The Wallace Collection in London is Europe’s best free gallery, according to a study by the Knowledge Academy.
Researchers used data from TripAdvisor, comparing scores from the website’s star rating system for galleries with more than 500 reviews.
A Bayesian average was calculated to give each gallery a score out of 100, based on a weighted average obtained from the number of reviews relating to each star rating.
The Wallace Collection scored of 94.5/100 - 0.1 more than second place, Panayia Evanyelistria Cathedral and Museums in Tinos, Greece - with Dublin’s Chester Beatty in third place.
Eight of the top ten galleries were in the UK, including three other venues in London. The National Gallery was placed fifth, V&A seventh and the British Museum ninth.