TripAdvisor’s 10 best museums in America include two in California

TripAdvisor reviewers ranked the USS Midway Museum in San Diego and the Getty Center in Brentwood as two of the 10 best museums in the U.S. The sites join a list that begins with the No. 1 ranked Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Based on positive reviews and ratings over a 12-month period, the Metropolitan Museum ranked tops in the world too, TripAdvisor said in a release Tuesday.

Because these are the most popular museums on the planet, you also might think about buying tickets in advance online.

In the United States, these ranked highest:

1. Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ($25 for e-tickets)

2. Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago ($25)

3. The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City ($24 for museum admission)

4. The National WWII Museum in New Orleans ($26)

5. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington (free)

One of the aircraft featured at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego.

(Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times )

6. USS Midway Museum in San Diego ($20)

7. Getty Center in Brentwood (free, $10 to $15 for parking)

8. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Titusville, Fla. (starting at $50)

9. National Gallery of Art in Washington (free)

10. American Museum of Natural History in New York ($22)

Here are TripAdvisor’s picks for the best museums in the world:

2. Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago

3. State Hermitage Museum & Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia ($17.95)

4. Musée d’Orsay in Paris ($13)

5. National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia) in Mexico City ($3)

6. The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York ($24 for museum admission)

7. Prado National Museum in Madrid ($17)

8. British Museum in London ($13)

9. Acropolis Museum in Athens ($5)

10. Vasa Museum in Stockholm ($15)

Check out TripAdvisor’s top 25 list of U.S. and world museum rankings.