List of most visited museums in the Netherlands

The Rijksmuseum is one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

The list of most visited museums in the Netherlands contains the museums in the Netherlands with more than 250,000 visitors per year. Fourteen of these museums are located in Amsterdam, the country's capital.

Rank  | Museum  | City  | Visitor count  | Year

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1  | Van Gogh Museum | Amsterdam | 2,260,000  | 2017[1]
2  | Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | 2,160,000  | 2017[1]
3  | Anne Frank House | Amsterdam | 1,266,000  | 2017[1]
4  | EYE Film Institute Netherlands | Amsterdam | 751,100  | 2017[2]
5  | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 680,000  | 2017[1]
6  | Sexmuseum Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 675,000  | 2015[3]
7  | NEMO Science Museum | Amsterdam | 670,000  | 2017[4]
8  | Kunstmuseum Den Haag | The Hague | 560,000  | 2016[5]
9  | Netherlands Open Air Museum | Arnhem | 532.000  | 2016[6]
10  | Noordbrabants Museum | 's-Hertogenbosch | 510,000  | 2016[7]
11  | H'ART Museum | Amsterdam | 503,000  | 2017[1]
12  | Amsterdam Museum | Amsterdam | 475,000  | 2017[1]
13  | Railway Museum | Utrecht | 424,000  | 2016[8]
14  | Mauritshuis | The Hague | 410,000  | 2016[9]
15  | Naturalis | Leiden | 400,000  | 2016[10]
16  | Moco Museum | Amsterdam | 400,000  | 2017[1]
17  | Joods Cultureel Kwartier | Amsterdam | 370,000  | 2016[1]
18  | Het Loo Palace | Apeldoorn | 356,386  | 2015[11]
19  | Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum | Amsterdam | 348,000  | 2017[1]
20  | Kröller-Müller Museum | Otterlo | 345,000  | 2016[12]
21  | Groninger Museum | Groningen | 290,000  | 2016[13]
22  | Centraal Museum | Utrecht | 290,000  | 2016[14]
23  | Museum de Fundatie | Zwolle | 285,000  | 2016[15]
24  | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | Rotterdam | 280,000  | 2016[16]
25  | De Haar Castle | Utrecht | 280,000  | 2017[17]
26  | Rembrandt House Museum | Amsterdam | 265,000  | 2017[1]
27  | Royal Palace of Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 258,000  | 2017[1]

In addition, the entire group of separate museums and windmills in the rural Zaanse Schans area, northwest of Amsterdam, attracted 2,200,000 tourists in 2017.[1][a]

## See also[edit]

* List of museums in the Netherlands
* List of most visited art museums in the world

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ This figure includes all tourists visiting the Zaanse Schans#Attractions and Zaanse Schans#List of windmills, counting the entire large area as a single entry. For one example, per the available 2017 figures, the Zaans Museum itself only had 142,000 visitors.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Musea in 2017 | Zaans Museum verdubbelt aantal bezoekers in twee jaar" [Museums in 2017 | Zaans Museum doubles the number of visitors in two years]. Het Parool (in Dutch). Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau. 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
2. ^ "EYE jaarrekening 2017" (in Dutch), EYE Annual Report 2017, p. 25. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
3. ^ Kerncijfers Amsterdam 2016 (in Dutch), Municipality of Amsterdam, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
4. ^ "Record aantal bezoekers voor NEMO Science Museum in 2017" (in Dutch), NEMO Science Museum press release, 11 December 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
5. ^ Joni de Ruijter, "Goed jaar voor Gemeentemuseum Den Haag" (in Dutch), Verkeersbureaus.info, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
6. ^ Nederlands Openluchtmuseum ook in 2016 weer populair (in Dutch), Netherlands Open Air Museum, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
7. ^ "Tentoonstellingsprogramma 2017 van het Noordbrabants Museum" (in Dutch), Spot Den Bosch, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
8. ^ Marc Gerlings, "Bezoekersrecord voor Spoorwegmuseum in 2016" (in Dutch), NRIT Media, 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
9. ^ Mauritshuis kijkt terug op een succesvol en gevarieerd jaar. Museum verwacht 2016 af te sluiten met 410.000 bezoekers (in Dutch), Mauritshuis, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
10. ^ "Trix bezorgt Naturalis topjaar: 400.000 bezoekers naar Leiden" (in Dutch), Omroep West, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
11. ^ Jaarverslag Paleis Het Loo 2015 (in Dutch), Het Loo Palace, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
12. ^ Kröller-Müller ontvangt 345.000 bezoekers in 2016 (in Dutch), Kröller-Müller Museum, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
13. ^ Groninger Museum: 290.000 bezoekers in topjaar 2016 (in Dutch), Groninger Museum, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
14. ^ Verdubbeling bezoekersaantallen Centraal Museum Utrecht (in Dutch), Centraal Museum, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
15. ^ 285.000 bezoekers voor Fundatie in 2016 (in Dutch), Museum de Fundatie. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
16. ^ Jaaroverzicht 2016 (in Dutch), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
17. ^ "Kasteelbezoek blijkt een populair uitje te zijn". 22 March 2018.