List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom

This article lists the most visited museums in the United Kingdom (including art galleries). The list of 40 is based on the 2017 attendance numbers of the members of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions unless otherwise noted.[1]

Rank	Museum	Location	Country	Visitor count
1	British Museum	London	England	5,906,716
2	Tate Modern	London	England	5,656,004
3	National Gallery	London	England	5,229,192
4	Natural History Museum	London	England	4,434,520
5	Victoria and Albert Museum	London	England	3,789,748
6	Science Museum	London	England	3,251,000
7	Royal Museums Greenwich	London	England	2,607,099
8	National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh	Scotland	2,165,601
9	Tate Britain	London	England	1,777,877
10	Scottish National Gallery	Edinburgh	Scotland	1,600,761
11	Riverside Museum	Glasgow	Scotland	1,355,359
12	Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum	Glasgow	Scotland	1,304,072
13	National Portrait Gallery	London	England	1,271,920
14	National Museum of the Royal Navy	Portsmouth	England	1,081,909
15	Imperial War Museum	London	England	992,690
16	Horniman Museum and Gardens	London	England	942,971
17	Ashmolean Museum	Oxford	England	937,568
18	Museum of London	London	England	856,559
19	Merseyside Maritime Museum	Liverpool	England	840,675
20	Museum of Liverpool	Liverpool	England	802,722
21	Oxford University Museum of Natural History	Oxford	England	768,487
22	National War Museum	Edinburgh	Scotland	764,079
23	Beamish Museum	County Durham	England	747,651[2]
24	National Railway Museum	York	England	718,000
25	World Museum, Liverpool	Liverpool	England	672,120
26	Gallery of Modern Art	Glasgow	Scotland	670,485
27	Museum of Science and Industry	Manchester	England	664,000
28	Tate Liverpool	Liverpool	England	628,024
29	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery	Birmingham	England	602,634
30	Churchill War Rooms	London	England	534,723
31	Ulster Museum	Belfast	Northern Ireland	533,153
32	National Museum Cardiff	Cardiff	Wales	509,981[3]
33	St Fagans National Museum of History	Cardiff	Wales	504,402[4]
34	National Science and Media Museum	Bradford	England	493,000
35	Pitt Rivers Museum	Oxford	England	480,663
36	V&A Museum of Childhood	London	England	406,101
37	International Slavery Museum	Liverpool	England	398,221
38	The Fitzwilliam Museum	Cambridge	England	397,169
39	London Transport Museum	London	England	382,405
40	Black Country Living Museum	Dudley	England	332,778

British Museum, London

Tate Modern, London

National Gallery, London

Natural History Museum, London

Victoria and Albert Museum, London