List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom facts for kids

British Museum, London

Tate Modern, London

National Gallery, London

Natural History Museum, London

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

This article lists the most visited museums in the United Kingdom (including art galleries). The list of 40 is based on the 2015 attendance numbers of the members of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions unless otherwise noted.

Rank	Museum	Location	Country	Visitor count
1	British Museum	London	England	6,820,686
2	National Gallery	London	England	5,908,254
3	Natural History Museum	London	England	5,284,023
4	Tate Modern	London	England	4,712,581
5	Victoria and Albert Museum	London	England	3,432,325
6	Science Museum	London	England	3,356,212
7	National Portrait Gallery	London	England	2,145,486
8	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	Scotland	1,810,948
9	Saatchi Gallery	London	England	1,413,605
10	Scottish National Gallery	Edinburgh	Scotland	1,377,710
11	National Maritime Museum	London	England	1,357,663
12	Tate Britain	London	England	1,284,519
13	Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum	Glasgow	Scotland	1,261,552
14	Riverside Museum	Glasgow	Scotland	1,131,814
15	Imperial War Museum	London	England	1,104,670
16	Royal Academy of Arts	London	England	1,096,608
17	Ashmolean Museum	Oxford	England	847,716
18	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery	Birmingham	England	823,424
19	Royal Observatory, Greenwich	London	England	778,941
20	National Football Museum	Manchester	England	776,000
21	Museum of Liverpool	Liverpool	England	747,263
22	National Railway Museum	York	England	733,618
23	Museum of Science and Industry	Manchester	England	697,290
24	Merseyside Maritime Museum	Liverpool	England	662,494
25	Oxford University Museum of Natural History	Oxford	England	640,092
26	Tate Liverpool	Liverpool	England	626,410
27	National War Museum	Edinburgh	Scotland	601,074
28	St Fagans National History Museum	Cardiff	Wales	600,735
29	Gallery of Modern Art	Glasgow	Scotland	589,791
30	Churchill War Rooms	London	England	499,078
31	International Slavery Museum	Liverpool	England	460,161
32	V&A Museum of Childhood	London	England	449,787
33	National Media Museum	Bradford	England	442,314
34	Pitt Rivers Museum	Oxford	England	415,766
35	Mary Rose Museum	Portsmouth	England	337,716
36	Coventry Transport Museum	Coventry	England	320,643
37	Scottish National Portrait Gallery	Edinburgh	Scotland	312,877
38	Black Country Living Museum	Dudley	England	308,457
39	Imperial War Museum North	Manchester	England	292,448
40	Imperial War Museum Duxford	Duxford	England	278,000

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  British Museum, London

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Museos más visitados del Reino Unido para niños