List of most-visited museums in France

This is a list of the most-visited museums in France in 2022. It is based on statistics from the French Ministry of Culture, the press service of the Île-de-France region, the annual survey of art museums of The Art Newspaper published in March 2023, and the TEA-AECOM Museum survey, published in June 2023.

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Musée d'Orsay
RankMuseumLocationVisitorsYear
(1)LouvreParis7,726,3212022[1][2]
(2)Musée d'OrsayParis3,270,0002022[1]
(3)Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou)Paris3,009,5702022[1]
(4)Museum National d'Histoire NaturelleParis2,389,1822022[3]
(5)Louis Vuitton FoundationParis1,992,8232022[4]
(6)Cité des Sciences et de l'IndustrieParis1,398,5252022[1]
(7)Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM)Marseille1,251,0302022[1]
(8)Petit Palais (Fine Arts Museum of the City of Paris)Paris1,085,0002022[1]
(9)Musée de l'OrangerieParis1,013,2652022[1]
(10)Musée des Arts DecoratifsParis901,5932022[1]
(11)Musée des Confluences (Natural Science and Anthropology Museum)Lyon654,6012022[5]
(12)Bourse de Commerce (The Pinault Collection)Paris650,0002022[1]
(13)Louvre-LensLens, France571,0472022[1]
(14)Palais de la Porte Dorée (National Museum of the history of immigration)Paris500,0002022 [6]
(15)Museum of Fine Arts of LyonLyon294,0002022 [7]
(16)Musée Marc ChagallNice144,8712022 [8]

Some museums have not yet published 2022 attendance figures. Below are some major museums with high attendance, giving figures for 2019, before the closings caused by the COVID pandemic.

RankMuseumLocationVisitorsYear
NRMusée de l'Armée (Museum of the French Army)Paris3,396,2622019[9]
NRCentre Pompidou-MetzMetz, Alsace303,6082019[9]
NRBayeux Tapestry MuseumBayeux, Normandy445,4892019[9]
NRMusée du Débarquement d’Arromanches (The Arromanches Museum)Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy,326,6742019[9]


References

  1. TEA-AECOM Museum Index (2022)
  2. "La fréquentation des musées parisiens en nette hausse en 2022, un retour à la normale d'avant pandémie se profile". franceinfo (in French). 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  3. "Frequentation des Principaux sites culturel et des loisirs en 2022" INSEE
  4. Cheshire, Lee; da Silva, José (27 March 2023). "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling?". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. Information Presse, museum website, retrieved Sept, 22, 2023
  6. "Musee Cite Nationale de l'Histoire de l'Immigration museum in Paris".
  7. "Lyon Capitale", 22 January 2023,
  8. "Fréquentation du site en millions". République Française.
  9. Ministry of Culture Annual Museum Attendance Report for 2019
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