{
  "id": "most-visited-museums",
  "name": "Most Visited Museums in the World",
  "title": "Most Visited Museums in the World",
  "description": "61 of the world's most visited museums with annual visitor counts, city, and country.",
  "category": "culture",
  "source": "https://github.com/sharmadhiraj/free-json-datasets",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/sharmadhiraj/free-json-datasets",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 61,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "rank",
      "label": "Rank",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "visit_count",
      "label": "Visit Count",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "city",
      "label": "City",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "country",
      "label": "Country",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "name": "Louvre",
      "visit_count": "8,700,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Paris",
      "country": "France"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "name": "National Museum of China",
      "visit_count": "6,956,800 (2024)",
      "city": "Beijing",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "name": "Vatican Museums",
      "visit_count": "6,825,436 (2024)",
      "city": "Vatican City, Rome",
      "country": "Vatican"
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "name": "Shenzhen Museum",
      "visit_count": "6,805,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Shenzhen",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "name": "British Museum",
      "visit_count": "6,479,952 (2024)",
      "city": "London",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "name": "China Science and Technology Museum",
      "visit_count": "6,421,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Beijing",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 7,
      "name": "Natural History Museum, South Kensington",
      "visit_count": "6,301,972 (2024)",
      "city": "London",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 8,
      "name": "Metropolitan Museum of Art",
      "visit_count": "5,727,258 (2024)",
      "city": "New York City",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 9,
      "name": "Nanjing Museum",
      "visit_count": "5,680,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Nanjing",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 10,
      "name": "American Museum of Natural History",
      "visit_count": "5,400,000 (2024)",
      "city": "New York City",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 11,
      "name": "Tate Modern",
      "visit_count": "4,603,025 (2024)",
      "city": "London",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 12,
      "name": "Hubei Provincial Museum",
      "visit_count": "4,356,943 (2024)",
      "city": "Wuhan",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 13,
      "name": "Shanghai Museum East",
      "visit_count": "4,230,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Shanghai",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 14,
      "name": "National Gallery of Art",
      "visit_count": "3,936,543 (2024)",
      "city": "Washington, D.C.",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 15,
      "name": "National Museum of Korea",
      "visit_count": "3.78 million (2024)",
      "city": "Seoul",
      "country": "South Korea"
    },
    {
      "rank": 16,
      "name": "Musée d'Orsay",
      "visit_count": "3,751,000 (including Musée de l'Orangerie) (2024)",
      "city": "Paris",
      "country": "France"
    },
    {
      "rank": 17,
      "name": "National Museum of Anthropology",
      "visit_count": "3,700,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Mexico City",
      "country": "Mexico"
    },
    {
      "rank": 18,
      "name": "State Russian Museum",
      "visit_count": "3,611,899 (2024)",
      "city": "Saint Petersburg",
      "country": "Russia"
    },
    {
      "rank": 19,
      "name": "State Hermitage Museum",
      "visit_count": "3,563,590 (2024)",
      "city": "Saint Petersburg",
      "country": "Russia"
    },
    {
      "rank": 20,
      "name": "Victoria and Albert Museum",
      "visit_count": "3,525,700 (2024)",
      "city": "London, South Kensington",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 21,
      "name": "Prado Museum",
      "visit_count": "3,457,057 (2024)",
      "city": "Madrid",
      "country": "Spain"
    },
    {
      "rank": 22,
      "name": "Centre Pompidou",
      "visit_count": "3,204,369 (2024)",
      "city": "Paris",
      "country": "France"
    },
    {
      "rank": 23,
      "name": "National Gallery",
      "visit_count": "3,203,451 (2024)",
      "city": "London",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 24,
      "name": "Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle",
      "visit_count": "3.2 million (2024)",
      "city": "Paris",
      "country": "France"
    },
    {
      "rank": 25,
      "name": "National Air and Space Museum",
      "visit_count": "3,100,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Washington, D.C.",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 26,
      "name": "Mevlana Museum",
      "visit_count": "3,048,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Konya",
      "country": "Turkey"
    },
    {
      "rank": 27,
      "name": "National Museum of Natural History",
      "visit_count": "3.0 million (2024)",
      "city": "Washington, D.C.",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 28,
      "name": "Galleria degli Uffizi",
      "visit_count": "2,908,828 (2024)",
      "city": "Florence",
      "country": "Italy"
    },
    {
      "rank": 29,
      "name": "National Museum of Natural Science",
      "visit_count": "2,854,455 (2024)",
      "city": "Taichung",
      "country": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "rank": 30,
      "name": "Museum of Modern Art",
      "visit_count": "2,657,377 (2024)",
      "city": "New York City",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 31,
      "name": "London Science Museum",
      "visit_count": "2,827,242 (2024)",
      "city": "London",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 32,
      "name": "M+",
      "visit_count": "2.61 million (2024)",
      "city": "Hong Kong",
      "country": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "rank": 33,
      "name": "National Museum of Scotland",
      "visit_count": "2,314,974 (2024)",
      "city": "Edinburgh",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 34,
      "name": "State Russian Museum",
      "visit_count": "3,611,899 (2024)",
      "city": "Saint Petersburg",
      "country": "Russia"
    },
    {
      "rank": 35,
      "name": "Tokyo National Museum",
      "visit_count": "2,460,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Tokyo",
      "country": "Japan"
    },
    {
      "rank": 36,
      "name": "Royal Museums Greenwich",
      "visit_count": "2,255,753 (2024)",
      "city": "London",
      "country": "United Kingdom"
    },
    {
      "rank": 37,
      "name": "State Tretyakov Gallery",
      "visit_count": "2,524,450 (2024)",
      "city": "Moscow",
      "country": "Russia"
    },
    {
      "rank": 38,
      "name": "Smithsonian Museum of American History",
      "visit_count": "2,100,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Washington, D.C.",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 39,
      "name": "Art Gallery of NSW",
      "visit_count": "2,032,098",
      "city": "Sydney",
      "country": "Australia"
    },
    {
      "rank": 40,
      "name": "Galleria dell'Accademia",
      "visit_count": "2,189,103 (2024)",
      "city": "Florence",
      "country": "Italy"
    },
    {
      "rank": 41,
      "name": "Hebei Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,879,175 (2023)",
      "city": "Shijiazhuang",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 42,
      "name": "National Science and Technology Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,875,372",
      "city": "Kaohsiung",
      "country": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "rank": 43,
      "name": "National Palace Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,874,994 (2024)",
      "city": "Taipei",
      "country": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "rank": 44,
      "name": "Van Gogh Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,840,000 (2024)",
      "city": "Amsterdam",
      "country": "Netherlands"
    },
    {
      "rank": 45,
      "name": "Guggenheim Museum Bilbao",
      "visit_count": "1,301,343 (2024)",
      "city": "Bilbao",
      "country": "Spain"
    },
    {
      "rank": 46,
      "name": "Moscow Kremlin Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,214,851 (2024)",
      "city": "Moscow",
      "country": "Russia"
    },
    {
      "rank": 47,
      "name": "National Gallery Singapore",
      "visit_count": "2,040,481 (2024)",
      "city": "Singapore",
      "country": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "rank": 48,
      "name": "California Science Center",
      "visit_count": "1,694,000 (2022)",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    {
      "rank": 49,
      "name": "China National Silk Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,692,697 (2023)",
      "city": "Hangzhou",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 50,
      "name": "Kunsthistorisches Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,688,509",
      "city": "Vienna",
      "country": "Austria"
    },
    {
      "rank": 51,
      "name": "Fujian Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,676,973 (2023)",
      "city": "Fuzhou",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 52,
      "name": "Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,641,226 (2023)",
      "city": "Hangzhou",
      "country": "China"
    },
    {
      "rank": 53,
      "name": "National Museum in Kraków",
      "visit_count": "1,600,000",
      "city": "Kraków",
      "country": "Poland"
    },
    {
      "rank": 54,
      "name": "National Gallery of Victoria",
      "visit_count": "1,580,303",
      "city": "Melbourne",
      "country": "Australia"
    },
    {
      "rank": 55,
      "name": "Louis Vuitton Foundation",
      "visit_count": "1,500,000 (2023)",
      "city": "Paris",
      "country": "France"
    },
    {
      "rank": 56,
      "name": "Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts",
      "visit_count": "1,461,406",
      "city": "Kaohsiung",
      "country": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "rank": 57,
      "name": "Acropolis Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,451,727",
      "city": "Athens",
      "country": "Greece"
    },
    {
      "rank": 58,
      "name": "The National Art Center, Tokyo",
      "visit_count": "1,755,036",
      "city": "Tokyo",
      "country": "Japan"
    },
    {
      "rank": 59,
      "name": "Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil",
      "visit_count": "1,364,208",
      "city": "São Paulo",
      "country": "Brazil"
    },
    {
      "rank": 60,
      "name": "Palacio de Cristal del Retiro",
      "visit_count": "1,318,823",
      "city": "Madrid",
      "country": "Spain"
    },
    {
      "rank": 61,
      "name": "Chinese Aviation Museum",
      "visit_count": "1,292,278 (2023)",
      "city": "Beijing",
      "country": "China"
    }
  ],
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    "description": "61 of the world's most visited museums with annual visitor counts, city, and country. Contains 61 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
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