Location: Beijing, China

Year Established: 2003

Visitors Per Year: 100.3 Million

In spite of being the most frequented museum in the world, The National Museum of China is also relatively young. It was established as the result of a merger between the Museum of the Chinese Revolution and the National Museum of Chinese History in 2003.

The National Museum of China focuses on educating visitors about Chinese history by regularly updating its collection. Some of the many impressive pieces in the National Museum of China include:

• A Han Dynasty jade burial suit laced with gold
• A porcelain vase from the Qing Dynasty
• The Olympic Gold Medal of Xu Haifeng

Location: Washington D.C., United States

Year Established: 1846

Visitors Per Year: 22 Million

James Smithson who created the Smithsonian Institution formed the museum as “an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” It has been welcoming visitors from around the world for 175 years for educational purposes and cultural immersion. It’s done just that for millions of people.

The Smithsonian Institution actually concludes 19 different museums and the National Zoo. Some of these sub-museums include:

• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• National Museum of American History
• National Museum of African American Culture and History

In addition, The Smithsonian still contributes to its original purpose of expanding knowledge by being one of the world’s leading research centers in science, arts, and humanities.

Location: Paris, France

Year Established: 1793

Visitors Per Year: 10.2 Million

Le Louvre was originally constructed in 1190 to serve as a fortress and was later converted to be a royal palace. Thanks to its colorful history, it became the enormous museum that it is today.

Much like many of the other notable museums on the list, Le Louvre has a powerful collection. Some of the items that they proudly feature includes:

• Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures
• Egyptian antiques
• Pre-100 European paintings

Location: New York City, United States

Year Established: 1870

Visitors Per Year: 6.5 Million

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the United States in terms of building size, visitors a year, and its artwork collection. The entire museum covers a full mile of Manhattan on the Upper East Side.

It’s dedicated to conserving and showcasing important artworks from history and the modern era. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has sculptures, paintings, and other artworks from around the world. In addition, the collection is also comprised of:

• Musical instruments
• Wearable accessories
• Weapons and armor

Location: London, United Kingdom

Year Established: 1753

Visitors Per Year: 5.9 Million

The British Museum’s contents are a lot more extensive than the National Gallery. It currently holds eight million pieces of history, art, and cultural artifacts. This collection is the largest in existence around the entire world.

Some of the pieces included in The British Museum include:

• The Inner Coffin of Hornedjitef
• Goddess Tara Statue
• A Shield from West Papua

Location: London, United Kingdom

Year Established: 1824

Visitors Per Year: 5.2 Million

The National Gallery in London is the ideal attraction for museum-goers whose liking is for paintings. It boasts well over 2,000 paintings that come from as early as the 13th-century. This huge collection is courtesy of the British public government, and a trip to the main collection of paintings is free of charge.

The National Gallery’s collection features notable paintings from a variety of important artists in history:

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Jan van Eyck
• Johannes Vermeer

Personalization with some of the artwork from the European history courses from these extensive museum collections draws in nearly six million visitors per year.

Location: Vatican City Rome, Italy

Year Established: 1506

Visitors Per Year: 5 Million

The Vatican Museums are one of the oldest attractions of their kind. It was officially established more than 500 years ago, but it remains one of the largest and most heavily trafficked museums in the world.

The museum’s collection mainly displays artwork and sculptures that were stockpiled by the Roman Catholic Church. This includes:

• A collection of Modern Religious Art by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, etc.
• The Prima Porta Augustus
• The Greek Cross Gallery

The art, statues, and beautiful architecture of the Vatican Museums bring in over five million eager visitors a year who are dying to see these relics of the past world.

Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Year Established: 1925

Visitors Per Year: 3.8 Million

The National Palace Museum is a must-see if you want to know about 700,000 pieces of art and mementos from ancient imperial China.

The majority of this museum’s collections have been acquired from the belongings of former Chinese emperors, but they were moved to Taiwan to protect them during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

• 25,592 Ceramic Pieces
• 666 Carvings
• 6,953 Coins

The amount of history and cultural items that can be experienced in a single day at the National Palace Museum for approximately $12 is astounding. It has contributed to it becoming one of the largest museums in the world.

Location: Seoul, South Korea

Year Established: 1909

Visitors Per Year: 3.5 Million

The National Museum of Korea is a testament to the culture, history, and artwork of South Korea. It was designed with incredible care and consideration for the layout. Divided into three floors, the exhibits are separated to represent South Korea’s past, present, and future.

The museum has a huge collection of artifacts that represent the history and culture of South Korea, such as:

• Pensive Bodhisattva Statue
• Twelfth-Century Incense Burner
• Album of Genre Painting by Danwon

Today, The National Museum of Korea attracts visitors from all over the world to see its sizable collection managed to maintain these pieces of their history throughout wars and the test of time

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Year Established: 1964

Visitors Per Year: 2.5 Million

The National Museum of Anthropology seeks to further understand humans as a species and the way we exist across different times and places. The museum has the word ‘Anthropology’ in its title because it contains many important anthropological and archaeological artifacts of Mexico’s history.

It’s a specialty that explores humanity, diversity, and the ways that these things are expressed in different corners of the planet.

• The Aztec Sun Stone Calendar
• Moctezuma’s Headdress
• Statue of Xochipilli

Its history, artifacts, and culture bring in an estimated 2.5 million visitors every year.