Ranking points to CCBB-BH as the most visited museum in Latin America in 2023

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Belo Horizonte was the most visited museum in Latin America in 2023, according to a ranking by the British magazine The Art Newspaper.

With 1,474,825 visitors, the museum located in Praça da Liberdade, in the Center-South region of BH, is in 41st position among the 100 most visited in the world last year.

The Banco do Brasil Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro (CCBB-RJ) is in 46th position, with 1,323,034 visitors.

The two Brazilian museums are the only representatives from Latin America present in The Art Newspaper ranking. See the top 10 below:

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The numbers recorded at CCBB-BH in 2023, however, still represent a 3% drop compared to the total number of visitors registered in 2019 – the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic, which paralyzed the cultural arts scene.

In CCBB-RJ, the drop in 2023 compared to the pre-pandemic period is 49%.

See the ranking of the 10 most visited museums in the world in 2023:

1. Louvre Museum (Paris, France): 8,860,000 visitors
2. Vatican Museum (Vatican City): 6,764,858 visitors
3. British Museum (London, England): 5,820,860 visitors
4. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA): 5,364,000 visitors
5. Tate Modern (London, England): 4,742,038 visitors
6. National Museum of Korea (Seoul, South Korea): 4,180,285 visitors
7. Orsay Museum (Paris, France): 3,871,498 visitors
8. National Gallery of Art (Washington, USA): 3,829,812 visitors
9. Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid, Spain): 3,337,550 visitors
10. Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia): 3,273,753 visitors

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