In Pics | World's top art museums still reeling under pandemic shock

After two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the year 2022 saw people returning back to normalcy and they started travelling to their favourite destinations. While art museums across the globe witnessed an uptick in footfall in 2022, many continued to reel under the Covid-19 pandemic shock. Here we take a look at the top ten art museums with highest number of visitors in 2022, according to a survey conducted by The Art Newspaper.

With visitors count of 7.72 million, the Musee de Louvre in Paris was the most visited art museum in 2022. The footfall was however still around a fifth lesser compared to 2019. Credit: Instagram/@museelouvre

Vatican Museums was positioned second with 5.08 million visitors in 2022. Credit: Instagram/@vaticanmuseums

Third on the list was British Museum with 4.09 million visitors in 2022, still falling short by 36 per cent compared to 2019. Credit: Instagram/@britishmuseum

Fourth place was secured by UK's Tate Modern, which witnessed 3.88 million footfalls in 2022. Credit: Instagram/@tate

National Museum of Korea recorded 3.41 million visitors in 2022 and stood fifth on the list. Credit: Instagram/@nationalmuseumofkorea

Musée d’Orsay in Paris saw 3.2 million visitors, a dip of 10 per cent in footfall compared to 2019. Credit: Instagram/@museeorsay

The seventh most visited museum in the world in 2022 was the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, with almost 3.3 million visitors. Credit: Instagram/@ngadc

With 3.21 million visitors in 2022, United States' Metropolitan Museum of Art ranked eighth on the chart. It recorded a 34 per cent decline in footfall compared to its 2019 statistics. Credit: Instagram/@metmuseum

The ninth place was taken by Paris's Centre Pompidou. The museum saw 3 million visitors in 2022. Credit: Instagram/@centrepompidou

The tenth spot was taken by State Hermitage Museum in Russia which saw only 2.8 million visitors in 2022. Credit: Instagram/@hermitage_museum