Most visited museums in the world in 2015

List of the most visited museums in the world and in Italy in 2015

Most visited museums. The list of 10 most visited museums in the world has arrived on time even this year.
The ninth annual edition of the list compiled by il Giornale dell’arte and The Art Newspaper shows a crisis in European cultural tourism, but especially shows the crisis in those museums located in areas where political instability or terrorism risk threaten tourism.

READ ALSO: the list of 10 most visited museums in the world in 2014.

However, in this not too positive situation, it’s time for Italy to reach the top end of the table with a 6% increase in visitors.
There isn’t any Italian museum in the 2015 top ten, but maybe in 2016 there will be a surprise : )

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Here is the list of 10 most visited museums in the world in 2015

1. LOUVRE, Paris, visitors 8,600,000
2. BRITISH MUSEUM, London, visitors 6,820,686
3. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York, visitors 6,533,106
4. VATICAN MUSEUMS, Vatican City, visitors 6,002,251
5. NATIONAL GALLERY, London, visitors 5,908,254
6. NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, Taipei City, visitors 5,291,797
7. TATE MODERN, London, visitors 4,712,581
8. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, visitors 4,104,331
9. STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, Saint Petersburg, visitors 3,668,031
10. MUSEE D’ORSAY, Paris, visitors 3,440,000

Louvre Museum

Here is the list of the 10 most visited museums in Italy in 2015

1. UFFIZI GALLERY AND VASARY CORRIDOR, Florence, visitors 1,971,000
2. GALLERIA DELL’ACCADEMIA (or GALLERY OF THE ACADEMY OF FLORENCE), Florence, visitors 1,415,397
3. DOGE’S PALACE, Venice, visitors 1,276,127
4. MUSEO NAZIONALE DI CASTEL SANT’ANGELO, Rome, visitors 1,047,326
5. PALAZZO PITTI, Florence, visitors 863,535
6. PALAZZO VECCHIO E TORRE DI ARNOLFO, Florence, visitors 815,127
7. TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM, Milan, visitors 809,900
8. EGYPTIAN MUSEUM OF TURIN, Turin, visitors 757,961
9. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CINEMA, Turin, visitors 632,013
10. PALACE OF VENARIA, Venaria Reale (in the province of Turin), visitors 580, 786

Uffizi Gallery, Florence