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5. National Air and Space Museum
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Visitors per year: 6,200,000
Explore everything there is to know about air and space travel at the National Air and Space Museum, one of the largest museums in the US and the 5th most visited museum in the world. The museum celebrates and illustrates the progression of aircraft and spacecraft engineering since we first learned how to fly and until now.
Some of the most notable exhibits at the museum are the Wright Brothers’ airplane, as well as the Apollo 11 command module.
4. Vatican Museums
Location: Vatican City
Visitors per year: 6,756,186
For centuries, the Catholic popes collected all of their most prized possessions within the premises of the Vatican. This extensive collection became the backbone for the creation of the Vatican Museums.
The museum owns one of the most comprehensive collections of Roman art, as well as Renaissance art in the world. The gems of the exhibit are certainly the Sistine Chapel, decorated by Michelangelo himself, as well as the Stanze di Raffaello created by Raphael.
3. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location: New York, USA
Visitors per year: 6,953,927
The Met is the largest museum in the United States, and, like all of the ones we featured on this list, you would need weeks to see everything the museum has to offer. The museum consists of 3 separate buildings, divided into separate institutes each specializing in a particular geographical area or topic.
No matter what you’re interested in, be it art, history, or, let’s say costumes, you will find something of interest at the Met, which explains why it’s the third most popular museum in the world.
2. National Museum of China
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Location: Beijing, China
Visitors per year: 8,610,092
The runner up to the most-visited museum on Earth is the National Museum of China in Beijing. Unlike the Met, the British Museum or other massive museums that commonly focus on world heritage, this Chinese museum aims to educate the public exclusively about the history of China.
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Still, the museum has one of the largest collections of various objects of historical and cultural significance in the world, which is really impressive.
1. Louvre
Location: Paris, France
Visitors per year: 10,200,000
Is it Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile that attracts so many people to the Louvre, or is it the sheer fact that it’s the world’s largest art museum? Whatever the real reason may be, over 10 million people visit this famous French museum each year.
