Top 20 Most visited Museum in the world

[DGuller]

I haven't been to any of them.

[Valmy]

I'm missing the Uffizzis and the Prado myself, I really wonder what that Chinese geological museum has going for it. 

Being in China probably.

I mean the Pergamon in Berlin is pretty mind blowing but as Berlin is neither a super city nor a major tourist destination I knew it would not be on the list.

[The Larch]

I've been to 10, the three Paris ones, the two NY ones, four London ones (I'm missing the Tate) and the Vatican.

I was surprised to see the Tate Modern on the list; much less so high up there.

I'm missing the Uffizzis and the Prado myself, I really wonder what that Chinese geological museum has going for it. 

... lots of Chinese? 

If every school in Beijing has to make a trip there it surely puts them in the top spots. 

[Savonarola]

I'm missing the Uffizzis and the Prado myself, I really wonder what that Chinese geological museum has going for it. 

I would have thought those two, The Hermitage and MOMA would have made the list.

[alfred russel]

No Imperial War Museum

Isn't that the one with the wing dedicated to the life and overall awesomeness of General Montgomery?

[The Larch]

There's a Top 20 just for Europe in the report (page 33 of the pdf). Here's the ranking:

1- Louvre
2- British Museum
3- Tate Modern
4- National Gallery
5 - Vatican Museums
6- Natural History Museum (London)
7- Pompidou
8- Orsay
9- Victoria & Albert
10- Science Museum (London)
11- Hermitage
12- Prado
13- Sciences et Industrie (Paris)
14- Reina Sofía
15- Tower of London
16- National Portrait Gallery
17- National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)
18- Uffizzi
19- Tate Britain
20- Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)

[Malthus]

No Imperial War Museum

Isn't that the one with the wing dedicated to the life and overall awesomeness of General Montgomery?

Should make it a shrine for Langishistas. 

[The Larch]

I'm missing the Uffizzis and the Prado myself, I really wonder what that Chinese geological museum has going for it. 

I would have thought those two, The Hermitage and MOMA would have made the list.

The MOMA is not even in the US top 20, there must be something funky going on.

Edit: Sorry, it is, at #9.

[The Brain]

Many museums underreport their visitors for tax reasons.

[Valmy]

There's a Top 20 just for Europe in the report (page 33 of the pdf). Here's the ranking:

1- Louvre
2- British Museum
3- Tate Modern
4- National Gallery
5 - Vatican Museums
6- Natural History Museum (London)
7- Pompidou
8- Orsay
9- Victoria & Albert
10- Science Museum (London)
11- Hermitage
12- Prado
13- Sciences et Industrie (Paris)
14- Reina Sofía
15- Tower of London
16- National Portrait Gallery
17- National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)
18- Uffizzi
19- Tate Britain
20- Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)

Wow Pergamon even loses to the National Museum of Scotland.  I mean what is even there?  Famous sheep?

[garbon]

I'm missing the Uffizzis and the Prado myself, I really wonder what that Chinese geological museum has going for it. 

I would have thought those two, The Hermitage and MOMA would have made the list.

The MOMA is not even in the US top 20, there must be something funky going on.

Edit: Sorry, it is, at #9.

I was going to say, yeah it is.

[Savonarola]

Wow Pergamon even loses to the National Museum of Scotland.  I mean what is even there?  Famous sheep?

Actually, yes, the stuffed remains of Dolly the Sheep reside there. 

[Liep]

Wow Pergamon even loses to the National Museum of Scotland.  I mean what is even there?  Famous sheep?

The most famous sheep in the world has to count for something. And they even made a spinning platform for it.

[The Larch]

There's a Top 20 just for Europe in the report (page 33 of the pdf). Here's the ranking:

1- Louvre
2- British Museum
3- Tate Modern
4- National Gallery
5 - Vatican Museums
6- Natural History Museum (London)
7- Pompidou
8- Orsay
9- Victoria & Albert
10- Science Museum (London)
11- Hermitage
12- Prado
13- Sciences et Industrie (Paris)
14- Reina Sofía
15- Tower of London
16- National Portrait Gallery
17- National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)
18- Uffizzi
19- Tate Britain
20- Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)

Wow Pergamon even loses to the National Museum of Scotland.  I mean what is even there?  Famous sheep?

AFAIK the Pergamon has been undergoing deep reforms in the last few years, that might hinder the number of visitors.

[Valmy]

Wow Pergamon even loses to the National Museum of Scotland.  I mean what is even there?  Famous sheep?

The most famous sheep in the world has to count for something. And they even made a spinning platform for it.

Wow.  Scottish jokes just write themselves don't they?