Most visited museums in the United Kingdom

This article lists the most visited museums in the United Kingdom (including art galleries). The list of 40 is based on 2009 nationwide museum attendance numbers compiled by Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. 15 museums in the London area rank within the 40 busiest in the country, whilst Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool follow with 4 each.^[1][2]

Rank	Museum	City	Country	Visitor Count	Image
1	British Museum	London	England	5,569,981
2	National Gallery	London	England	4,780,030
3	Tate Modern	London	England	4,747,537
4	Natural History Museum	London	England	4,105,106
5	Science Museum	London	England	2,793,930
6	National Maritime Museum	London	England	2,367,904
7	Victoria and Albert Museum	London	England	2,269,880
8	National Portrait Gallery	London	England	1,961,843
9	Tate Britain	London	England	1,501,837
10	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	Glasgow	Scotland	1,368,096
11	Royal Academy of Arts	London	England	1,267,784
12	Saatchi Gallery	London	England	1,260,840
13	Merseyside Maritime Museum	Liverpool	England	945,254
14	National Gallery Complex	Edinburgh	Scotland	894,161
15	Imperial War Museum	London	England	887,246
16	Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery	Birmingham	England	856,000[3]
17	National Railway Museum	York	England	807,591
18	Serpentine Gallery	London	England	734,353
19	Great North Museum	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	638,454
20	St Fagans National History Museum	Cardiff	Wales	628,318
21	National Media Museum	Bradford	England	613,923
22	World Museum	Liverpool	England	605,601
23	Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	Scotland	589,621
24	Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery	Bristol	England	564,504
25	Tate Liverpool	Liverpool	England	539,577
26	Gallery of Modern Art	Glasgow	Scotland	536,916
27	National War Museum	Edinburgh	Scotland	494,213
28	Glasgow Museum of Transport	Glasgow	Scotland	468,963
29	Manchester Art Gallery	Manchester	England	408,469
30	Imperial War Museum Duxford	Duxford	England	387,122
31	National Museum Cardiff	Cardiff	Wales	373,191
32	Fitzwilliam Museum	Cambridge	England	364,269
33	Whitechapel Art Gallery	London	England	348,445
34	Churchill War Rooms	London	England	314,162
35	Dean Gallery	Edinburgh	Scotland	274,161
36	Royal Armouries Museum	Leeds	England	271,513
37	People's Palace	Glasgow	Scotland	268,591
38	National Waterfront Museum	Swansea	Wales	257,888
39	Imperial War Museum North	Manchester	England	236,529
40	Tate St Ives	St Ives	England	214,189
41	Walker Art Gallery	Liverpool	England	213,893

See also

• Tourism in the United Kingdom
• List of museums in the United Kingdom
• List of most visited art museums in the world

References

1. ^ "Visits made in 2009 to Visitor Attractions in Membership with ALVA". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. http://www.alva.org.uk/visitor_statistics/. Retrieved 21 May 2010. 
2. ^ "Exhibition and museum attendance figures 2009". London: The Art Newspaper. April 2010. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/attfig/attfig09.pdf. Retrieved 21 May 2010. 
3. ^ "Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - Annual Review 2009 / 10". Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. 2010. p. 2. http://www.bmag.org.uk/uploads/fck/file/Annual%20Review%202009-10.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-20.