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The English word museum comes from Latin, and is pluralized as museums (or rarely, musea).It is originally from the Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (), which denotes a place or temple dedicated to the muses (the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts), and hence was a building set apart for study and the arts, [1] especially the Musaeum (institute) for philosophy and research at ...
This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world in 2023 by annual attendance statistics. Total attendance at the top sixty museums in 2023, as reported by the annual TEA-AECOM Museum survey, reached 94 percent of 2019 levels, before the COVID 19 pandemic.
See List of museums in New York. See also Category:Museums in New York (state). See also List of university art museums and galleries in New York State. See also List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City. See also List of museums in New York City. See also List of museums on Long Island.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington DC Museum of Modern Art, New York City National Museum of American History, Washington D.C. This is a list of the most-visited museums in the United States in 2023 and 2022.
The estimated total number of museums worldwide is around 104,000. Museum institutions are not evenly distributed globally, with Western Europe and North America housing around 61% of museums as of March 2021. [2] The International Council of Museums comprises approximately 30,000 members in 137 countries.
The Government Museum Complex in Chennai, which also houses the National Art Gallery and the Connemara Public Library. A national museum can be a museum maintained and funded by a national government. [1] In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. [2]
In 2023, total attendance in the most-visited art museums returned largely to the level of 2019, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. [ 1 ] A primary source for 2023 figures is the Art Newspaper , [1] , whose most recent annual survey was published in March 2024.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.The institution was conceived in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan.