Based on a 2003 survey, these are the 35 most popular Italian museums. The ranking probably hasn't changed much since then.
Here is the ranking of visitors to museum and archeological sites by region.
- Vatican Museums, Rome - approx. 3 millions annual visitors
- Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
- Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence - approx. 1 million annual visitors
- Musei del Castello (Arte Antica, Pinacoteca), Milan
- Galleria Palatina, Florence - approx. 400,000 annual visitors
- Museo e Galleria Borghese, Rome
- Musei Capitolini, Rome
- Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
- Museo Egizio, Turin - approx. 300,000 annual visitors
- Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Paestum
- Museo Civico, Siena
- Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence - approx. 200,000 annual visitors
- Museo di San Marco, Florence
- Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
- Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Reggio Calabria
- Museo di Capodimonte, Naples - approx. 150,000 annual visitors
- Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples
- Museo dell'Opera, Siena
- Museo Archeologico Regionale, Agrigento
- Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo, Rome - approx. 100,000 annual visitors
- Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia
- Museo Etrusco Villa Giulia, Rome
- Museo Archeologico Regionale P. Orsi, Siracusa
- Pinacoteca Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
- Museo Nazionale di Tarquinia, Tarquinia
- Galleria Nazionale Arte Antica, Rome
- Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
- Museo Archeologico Regionale Salinas, Palermo - approx. 50,000 annual visitors
Here is the ranking of visitors to museum and archeological sites by region.
- Latium - approx. 9.5 million annual visitors
- Campania - approx. 6 million annual visitors
- Tuscany - approx. 5.5 million annual visitors
- Friuli Venezia Giulia - approx. 2.5 million annual visitors
- Lombardy - approx. 1.2 million annual visitors
- Emilia Romagna - approx. 1 million annual visitors
- Veneto - approx. 700,000 annual visitors
- Piedmont - approx. 700,000 annual visitors
- Marche - approx. 500,000 annual visitors
- Puglia - approx. 450,000 annual visitors
- Calabria - approx. 400,000 annual visitors
- Sardenga - approx. 350,000 annual visitors
- Umbria - approx. 300,000 annual visitors
- Basilicata - approx. 250,000 annual visitors
- Abruzzo - approx. 150,000 annual visitors
- Liguria - approx. 100,000 annual visitors
- Molise - approx. 50,000 annual visitors
- Trentino-Alto Adige - approx. 500 annual visitors