Top 10 most-visited museums in the world

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Each year, millions of tourists take in beautiful art and artefacts at these top-ranked attractions in London, New York, Paris and Washington, DC.

   Vatican Museums, Rome

 

Vatican Museums, Rome, one of the 'Top 10 most-visited museums in the world'.

Vatican Museums, Rome [Ron Ploof] 
 Annual Visitors: 4,676,179

The Vatican Museums began as a group of sculptures collected by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century. The popes continued to build this collection over the next five centuries to transform it into a who's who of art history and culture. Look for works by Raphael, Caravaggio, and most famously Michelangelo, who frescoed the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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