The Prado Museum in Madrid does not need “a single visitor more” after it welcomed a record 3.5 million guests in 2025.
Via a report in the Guardian, the Prado welcomed 3,513,402 guests in 2025, an increase of more than 56,000 from the previous year. Visitor numbers have risen by more than 816,000 over the past 10 years.
Rather than celebrating the museum’s growing attendance, the Prado’s director Miguel Falomir told a press conference last week: “The Prado doesn’t need a single visitor more.
“We feel comfortable with 3.5 million. A museum’s success can collapse it, like the Louvre, with some rooms becoming oversaturated. The important thing is not to collapse.”
Falomir said the