Visits to the National Museum of Natural History in the U.S. 2001-2023
Attendance at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in the United States experienced an annual increase in 2023, and surpassed the figure from 2019, the year before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2023, the number of visits to the National Museum of Natural History reached around 4.4 million, making it the most visited Smithsonian museum that year.