Guests tour an exhibition corridor on the Nationwide Museum of Korea in central Seoul, Dec. 11, 2025. Yonhap
The Nationwide Museum of Korea welcomed greater than 6.5 million guests final 12 months, its highest annual determine since opening 80 years in the past.
The museum mentioned Friday that whole guests reached 6,507,483 in 2025, a 1.7-fold enhance from 3.79 million recorded in 2024. It was the most important annual determine because the museum was established in 1945.
In line with the London-based The Artwork Newspaper, solely two museums worldwide surpassed 6.5 million guests in 2024: the Louvre, with 8.74 million, and the Vatican Museums, with 6.83 million.
Together with 13 affiliated museums nationwide, the Nationwide Museum of Korea recorded a mixed whole of 14,773,111 guests final 12 months.
Museum Director You Hong-june mentioned the file “displays the general public’s expectations and curiosity for us to do even higher.”
“In 2026, we’ll attempt to satisfy the general public’s belief with exhibitions and providers of even increased high quality,” he added.
