The National Gallery of Victoria has been listed among 20 of the world's most visited galleries.
Last year, the NGV had more than 2.6 million visitors making it the 19th most popular gallery in the world, placing it amongst the elite ranks of galleries such as the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and New York's Musuem of Modern Art (MOMA).
The news was revealed in a survey of art museum attendance by Britain's The Art Newspaper.
The ranking moved the gallery up two places from its 2015 ranking of 21.
Last year, the NGV program included the record-breaking Andy Warhol/Ai Weiwei summer exhibition, the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Degas: A New Vision and the Summer Kids Festival which attracted over 22,000 children in 11 days.
Victoria's minister for creative industries Martin Foley said the NGV, led by Tony Ellwood, is known for setting its sights high "not only locally but on the world stage".
"It's no mean feat for a gallery in a city with a relatively small population to be ranked among the top museums on earth," he said.
"It's something all Victorians - as the owners of the NGV - can be proud of."
On April 28, the NGV unveils its next blockbuster, Van Gogh and the Seasons.
Another Victorian success story on the list was Melbourne based artist Patricia Piccinini, whose free exhibition Consciousness at Rio de Janiero's Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil was ranked number two in the world, with a reported 444,425 visitors, over 8000 visitors a day.
