While awaiting the 2014 data which will be released in April, let's take a look at the 2013 results presented by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism relating to state institutions with paid admission.
There are no significant changes compared to 2012. Visitors to the excavations of Herculaneum and the renovated Egyptian Museum in Turin are growing. The Medici Chapels in Florence and the Royal Palace in Caserta lose ground.
The first seven positions remain unchanged. In first place remains, with great detachment from the others, the Colosseum. The Vatican Museums are obviously not present as they belong to another state: they would be in first place with around 6 million visitors in 2014 (5.459.000 in 2013). The difference in position with respect to the 2012 classification is squared in brackets.
20. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan [- 1]
Total visitors: 249.579
Total gross proceeds: 826.800 euros
19. archaeological Museum, Venice [+1]
Total visitors: 265.034
Total gross proceeds: 223.557,14 euros
18. Blue Grotto, Anacapri [=]
Total visitors: 279.476
Total gross proceeds: 1.012.170 euros
17. Excavations of Ostia Antica and Museum [-one]
Total visitors: 286.056
Total gross proceeds: 846.617,50 euros
16. Medici Chapels, Florence [-3]
Total visitors: 300.894
Total gross proceeds: 683.682 euros
15. National archeologic museum, Naples [=]
Total visitors: 308.387
Total gross proceeds: 1.051.885,81 euros
14. Excavations of Herculaneum [+3]
Total visitors: 327.054
Total gross proceeds: 1.680.954,90 euros
13. Museum circuit "Palatine Gallery and Monumental Apartments of Palazzo Pitti, Gallery of Modern Art", Florence [+1]
Total visitors: 386.993
Total gross proceeds: 1.983.028,75 euros
12. Villa d'Este, Tivoli [=]
Total visitors: 399.577
Total gross proceeds: 1.957.712,00 euros
11. Last Supper, Milan [=]
Total visitors: 410.157
Total gross proceeds: 2.173.031,25 euros
10. Museum Circuit "Vanvitellian Complex - Royal Palace of Caserta" [-one]
Total visitors: 439.813
Total gross proceeds: 1.759.918,97 euros
9. Galleria Borghese, Rome [+1]
Total visitors: 498.477
Total gross proceeds: 3.193.708,50 euros
8. Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Turin [+1]
Total visitors: 540.297
Total gross proceeds: 1.698.350,50 euros
7. The Venaria Reale 🇧🇷
Total visitors: 598.548
Total gross proceeds: 3.148.826,60 euros
6. Museum Circuit "Silver Museum, Porcelain Museum, Boboli Gardens, Costume Gallery and Bardini Garden", Palazzo Pitti, Florence [=]
Total visitors: 710.523
Total gross proceeds: 2.722.872,00 euros
5. National Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome [=]
Total visitors: 918.591
Total gross proceeds: 4.559.306,50 euros
4. Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence [=]
Total visitors: 1.257.261
Total gross proceeds: 6.609.747,50 euros
3. Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor, Florence [=]
Total visitors: 1.875.785
Total gross proceeds: 9.385.527,25 euros
2. Old and new excavations of Pompei [=]
Total visitors: 2.457.051
Total gross proceeds: 20.337.340,30 euros
1. Archaeological Circuit “Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill” 🇧🇷
Total visitors: 5.625.219
Total gross proceeds: 39.657.672,00 euros
The revision of the tariff system in State museums introduced on 1 July last year despite the revision of many discounts however produced a considerable increase in visitors recorded in 2014. Only in the 2nd half of 2014 there were around 1.300.000 ( +6,4%) paying more than in the same period of the previous year Free admissions also grew by 350.000 (+3,6%). Result: takings grew by around 6.300.000 euros (+9%).
In total, there were 2014 visitors to Italian museums in 40.287.393, 2.355.687 more than in 2013 (+6,2%); collections amounted to 134.860.105 euros, 8.784.486 more than in 2013 (+7%): free admissions were 21.346.214, 987.067 visitors more than in 2013 (+5%).
Stable in the top three positions are the Colosseum (over 6 million visitors), Pompeii (about 2 and a half million) and the Uffizi (slightly under 2 million).
The performances of the National Roman Museum and of what has been the Polo Reale of Turin since December 2014 are noteworthy, passing from 20th to 19th place, with +21,6% and +21% respectively. The results of the excavations of ancient Ostia are also good, which passes from 17th to 16th place, and of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, which, if they record a growth in the public of 13% and 13,3% respectively, however, experience an increase respectively 23,2% and 27,5% of paying visitors.
THE TOP 10 ITALIAN MUSEUMS ACCORDING TO TRIPADVISOR USERS
As far as user perception is concerned, the ranking of the 10 most popular art attractions according to the reviews published by users of the TripAdvisor site can be used.
Winners were determined using an algorithm that took into consideration the quantity and quality of reviews for museums globally over the past 12 months, Travelers' Choice Attractions. In the Italian section of the 2014 Museums, Turin is the most loved city with the Venaria Reale, the Egyptian Museum, the National Cinema Museum and the Automobile Museum (the latter is not easy to define as an art museum, but this is how users consider it of TripAdvisor). Florence follows with three museums: the Accademia, the Uffizi and the Bargello. Rome is present with the Vatican Museums and the Borghese Gallery. Followed by Venice, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (the only one of contemporary art) and Naples with the esoteric Cappella Sansevero.
1. Accademia Gallery, Florence
2. Borghese Gallery, Rome
3. Sansevero Chapel, Naples
4. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
5. Vatican Museums, Rome
6. National Museum of Cinema, Turin
7. Egyptian Museum, Turin
8. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
9. Automobile Museum, Turin
10. Bargello National Museum, Florence
TOP 10 ART MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD
The data was processed by the journal The art newspaper and in Italy since Journal of the Art and are related to 2013.
Four are in London, three in Paris, only one in Rome (Vatican Museums) and one each in Taipei and Washington. The Uffizi Gallery (Florence) is the first Italian museum in the world ranking and appears in 26th place with less than 2 million visitors. Followed by the Palazzo Ducale in Venice (42nd), the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence (46th), Castel Sant'Angelo (71st), Palazzo Pitti, Florence (85th), the Venaria Reale in Turin (94th) .
Note. English museums have free entry. The classification criteria are different from those followed by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. For example, the The “Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill” Archaeological Circuit which, even with 5,6 million visitors, would rank among the first places, does not enter the rankings (as do the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum) because they do not fall within the definition of “museum” used by The art newspaper.
10 – Pompidou Museum (Beaubourg), Paris. 3.745.000 visitors.
9 – National Gallery, Washington. 4.093.070 visitors
8 – National Palace Museum, Taipei (Taiwan). 4.500.278 visitors
7 – Tate Modern, London. 4.884.939 visitors
6 – Natural History, London. 5.356.884 visitors
5 – Vatican Museums, Vatican City. 5.459.000 visitors
4 – National Gallery, London. 6.031.574 visitors
3 – Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 6.226.727 visitors
2 – British Museum, London. 6.701.036 visitors.
1 – Louvre, Paris. 9.334.435 visitors
THE 10 MOST VISITED ART EXHIBITIONS OF 2014 IN ITALY
Ranking drawn up by the Giornale dell'Arte.
1. Girl with a Pearl Earring. 342.626 admissions. Bologna, Palazzo Fava, from 8 February to 25 May.
2. Frida Kahlo. 332.000 admissions. Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, from 20 March to 31 August.
3. Klimt. At the origins of a myth. 250.632 admissions. Milan, Palazzo Reale, from 12 March to 13 July.
4. Fundamentals, Venice Architecture Biennale. 228.000 admissions. Venice, International Architecture Exhibition, from 7 June to 23 November.
5. Warhol. 225.000 admissions. Milan, Palazzo Reale, from 24 October to 9 March.
6. Towards Monet. The Landscape from the 600s to the 900s. 211.315 admissions. Verona, Gran Guardia, from 26 October to 9 February.
7. Kandinsky. 206.000 admissions. Milan, Palazzo Reale from 17 December to 4 May.
8. Musée d'Orsay. Masterpieces. 165.000 admissions. Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano from 22 February to 22 June.
9. Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. Divergent ways of the Manner. 150.000 admissions. Florence, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, from 8 March to 20 July.
10. Liberty. A style for modern Italy. 130.000 admissions. Forlì, Museum of San Domenico di Forlì, from February 15st to June XNUMXth.
THE 10 MOST VISITED ART EXHIBITIONS OF 2013 IN THE WORLD
For an international comparison, let's look at the ranking of the top ten world exhibitions of 2013 (2014 data not yet available) according to the elaboration carried out by the Giornale dell'arte with The Art Newspaper. The asterisk indicates the exhibitions with free admission. Excluding exhibitions where the ticket also includes a visit to the venue (such as the Colosseum in Rome, exhibition on "Constantine", 18.055 visitors per day, or the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, "The paintings of the Italian seventeenth century...", 11.332 visitors per day)
In terms of average number of visitors per day, first and second place is found by the exhibitions set up at the National Palace Museum in Taipei (Taiwan) with 10.946 for "The Western Zhou Dynasty" and 10.711 for "The Lingnan School of Painting". But it is the Dali exhibition that accumulates the highest average number of visitors per day if we consider that it had 7.364 in Paris and 6.615 in Madrid.
1. Edward Munch, The Scream. 1.017.146 entries. New York, Museum of Modern Art, from 24 October 2012 to 29 April 2013.
2. The Zhou Dynasty, Western. 1.007.926 entries. Taipei (Taiwan), National Palace Museum, from 8 October 2012 to 7 January 2013.
3. New order, English art today. London, Saatchi Gallery, from 26 April to 22 December.
4. Cyrus' cylinder and ancient Persia. 939.358 admissions. Washington, Freer and Sackler Galleries, March 19 to April 28.
5. The Lingnan School of Painting. 921.130 admissions. Taipei (Taiwan), National Palace Museum, from June 1st to August 25th.
6. The Guggenheim Collection III. 895.367 admissions. Bilbao, Guggenheim, from 27 November 2012 to 3 November 2013.
7. Gaiety is the best quality…. 821.587 admissions. London, Saatchi Gallery, from 21 November 2012 to 9 June 2013.
8. Dali. 790.090 admissions. Paris, Center Poumpidou, from 21 November 2012 to 25 March 2013.
9. Nam June Paik, Global Visionary. 758.000 admissions. Washington, Smithsonian American Art Museum, December 13, 2012 to August 11, 2013.
10. Dali. 732.339 admissions. In Madrid, Reina Sofia, from 27 August to 2 September.
