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A list of the most visited museums in the United States, with pictures. For some, ""the most popular"" means ""the best"", and these are definitely some of the most famous American museums. Top museums are often major tourist attractions, and can be a museum of natural history, art, science, or many others. Early museums were collections owned by private individuals. Whether these collections were open to the public was up to the owner. Today, museums are institutions dedicated to the study and exhibition of art, artifacts, and other objects of importance. One can only imagine the collections necessary to make the museums on this list some of the most popular in the world.

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Rank   Name Located In
  1. 1
    Chicago, Grant Park
    Visitors: 1,846,889
  2. 2
    Dallas County, 75201
    Visitors: 907,000
  3. 3
    United States of America, Michigan, Grand Rapids Charter Township
    Visitors: 504,488
  4. 4

    Freer and Sackler Galleries

    Visitors: 968,649
  5. 5
    United States of America, California, Los Angeles County
    Visitors: 1,153,903
  6. 6
    Atlanta
    Visitors: 535,000
  7. 7
    Washington, D.C., Southwest, Washington, D.C.
    Visitors: 668,125
  8. 8
    United States of America, California, Los Angeles County
    Visitors: 695,545
  9. 9
    United States of America, California, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park
    Visitors: 1,840,812
  10. 10
    United States of America, New York City, New York
    Visitors: 4,891,450
  11. 11
    Hennepin County, 55404
    Visitors: 525,617
  12. 12

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Visitors: 926,545
  13. 13

    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    Visitors: 1,274,774
  14. 14
    Washington, D.C.
    Visitors: 4,605,606
  15. 15
    Washington, D.C., Chinatown
    Visitors: 1,186,493
  16. 16
    Philadelphia
    Visitors: 812,479
  17. 17
    United States of America, California, San Francisco
    Visitors: 703,520
  18. 18
    Washington, D.C., Chinatown
    Visitors: 1,002,300
  19. 19
    Marion County, 46208
    Visitors: 1,300,000
  20. 20

    The Guggenheim

    Visitors: 1,263,111
  21. 21
    Hennepin County, 55403
    Visitors: 610,371

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