Not only is the Louvre the most visited museum in the world, but it welcomed more than ten million visitors in 2018 — an unprecedented figure for an international museum,
according to its management.

“For the first time in its history, and I think for the first time in the history of museums, more than ten million visitors visited the Louvre in 2018,” Jean-Luc Martinez, President and CEO of the Louvre , said on Thursday.

With 10.2 million visitors last year, the Louvre recorded a 25 percent increase compared
to 2017 (8.1 million) and broke its own attendance record (9.7 million in 2012).
In 2017, the Louvre was followed by the National Museum of China with 8 million
visitors, followed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (7.3).