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Washington DC by Smithsonian visits
Smithsonian Visit Scale
A visual ranking of the Smithsonian museums, zoo, and Washington-area sites with the highest 2025 visit totals. Each object is scaled by Smithsonian-reported 2025 visits. The source covers Smithsonian sites, so this page is a Washington-area Smithsonian ranking rather than a complete all-attractions city table.
Start the atlasHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Round modern museum
Hirshhorn closes the top ten as the Smithsonian's compact modern-art cylinder, smaller in count but visually unmistakable.
#10
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
484,175 visitors#9
National Museum of the American Indian
620,455 visitors#8
National Portrait Gallery
937,716 visitors#7
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
1,000,000 visitors#6
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery
1,100,000 visitors#5
National Museum of African American History and Culture
1,400,000 visitors#4
National Museum of American History
1,800,000 visitors#3
National Zoo
1,900,000 visitors#2
National Air and Space Museum
1,900,000 visitors#1