Top 50 Museums in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest museums in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 323 museums tracked in United Kingdom, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Museum, Art museum and British Museum lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 21,484,286 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 1,181,704, and the largest, Museum, reaches around 9,764,345 people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each museum, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 Museum Museum 9,764,345 5.2% Museum Arts & Culture
2 Art museum Art museum 8,309,792 5.2% Museum Arts & Culture
3 British Museum British Museum 3,410,149 14.1% Museum Arts & Culture
4 Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum 3,287,455 28.8% Museum Arts & Culture
5 Tate Modern Tate Modern 2,824,968 16.7% Museum Arts & Culture
6 National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Scotland 2,789,846 90.2% Museum Arts & Culture
7 Saatchi Gallery Saatchi Gallery 2,386,745 10.2% Museum Arts & Culture
8 National Gallery National Gallery 2,174,402 32.3% Museum Arts & Culture
9 Museum of Modern Art Museum of Modern Art 2,149,829 5.6% Museum Arts & Culture
10 Royal Academy of Arts Royal Academy of Arts 1,823,033 30.5% Museum Arts & Culture
11 Tate Tate 1,810,376 24.8% Museum Arts & Culture
12 Tate Britain Tate Britain 1,590,381 41.5% Museum Arts & Culture
13 Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art 1,297,910 5.3% Museum Arts & Culture
14 Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum 1,244,768 17.4% Museum Arts & Culture
15 Natural History Museum, London Natural History Museum, London 1,090,891 26.0% Museum Arts & Culture
16 Natural history museum Natural history museum 956,360 23.1% Museum Arts & Culture
17 Gagosian Gallery Gagosian Gallery 907,063 9.2% Museum Arts & Culture
18 Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair 709,716 8.7% Museum Arts & Culture
19 Science Museum, London Science Museum, London 640,482 12.6% Museum Arts & Culture
20 Science museum Science museum 639,263 21.2% Museum Arts & Culture
21 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 584,678 8.5% Museum Arts & Culture
22 National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art 525,145 10.5% Museum Arts & Culture
23 Museum of London Museum of London 510,370 71.7% Museum Arts & Culture
24 Tate Liverpool Tate Liverpool 475,457 68.2% Museum Arts & Culture
25 Aviation museum Aviation museum 447,108 22.7% Museum Arts & Culture
26 Van Gogh Museum Van Gogh Museum 423,671 6.0% Museum Arts & Culture
27 National Army Museum (New Zealand) National Army Museum (New Zealand) 398,400 89.1% Museum Arts & Culture
28 Whitechapel Gallery Whitechapel Gallery 385,506 57.0% Museum Arts & Culture
29 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art 331,489 6.5% Museum Arts & Culture
30 White Cube White Cube 326,429 16.9% Museum Arts & Culture
31 Wellcome Collection Wellcome Collection 304,339 71.7% Museum Travel & Leisure
32 Institute of Contemporary Arts Institute of Contemporary Arts 290,446 8.4% Museum Arts & Culture
33 Hermitage Museum Hermitage Museum 289,708 11.9% Museum Arts & Culture
34 Pitt Rivers Museum Pitt Rivers Museum 286,175 89.8% Museum Arts & Culture
35 Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art 285,203 5.4% Museum Arts & Culture
36 Serpentine Galleries Serpentine Galleries 272,771 25.2% Museum Arts & Culture
37 Discovery Museum Discovery Museum 271,092 51.7% Museum Arts & Culture
38 Saatchi Art Saatchi Art 266,059 6.8% Museum Arts & Culture
39 Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum 256,994 3.1% Museum Arts & Culture
40 Children's museum Children's museum 256,069 4.0% Museum Arts & Culture
41 Coventry Transport Museum Coventry Transport Museum 239,892 98.1% Museum Arts & Culture
42 Affordable Art Fair Affordable Art Fair 234,083 23.1% Museum Arts & Culture
43 Black Country Living Museum Black Country Living Museum 233,857 83.8% Museum Arts & Culture
44 London Transport Museum London Transport Museum 227,749 54.1% Museum Arts & Culture
45 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art 214,684 98.1% Museum Arts & Culture
46 Centre Georges Pompidou Centre Georges Pompidou 202,888 6.1% Museum Arts & Culture
47 Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museum 194,649 34.6% Museum Arts & Culture
48 Royal Air Force Museum London Royal Air Force Museum London 191,893 78.2% Museum Arts & Culture
49 The Tank Museum The Tank Museum 181,155 65.4% Museum Arts & Culture
50 Beamish Museum Beamish Museum 169,497 83.3% Museum Arts & Culture

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each museum by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest museum in United Kingdom?

Museum currently leads with an estimated audience of 9,764,345 people in United Kingdom.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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