most visited museums worldwide in 2022.
Attendance at the leading museums in Europe grew in 2022 over the previous year. Overall, the Louvre in Paris was the most visited European museum in 2022, with the institution welcoming roughly 7.73 million visitors that year. As the largest art museum in the world, the Louvre is known across the globe for exhibiting some of the world’s most famous artworks, including the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Aside from ranking as the most visited museum in Europe, it also topped the list of the Leading museums in Europe from 2019 to 2022, based on attendance (in 1,000s)
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