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Madrid by museum visits

Madrid Museum Scale

A visual ranking of Madrid city museums and cultural institutions by official 2024 visitor series. Each object is scaled by reported 2024 visitors. Comunidad de Madrid reports the series in thousands; this page converts those values into visit counts and filters the ranking to institutions in Madrid city.

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Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Classical academy doorway

San Fernando closes the top ten as a quieter institutional anchor, close to Madrid's center but outside the blockbuster lane.

Classical academy doorway — Rank #10: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando Related:Madrid Tapas Cooking Malasana Wine and Tapas

Decorative ceramic vase — Rank #9: Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas Related:Chocolate Churros Class Neighborhood Market Tour

Grand staircase — Rank #8: Museo Cerralbo Related:Photogenic Madrid Perfume Making Session

Period salon chair — Rank #7: Museo Nacional del Romanticismo Related:Madrid Photographer Experience Authentic Paella Class

Garden fountain and tile — Rank #6: Museo Sorolla Related:Chocolate Churros Class Malasana Tapas Evening

Natural history specimen — Rank #5: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Related:Perfume Making Session Neighborhood Market Food Tour

Arched museum entrance — Rank #4: Museo Arqueologico Nacional Related:Cervantes, Lorca and More Alcala UNESCO Day

Villahermosa palace corner — Rank #3: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Related:Art Lunch at Thyssen Madrid Tapas Cooking

Glass elevator tower — Rank #2: Museo Reina Sofia Related:Madrid Photographer Experience Afternoon Tapas Cooking

Prado column facade — Rank #1: Museo del Prado Related:Art Lunch at Thyssen Photogenic Madrid

#10

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

108,200 visitors

#9

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas

144,700 visitors

#8

Museo Cerralbo

147,600 visitors

#7

Museo Nacional del Romanticismo

195,300 visitors

#6

Museo Sorolla

247,800 visitors

#5

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

338,500 visitors

#4

Museo Arqueologico Nacional

627,300 visitors

#3

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

951,800 visitors

#2

Museo Reina Sofia

1,962,800 visitors

#1

Museo del Prado

3,457,100 visitors

Source: Comunidad de Madrid 2024