Berardo Museum among the 100 most visited museums in the world in 2020
The Berardo Museum, located in Belém, is, again, the only Portuguese to enter this list of the 100 most visited museums in the world in 2020, led by the Louvre Museum in Paris, with 2.7 million entries.
In the list of the 100 most visited, there are also three museums in Brazil: in 18th position, the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, in Rio de Janeiro, with 790 thousand visitors, in 75. 4th place is the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, in São Paulo, with 309 thousand visitors, and, in 84th place, the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center in São Paulo, with 282 thousand visitors.
The report points out that the one hundred most visited museums, in general, suffered a 77% drop due to the impact of the covid-19 worldwide – between closings and limitations on entrance to exhibitions -, with the Berardo Museum registering a reduction of 70 %, and museums in Brazil that appear on the list between 45% and 70%.
The Louvre Museum in Paris continued to lead visits in 2020, with 2.7 million entries (a 72% reduction compared to 2019), followed by the National Museum of China in Beijing with 1.6 million entries (a decrease of 78%), then the Tate Modern, in London, with 1.4 million (77%), the Vatican Museums, with 1.3 million (81%), and the British Museum, with 1.27 million (80%).
Sixth was the Queen Sofia Museum in Madrid, with 1.24 million entries (72%), the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg, with 1.2 million (50%), the National Gallery, London, 1.19 million (80%), the Metropolitan, in New York, with 1.12 million (83%) and in tenth place, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan, with 971 thousand entries (63 %).
