Clarification of Answer by
silviares-ga
on
08 Sep 2006 11:02 PDT
Hello smellow-ga
no, the answer I posted was the link where to purchase the publication
with the "most comprehensive financial and operational data from
America's museums".
But if you want the list I compiled here it is. As I said the list is
only ranked by attendance
Washington DC National Gallery of Art Annual attendance: 6.000,000
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art Annual attendance: 5,500,000
New York, NY MoMA: The Museum of Modern Art Annual attendance: 1,500,000
Chicago, IL The Art Institute of Chicago Annual attendance: 1,478,000
Houston, TX The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Annual attendance: 1,100,000
New York, NY Guggenheim Museum Annual attendance: 925,000
Pittsburg, PA Carnegie Museum of Art Annual attendance: 860,000
Alexandra, VA Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA Annual
attendance: 800,000
Los Angeles, CA LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art Annual attendance: 800,000
Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Museum of Art Annual attendance: 800,000
Washington DC Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Annual attendance: 784,000
San Francisco, CA California Palace of Legion of Honor Annual attendance: 750,000
Cleveland, OH Cleveland Museum of Art Annual attendance: 630,000
San Francisco, CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Attendance: 600,000
Detroit, MI The Detroit Institute of Arts Annual attendance: 591,000
Washington DC Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Annual attendance: 583,000
San Marino,CA Huntington Library, Art Collections Annual attendance: 565,000
Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Museum of Art Annual attendance: 500,000
Phoenix, AR Phoenix Art Museum Annual attendance: 500,000
Minneapolis, Minnesota The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Annual
Attendance: 500,000
St. Louis, MO Saint Louis Art Museum Attendance: 480,000
Los Angeles, CA The Getty Annual Attendance: 400,000
Dallas, TX Dallas Museum of Art Annual attendance: 400,000
San Diego, CA San Diego Museum of Art SDMA Annual attendance: 400,000
Washington DC National Museum of American Art Annual attendance: 400,000
Seattle, WA Seattle Art Museum Annual attendance: 400,000
Scottsdale, AR Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts Annual attendance: 380,000
Richmond, VA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts VMFA Annual attendance: 368,000
Washington DC National Portrait Gallery Annual attendance: 350,000
Los Angeles, CA MOCA: Museum of Contemporary Art Annual attendance: 350,000
Portland, OR Portland Art Museum Annual attendance: 350,000
New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art Annual attendance: 344,000
Denver, CO Denver Art Museum Annual attendance: 334,000
Atlanta, GA High Museum of Art Annual attendance: 310,000
Fort worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum Annual attendance: 284,000
Washington DC National Museum of African Art Annual attendance: 281,000
Sarasota, FL Ringling Museum of Art Annual attendance: 280,000
Baltimore, MD The Baltimore Museum of Art Annual attendance: 278,000
New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art Annual attendance: 274,000
New York, NY Frick Collection Annual Attendance: 270,000
Berkeley, CA Berkeley Art Museum and PFA Annual attendance: 260,000
Washington DC Corcoran Gallery of Art Annual attendance: 250,000
Oakland, CA Oakland Museum of California Annual attendance: 250,000
St. Petersburg, FL Salvador Dali Museum Attendence: 250,000
Cody, WY Whitney Gallery of Western Art Annual Attendance: 250,000
New York, NY The Jewish Museum Annual attendance: 225,000
Stockbridge, MA Norman Rockwell Museum Annual attendance: 225,000
San Francisco, CA San Jose Museum of Art Annual Attendance: 200,000
Laguna Beach, CA Laguna Art Museum Annual attendance: 200,000
Washington DC The Phillips Collection Annual attendance: 200,000
Boston, MA Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Annual attendance: 172,000
Hartford, CT Wadsworth Atheneum Annual attendance: 160,000
San Francisco, CA Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Annual Attendance: 150,000
Sacramento, CA Crocker Art Museum Annual attendance; 150,000
Pasadena Norton Simon Museum Attendance: 150,000
La Jolla, CA Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Attendance: 135,000
Worcester, MA Worcester Art Museum Annual attendance: 135,000
Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Museum of Art Annual attendance: 130,000
Los Angeles, CA UCLA Armand Hammer Museum Annual Attendance: 120,000
Seattle, WA Frye Art Museum Annual attendance: 102,000
Tacoma, WA Tacoma Art Museum Attendance: 100,000
New York, NY The Drawing Center Annual Attendance: 100,000
San Diego, CA Timken Museum of Art Annual attendance: 93,000
Reno, NV Nevada Museum of Art NMA Annual attendance: 90,000
Pennsylvania Doylestown, PA James A. Michener Art Museum Annual Attendance: 90,000
Chicago, IL Museum of Contemporary Art Annual attendance: 80,000
The Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth Annual attendance: 80,000
Philadelphia, PA The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual attendance: 75,000
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual attendance: 75,000
Newport Beach, CA Orange County Museum of Art Attendance: 70,000
Pittsburg, PA Andy Warhol Museum Annual attendance: 70,000
Seattle, WA Henry Art Gallery Seattle Annual Attendance: 65,000
Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Art Museum Annual attendance: 59,000
Philadelphia, PA Rodin Museum Annual attendance: 58,000
Davis, CA John Natsoulas Gallery Annual attendance: 50,000
Bennington, VT Bennington Museum, Vermont Annual attendance: 50,000
Santa Fe, NM Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Annual attendance: 30,000
Irvine, CA Irvine Museum Annual attendance: 16,000
Davis, CA UC Davis Galleries & Museums Annual attendance: 13,400
Poplar Bluff, MO Margaret Harwell Art Museum Annual attendance: 13,000
