There are specialized companies that organize museum tours in USA for enthusiasts who would like to visit museums and enjoy their contents. There are more than seventeen hundred museums in the US of all types. However the top twenty five are given below. It is no small wonder that 19 of the top 25 museums are Smithsonian Museums.
1. Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C with 5.8 million annual visitors is the top ranked museum
2. Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C.
5 million annual visitors who came to see the Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, original Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer and the Apollo 11 command module.
Comes a close second.
3. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. with 4.69 million annual visitors, with Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci and other works comes in closely at number three and remains one of the popular US Museums.
4. Metropolitan Museum, NY with 4.5 million annual visitors who came to see the Met's stores of art with more than two million works.
5. American Museum of Natural History, NY with 4 million annual visitors who came to see record of world history.
All the above museums will feature in one of the good museum tours in USA.
6. National Museum of American History with 2.4 million annual visitors.
7. Museum of Modern Art, New York with 2.22 Million annual visitors who came to see more than 150,000 exhibits.
8. Field Museum, Chicago, IL with 2.1 million annual visitors who come for the collection of World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
9. Museum of Science, Boston with 2.01 million annual visitors features more than just interactive exhibits. It is a wonder to behold.
10. Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York with 1.67 million annual visitors
who come to glimpse Statue of Liberty and the immigration depot.
11. Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian with 1.6 million (tie) annual visitors to see Native heritage spread over more than 10,000 years.
12. De Young Museum, San Francisco with 1.6 million (tie) annual visitors showcases American art of last four centuries and other art.
13. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. With 1.5 million annual visitors attempts to preserve the disquieting memories of 6 million Holocaust victims and their beloved ones and friends and strangers who helped them.
14. California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA with 1.4 million annual visitors.
15. Chicago Museum of Science and Industry with 1.38 million annual visitors.
The above museums too will be in museum tours to USA.
16. The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles with 1.3 annual visitors.
17. The Art Institute of Chicago with 1.3 annual visitors
18. Indianapolis Children's Museum with 1.2 million annual visitors. The museum is regarded as the "largest children's museum in the world."
19. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with 1.12 million annual visitors.
20. Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia with 1.12 million annual visitors.
21. The Science Museum of Minnesota with 1.11 million annual visitors.
22. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with 1.1 million annual visitors.
23. Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA with 1.02 million annual visitors.
24. St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO with 1.02 million annual visitors
25. Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA with 1 million
annual visitors. Highlights include Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay and space shuttle Enterprise.
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