As of 2026-10-12, Swiss Museum of Transport tops the list with 562,605 visitors/year.
- #1 Swiss Museum of Transport — 562,605 visitors/year
museum in Lucerne, Switzerland
The Swiss Museum of Transport or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz in Lucerne opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport including trains, automobiles, ships and aircraft as well as communication technology. It is Switzerland's most popular museum. The museum also maintains a large collection of work by Hans Erni, a local painter and sculptor. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Biblioteca Lazzerini — 538,813 visitors/year
public library in Prato, Italy
The Biblioteca Lazzarini is the main public library, also called the Lazzerini Cultural and Documentation Institute, which was inaugurated on 24 November 2009. It is located on Via Puccetti #3 in the Santa Chiara district of Prato, region of Tuscany, Italy. The site also houses the Prato Textile Museum. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 MUSE — 505,911 visitors/year
science museum in Trento
The Museo delle Scienze (MUSE) is a science museum in Trento, Italy. The museum was designed by architect Renzo Piano and opened in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Biblioteca San Giorgio — 350,000 visitors/year
Pistoia public library
source Wikidata - #5 Biblioteca comunale Classense — 342,091 visitors/year
public library in Italy
The Biblioteca Classense is the public library of Ravenna, Italy. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Museo Teatrale alla Scala — 272,254 visitors/year
museum in Milan, Italy
The Museo Teatrale alla Scala is a theatrical museum and library attached to the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. Although it has a particular focus on the history of opera and of that opera house, its scope extends to Italian theatrical history in general, and includes displays relating, for example, to the commedia dell'arte and to the famous stage actress Eleonora Duse. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Villa Carlotta — 233,691 visitors/year
building in Tremezzina, Italy
Villa Carlotta is a villa and botanical garden in Tremezzo on Lake Como in Northern Italy. Today the villa is a museum, whose collection includes works by sculptors such as Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Giovanni Migliara; painters such as Francesco Hayez; and furniture pieces of previous owners. The villa, whose architect is unknown, was completed in 1745. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Museum of Anthropology at UBC — 200,000 visitors/year
museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada displays world arts and cultures, in particular works by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest. As well as being a major tourist destination, MOA is a research and teaching museum, where UBC courses in art, anthropology, archaeology, conservation, and museum studies are given. MOA houses close to 50,000 ethnographic objects, as well as 535,000 archaeological objects in its... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Santa Maria della Scala — 193,536 visitors/year
art museum
Santa Maria della Scala is located in Siena, Italy. Now a museum, it was once an important civic hospital dedicated to caring for abandoned children, the poor, the sick, and pilgrims. Revenues were earned partially from bequests and donations from the citizens of Siena, particularly the wealthy. The head of the hospital was the rector who managed the lay brothers responsible for its operation. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Museo Galileo — 168,041 visitors/year
Italian museum for the history of science
Museo Galileo is located in Florence, Italy, in Piazza dei Giudici, along the River Arno and close to the Uffizi Gallery. The museum, dedicated to astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei, is housed in Palazzo Castellani, an 11th-century building which was then known as the Castello d'Altafronte. Read more on Wikipedia.
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