Most popular museums in Italy

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Based on a 2003 survey, these are the 35 most popular Italian museums. The ranking probably hasn't changed much since then.

1. Vatican Museums, Rome - approx. 3 millions annual visitors
2. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
3. Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence - approx. 1 million annual visitors
4. Musei del Castello (Arte Antica, Pinacoteca), Milan
5. Galleria Palatina, Florence - approx. 400,000 annual visitors
6. Museo e Galleria Borghese, Rome
7. Musei Capitolini, Rome
8. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
9. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
10. Museo Egizio, Turin - approx. 300,000 annual visitors
11. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
12. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Paestum
13. Museo Civico, Siena
14. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence - approx. 200,000 annual visitors
15. Museo di San Marco, Florence
16. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
17. Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Reggio Calabria
18. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples - approx. 150,000 annual visitors
19. Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples
20. Museo dell'Opera, Siena
21. Museo Archeologico Regionale, Agrigento
22. Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo, Rome - approx. 100,000 annual visitors
23. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia
24. Museo Etrusco Villa Giulia, Rome
25. Museo Archeologico Regionale P. Orsi, Siracusa
26. Pinacoteca Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
27. Museo Nazionale di Tarquinia, Tarquinia
28. Galleria Nazionale Arte Antica, Rome
29. Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
30. Museo Archeologico Regionale Salinas, Palermo - approx. 50,000 annual visitors

Here is the ranking of visitors to museum and archeological sites by region.

1. Latium - approx. 9.5 million annual visitors
2. Campania - approx. 6 million annual visitors
3. Tuscany - approx. 5.5 million annual visitors
4. Friuli Venezia Giulia - approx. 2.5 million annual visitors
5. Lombardy - approx. 1.2 million annual visitors
6. Emilia Romagna - approx. 1 million annual visitors
7. Veneto - approx. 700,000 annual visitors
8. Piedmont - approx. 700,000 annual visitors
9. Marche - approx. 500,000 annual visitors
10. Puglia - approx. 450,000 annual visitors
11. Calabria - approx. 400,000 annual visitors
12. Sardenga - approx. 350,000 annual visitors
13. Umbria - approx. 300,000 annual visitors
14. Basilicata - approx. 250,000 annual visitors
15. Abruzzo - approx. 150,000 annual visitors
16. Liguria - approx. 100,000 annual visitors
17. Molise - approx. 50,000 annual visitors
18. Trentino-Alto Adige - approx. 500 annual visitors