Museums of France statistics
1 220 labelled ‘Museum of France’ museums distributed across 18 regions and 101 departments.
Distribution by region
Number of labelled museums per administrative region.
Top 15 Departments
Departments with the highest number of labelled museums.
Museums by theme
Distribution of labelled museums according to their main thematic category.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know
France has approximately 1 220 museums bearing the label « Museum of France », spread across the 101 metropolitan and overseas departments.
Île-de-France leads thanks to the Parisian concentration. Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine follow with a dense network of museums.
Paris (75) has the highest number of labeled museums. Nord (59) and Bouches-du-Rhône (13) are also among the best equipped.
Fine arts museums are the most represented category. Followed by archaeology, history, ethnology, and natural sciences.
There is no official count. Municipal museums in Paris are free for permanent collections. All national museums are free for visitors under 18.
Yes. The labeled museums ofGuadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, and Mayotte are included in the national statistics.
Data comes from the Muséofile database of the Ministry of Culture, updated by the DRACs. The data is published as open data under Open License v2.0.
The Joconde database lists over 700,000 digitized records, but the total number is estimated to be several tens of millions. The Louvre alone has about 380,000 objects.
After the decline related to COVID in 2020-2021, attendance has rebounded strongly. The Louvre welcomed 8.9 million visitors in 2023.
No. Labeled museums are concentrated in large cities and prefectures, but many museums exist in municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants.