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