18 Most Visited Museums in The World and Their Free-Admission Days
DO YOU KNOW WHICH ARE THE MOST VISITED MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD?
Museums are no doubt among the most popular attractions for travelers in cities around the world. The museums show every kind of appreciation: art, history, science, culture.
And some of them are well-curated, enhancing the learning experience. Here are the most famous museums that attract visitors from every part of the world and their free admission conditions.
1) The Louvre, Paris with 8.1 million visitors
The official name of the museum is Great Louvre in English or Grand Louvre in French. It is the national museum and art gallery of France and is on the top of the list of the most visited museums in the world. The museum itself is offering works from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century.
This place is excellent to trace the Revolutions of 1848. Also, you will find masterpieces from Italian Renaissance — Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the most popular one — and from the Baroque period.
The Louvre is open every day except Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It has night opening until 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday and Fridays. Morning hours and the night openings are the best time for visiting the museum if you want to wait for less and have free space in the museum.
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Free admission: On the first Saturday of each month, the museum is open from 6 p.m to 9:45 p.m. and admission is free for all visitors.
For more information: https://www.louvre.fr/en
2) National Museum of China, Beijing with 8.063 million visitors
Just next to Tiananmen Square and opposite to the Great Hall of People, National Museum of China is one of the top attractions in Beijing. It came into existence with the unification of two previous museums: National Museum of Chinese History and the National Museum of Chinese Revolution. After the expansion project that ended in 2010, NMC has become the largest museum in the world.
With a collection of more than a million items, NMC has 48 exhibition halls in total. It is the perfect place to explore Chinese history and art, such as porcelain, jade, calligraphy, Buddhist statues, and various forms of other cultural treasures. There are also temporary modern art exhibitions from time to time.
National Museum of China is open every day except Mondays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admission is at 4:40 p.m.
Free admission: There is no free admission option for adults, but children not higher than 1.3m who are accompanied by an adult may enter without a ticket. Various exhibitions are free of charge, and they can be visited during opening hours.
For more information: http://en.chnmuseum.cn/
3) National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. with 7 million visitors
National Air and Space Museum belongs to the Smithsonian Institution. Every year it invites its visitors to the history of air and space travel with significant icons. The flagship shaped building on the National Mall contains 23 galleries that exhibit interesting examples of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts.
National Air and Space Museum is also home to various research centers of history and science of spaceflight, planetary science, and terrestrial geology and geophysics. The museum has a planetarium and an IMAX theater for virtual experiences.
National Air and Space Museum is open every day except for the 25th of December. The regular admission hours are from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Free admission: The museum offers free admission. There is a charge of $15 for parking.
For more information: https://airandspace.si.edu/
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