US States With The Most Museums
California has 1,264 museums mapped in OpenStreetMap — the most of any US state, ahead of Texas (899) and New York (808).
Updated July 12, 2026
US States With The Most Museums
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DefinitionCount of museums mapped in OpenStreetMap per US state (tourism=museum features), retrieved July 2026. Top 12 states shown; full counts in the download.
LimitationsOpenStreetMap is crowd-mapped: counts reflect mapping completeness as much as reality, coverage varies by state, and a place mapped as both a point and a building outline can count twice. Treat as a lower bound, not a census.
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California has 1,264 museums mapped in OpenStreetMap — the most of any US state, ahead of Texas (899) and New York (808).
OpenStreetMap contributors — OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API (tourism=museum, retrieved July 2026). License: ODbL 1.0. StatsPanda charts the original series directly and cites it on every download.
The underlying series is released on a annual cadence. This page was last updated July 12, 2026, and refreshes with each source release.