Museums, a boom 2018: 55 million visitors for 230 million. Here are who are the most visited

by Redazione , published on 16/02/2019
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MiBAC released the visitor data for 2018. Last year was record-breaking. Here are the most visited museums in Italy.

State museums managed by the Ministry of Culture break more records for visitors and receipts: in fact, 2018 saw Italian institutions visited by more than 55 million people (55,504,372), a full five million more than in 2017, when there were 50,169,316. The increase involved both paid admissions (24,938,547 in 2018 versus 24,068,759) and, to a far greater extent, free admissions (30,565,825 versus 26,100,557 in 2017).

There was also a record for receipts, which in 2018 totaled 229,360,234, compared to 193,915,765 in 2017: a plus sign of 35,444,469 euros compared to the year just ended.

As for individual museums, the podium of the most visited institutions sees in first place the Colosseum - Roman Forum - Palatine, visited by 7,650,519 people (+8.73% compared to 7,036.104 in 2017), in second place the Archaeological Park of Pompeii (3,646,585, +7.78% compared to 3,383,415 in 2017), and in third place the Uffizi Gallery, down slightly from 2017 (2,231,071, -0.19% compared to 2,235,328 in 2017). The largest increase in the top 30 is the Royal Museums of Turin (+27.82 percent in visitors), followed by the Pitti Palace (+24.23 percent), the Grottoes of Catullus (+18.83 percent) and the Boboli Gardens (+17.92 percent). In the top 30 most visited museums, 8 museums are in Lazio, 6 in Campania, 5 in Tuscany, 4 in Lombardy, 3 in Piedmont, 2 in Veneto and 1 in Puglia and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Below is the complete ranking of the top 30 most visited museums.

N. Region Municipality Institute Total Visitors 2017 Total Visitors 2018 Visitors
1 LAZIO ROME Archaeological Circuit “Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine” - (Component institutes do not have single ticket) 7.036.104 7.650.519 8,73
2 CAMPANIA POMPEI Archaeological area of Pompeii 3.383.415 3.646.585 7,78
3 TUSCANY FLORENCE Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor 2.235.328 2.231.071 -0,19
4 TUSCANY FLORENCE Academy Gallery and Museum of Musical Instruments 1.623.690 1.719.645 5,91
5 TUSCANY FLORENCE Boboli Garden 1.000.531 1.179.819 17,92
6 LAZIO ROME National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo 1.155.244 1.113.373 -3,62
7 PIEDMONT VENARIA REALE. The Venaria Reale (managed by the consortium) 1.048.834 958.903 -8,57
8 PIEDMONT TURIN Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (managed by the Foundation) 850.465 848.923 -0,18
9 CAMPANIA CASERTA Museum Circuit Vanvitellian Complex - Reggia di Caserta (Royal Palace, Park and English Garden) 838.654 845.131 0,77
10 TUSCANY FLORENCE Pitti Palace 589.373 732.197 24,23
11 CAMPANIA NAPLES National Archaeological Museum 529.799 616.878 16,44
12 LAZIO ROME Borghese Gallery 568.982 609.423 7,11
13 CAMPANIA HERCULANEUM Archaeological area of Herculaneum 470.123 534.328 13,66
14 LAZIO TIVOLI Villa d’Este 461.037 485.555 5,32
15 PIEDMONT TURIN Royal Museums (Royal Palace, Sabauda Gallery, Royal Armory, Archaeological Museum. Formerly museum circuit) 360.847 461.250 27,82
16 CAMPANIA CAPACCIO PAESTUM Paestum Archaeological Park 441.196 427.339 -3,14
17 LOMBARDY MILAN Last Supper Vinciano 416.347 425.751 2,26
18 LOMBARDY MILAN Brera Art Gallery 364.541 386.968 6,15
19 LAZIO ROME National Roman Museum 328.579 349.264 6,30
20 TUSCANY FLORENCE Medici Chapels 339.870 345.417 1,63
21 VENETO VENICE Archaeological Museum of Venice (Can be visited only with a ticket of the Civic Museum Circuit “The museums of St. Mark’s Square,” which provides, for the Superintendence, a fee on full tickets sold) 343.582 337.122 -1,88
22 LOMBARDY SIRMIONE Scaliger Castle 298.615 307.132 2,85
23 LAZIO ROME Archaeological areas of ancient Ostia and Isola Sacra 311.384 301.681 -3,12
24 LOMBARDY MANTOVA Ducal Palace Museum 323.255 299.794 -7,26
25 VENETO VENICE Academy Galleries 316.995 288.501 -8,99
26 FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA TRIESTE Miramare Castle Historical Museum 293.911 277.547 -5,57
27 LOMBARDY SIRMIONE Caves of Catullus and Archaeological Museum of Sirmione 225.810 268.320 18,83
28 PUGLIA ANDRIA Castel del Monte 249.527 267.650 7,26
29 CAMPANIA NAPLES Royal Palace of Naples 229.296 244.358 6,57
30 LAZIO ROME Baths of Caracalla 213.445 233.090 9,20

Pictured: Colosseum and Arch of Constantine. Ph. Credit Arturo Mann

Museums, a boom 2018: 55 million visitors for 230 million. Here are who are the most visited
Museums, a boom 2018: 55 million visitors for 230 million. Here are who are the most visited


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