This is a list of the most-visited museums in the United States in 2023 and 2022. It is based upon the statistics of the Smithsonian Institution Newsroom (January 2024) and the annual survey of museum attendance by the Art Newspaper published in March 2023 and 2024.
The figures in this survey show the diminishing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had caused all of the museums on the list to be closed for long periods of time, and which greatly reduced tourism to the United States. Attendance at the museums listed in the TEA-AECOM Museum Index published in 2023 showed an increase of 70 percent over 2022 levels, but was still only 60 percent of pre-COVID attendance.[1]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa"The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
^Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, retrieved July 9, 2023
^Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, retrieved July 9, 2023
^Smithsonian Institution NewsDesk, retrieved January 10, 2024
^Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, retrieved January 10, 2024
^Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, retrieved January 10, 2024
^New York Times, March 21, 2024
^Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, retrieved January 10, 2024
^"Art Newspaper" March 28, 2023
^TEA-AECOM Museum Index, published June, 2023
^TEA-AECOM Museum Index, published June 23, 2023
^Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk, retrieved July 9, 2023
^"The Art Newspaper, March 28,2023
^Minneapolis Star-Tribune, December 30, 2022
^The Museum of Flight. "The Museum of Flight Annual Report 2024".