Visitor Figures 2023

The Art Newspaper’s Visitor Figures survey is conducted annually, and is the foremost authority on the attendance of art museums worldwide

The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs

Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2023 survey shows that many of the world’s leading art museums returned to their pre-pandemic attendance levels. But some, especially in the UK, are still missing millions of visitors

Lee Cheshire and José da Silva. Research by Lillie Ellen Moller and Robert Palk

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Hong Kong's M+ museum is among the 20 most visited globally

Other art institutions in the Special Administrative Region also enjoyed healthy figures in 2023, according to The Art Newspaper's annual attendance survey

Lee Cheshire

Visitor Figures 2023analysis

The Reels deal: museums embrace Instagram’s video opportunities

While artists have decried the platform’s shift beyond still images, institutions are getting on board

Chinma Johnson-Nwosu

Visitor Figures 2023news

US museums blame falling visitor numbers for staff redundancies

Institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have let staff go

Gabriella Angeleti

Visitor Figures 2023analysis

Big brother is watching: museum visitors are being monitored by AI-powered cameras

Sophisticated technology is helping institutions count people but it also has the capability of tracking demographic data, ensuring people are well behaved and even detecting if visitors are enjoying themselves

George Nelson

Visitor Figures 2023analysis

Vermeer vs Pokémon: the double-edged sword of the blockbuster exhibition

Shows at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum were huge hits last year but managing visitors—and staff—proved challenging

Senay Boztas

Visitor Figures 2023analysis

The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs

Lee Cheshire and José da Silva. Research by Lillie Ellen Moller and Robert Palk

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The 2024 Whitney Biennial: our review

Plus, an analysis of our museum visitor figures survey and a drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack, Julia Michalska and Alexander Morrison

Visitor Figures 2023news

Exclusive: international museum attendance figures back to pre-pandemic levels

In 2023, many of the world’s major museums equaled—or surpassed—their 2019 attendance figures. However, some UK institutions are still lagging behind, finds The Art Newspaper’s annual survey

Lee Cheshire and José da Silva