List of Top World Museums
| Rank | Museum Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 2 | National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia) | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 3 | Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois |
| 4 | Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial | Jerusalem, Israel |
| 5 | Frick Collection | New York City, New York |
| 6 | National Gallery of Art | Washington DC, District of Columbia |
| 7 | Hagia Sophia Museum / Church (Ayasofya) | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 8 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City, New York |
| 9 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum | Tucson, Arizona |
| 10 | Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum | Oswiecim, Poland |
| 11 | The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses | Xi'an, China |
| 12 | National Naval Aviation Museum | Pensacola, Florida |
| 13 | The Acropolis Museum | Athens, Greece |
| 14 | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 15 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Washington DC, District of Columbia |
| 16 | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington DC, District of Columbia |
| 17 | Musee du Louvre | Paris, France |
| 18 | National Museum of Scotland | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| 19 | British Museum | London, United Kingdom |
| 20 | Prado Museum | Madrid, Spain |
| 21 | Museo Cappella Sansevero | Naples, Italy |
| 22 | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum | Springfield, Illinois |
| 23 | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | Dayton, Ohio |
| 24 | Chihuly Garden and Glass | Seattle, Washington |
| 25 | USS Midway Museum | San Diego, California |