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In 2013, the visitor no. 10,000,000 came to the State Museum at Majdanek. These are mainly the authenticity of the preserved post-camp buildings and the site which provokes to reflection that attract visitors from around the world.

Statistics of visitors have been run by the State Museum at Majdanek since the end of 1944 that is since the Museum was founded. Since then over 8.3 million Poles and 1.7 foreigners havevisited the grounds of the former camp. This year the State Museum at Majdanek was rewarded by the users of TripAdvisor® with the Travellers’ Choice Attractions Award for the most popular tourist attraction the Lublin Region and was ranked ninth within the most interesting museums in Poland. Visitors commented their stay at Majdanek as follows: Majdanek had the most effect on me of all the camps I visited on my trips to Poland. (...) It was possible to visit the site without feeling rushed. I was particularly taken by the gas chambers, crematorium, the shoe exhibit, and the Rosengarten, or place where selection took place. (...) web user from England One of the most informative of the former concentration camps. A lot of information in English available on signs throughout the camp and in the exhibitions. web user from the Netherlands The Museum at Majdanek is a must see during a visit to Lublin. Very well prepared for visitors, many multimedia devices (...). It is a very sad place, but I believe that everyone, at least once in a lifetime, should go there. web user from Poland An eyeopener to what happened. web user from Australia