Louvre
Museum with its iconic shape, is the most famous and visited
museum in the world and one of the prime landmarks of Paris.
Containing more than 380,000 objects and 35,000 art works,
Louvre offers its visitors a unique insight into human
development from prehistory to present.
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