most visited museums in the Netherlands in 2020 were located in the country’s capital, Amsterdam.
In 2020, approximately 13.22 million people visited museums in the Netherlands. History museums recorded the highest number of visitors, reporting 5.6 million museumgoers during the year. Art museums placed second in terms of attendance, having attracted about 5.3 million individuals that year. Overall, seven out of 10 of the Total number of museum visitors in the Netherlands in 2020, by collection type (in 1,000s)
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Dutch Museum Association. "Total Number of Museum Visitors in The Netherlands in 2020, by Collection Type (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/797701/number-of-museum-visitors-in-the-netherlands-by-collection-type/
Dutch Museum Association, Total number of museum visitors in the Netherlands in 2020, by collection type (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/797701/number-of-museum-visitors-in-the-netherlands-by-collection-type/ (last visited May 15, 2024)
Total number of museum visitors in the Netherlands in 2020, by collection type (in 1,000s) [Graph], Dutch Museum Association, September 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/797701/number-of-museum-visitors-in-the-netherlands-by-collection-type/