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
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]

  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.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).