10 biggest museums in the world

10. National Museum of Korea

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• area: 27,090 m²
• location: Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• year of discovery: 1909
• collection size: 310,000
• number of tourists per year: 3,476,600 (2017)
• coordinates: 37.5233°N 126.9797°E

9. Houston Museum of Fine Arts

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• area: 28,000 m²
• location: Houston, TX 77005 United States
• year of discovery: 1900
• collection size: 70,000
• number of tourists per year: 1,250,000 (2019)
• coordinates: 29°43′32.5″N 95°23′25.5″W

8. Victoria and Albert Museum

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• area: 30,658 m²
• location: London, UK
• year of discovery: 1852
• collection size: 2,278,183
• number of tourists per year: 3,992,000 (2019)
• coordinates: 51°29′47″N 00°10′19″W

7. National Museum of Anthropology

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• area: 33,000 m²
• location: Chapultepec Park, Av. Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico
• year of discovery: 1964
• collection size: 600,000
• number of tourists per year: 2,336,000 (2017)
• coordinates: 19°25′34″N 99°11′10″W

6. Vatican Museums

• area: 43,000 m²
• location: Vatican
• year of discovery: 1506
• collection size: 70,000
• number of tourists per year: 1,300,000 (2020)
• coordinates: 41°54′23″N 12°27′16″E

5. Metropolitan Museum of Art

• area: 58,820 m²
• location: New York 10028, United States
• year of discovery: 1870
• collection size: 2,000,000
• number of tourists per year: 1,124,000 (2020)
• coordinates: 40.7794°N 73.9631°W

4. National Museum of China

• area: 65,000 m²
• location: Beijing, China
• year of discovery: 1959
• collection size: 1,300,000
• number of tourists per year: 1,600,000 (2020)
• coordinates: 39°54′12″N 116°23′40″E

3. Madras Museum

• area: 66,000 m²
• location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• year of discovery: 1851
• collection size: 1,700,000
• number of tourists per year: 602,000 (2018)
• coordinates: 13° 04′ 14″ N, 80° 15′ 26″ E

2. State Hermitage Museum

• area: 66,842 m²
• location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
• year of discovery: 1764
• collection size: 3,000,000
• number of tourists per year: 4,956,000 (2019)
• coordinates: 59.941°N 30.3129°E

1. Louvre

• area: 72,735 m²
• location: 75001 Paris, France
• year of discovery: 1792
• collection size: 615,797
• number of tourists per year: 2,700,000 (2020)
• coordinates: 48°51′38,12″N 2°20′15,36″E