List of largest art museums

Art museums are some of the largest buildings in the world. The world's most pre-eminent museums have also engaged in various expansion projects through the years, expanding their total exhibition space.

List

The following is a list of art museums ranked according to their gallery space where published by reliable sources. Only museums with more than 8,000 square meters (86,000 sq ft) of gallery space are included.

Building Name City Country Gallery space
in m2 (sq ft)
Year
established
Louvre Paris  France 72,735
(782,910)
1792
State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg  Russia 66,842
(719,480)
1764
National Museum of China Beijing  China 65,000
(700,000)
1959
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City  United States 58,820
(633,100)
1870
Museo del Prado Madrid  Spain 47,700
(513,000)
1819
Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)  Vatican City 43,000
(460,000)
1506
Tokyo National Museum Tokyo  Japan 38,000

(410,000)

1872
National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City  Mexico 33,000
(360,000)
1964
Victoria and Albert Museum London  United Kingdom 30,658
(330,000)
1852
Humboldt Forum Berlin  Germany 29,500

(317,500)

2020
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna  Austria 29,000 (312,153) 1891
Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston  United States 28,000
(300,000)
1900
National Museum of Korea Seoul  South Korea 27,090
(291,600)
1909
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago  United States 26,000
(280,000)
1879
Nanjing Museum Nanjing  China 26,000

(280,000)

1933
British Museum London  United Kingdom 25,700

(277,000)

1753
National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.  United States 25,200
(271,000)
1937
Mystetskyi Arsenal Kyiv  Ukraine 24,000
(260,000)
2006
MASS MoCA North Adams  United States 23,225
(249,990)
1999
Art & History Museum Brussels  Belgium 22,000

(240,000)

1835
Museum of Fine Arts Boston  United States 20,500
(221,000)
1870
Royal Ontario Museum Toronto  Canada 19,900

(214,000)

1912
Shandong Art Museum Jinan  China 19,700
(212,000)
1977
Israel Museum Jerusalem  Israel 18,500
(199,000)
1965
National Gallery Singapore Singapore  Singapore 18,000
(190,000)
2015
Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis  United States 17,500
(188,000)
1883
Interdisciplinary Regional Museum of Messina Messina  Italy 17,000 1806/1908
Olho Neimayer Curitiba 03 2007 Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba  Brazil 17,000 2002
M+ Kowloon  Hong Kong 17,000 (183,000) 2021
Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, Alabama  United States 17,000

(180,000)

1951
Arsenal (Biennale) Venice  Italy 17,000
(180,000)
1895
Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris  France 17,000
(180,000)
1947
Musée d'Orsay Paris  France 16,853
(181,400)
1986
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco  United States 15,800
(170,000)
1935
Museum of Modern Art New York City  United States 15,400
(166,000)
1929
Museo di Capodimonte Naples  Italy 15,000 1757
Denver Art Museum Denver  United States 15,000
(160,000)
1918
Egyptian Museum Cairo  Egypt 15,000
(160,000)
1902
Dia:Beacon Beacon, New York  United States 14,900
(160,000)
2003
Dallas Museum of Art Dallas  United States 14,800
(159,000)
1903
Museo Reina Sofía Madrid  Spain 14,756
(158,830)
1992
MMCA, Gwacheon Gwacheon  South Korea 14,144
(152,240)
1969
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit  United States 14,000
(150,000)
1885
Tokyo National Art Center Tokyo  Japan 14,000
(150,000)
2007
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung  Taiwan 13,600
(146,000)
1988
National Gallery in Prague (Veletržní) Prague  Czech Republic 13,500
(145,000)
1796
Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis  United States 13,300
(143,000)
1883
Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee  United States 13,196.4
(142,045)
1882
Bavarian National Museum Munich  Germany 13,000
(140,000)
1855
Capital Museum Beijing  China 13,000
(140,000)
1981
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal  Canada 13,000
(140,000)
1860
National Gallery London  United Kingdom 13,000
(140,000)
1824
National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne  Australia 19,600
(211,000)
1861
Palais de Tokyo Paris  France 13,000
(140,000)
2001
Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad  India 13,000
(140,000)
1855
National Archaeological Museum, Naples Naples  Italy 12,650
(136,200)
1777
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond  United States 12,500
(135,000)
1934
Tate Modern London  United Kingdom 12,427
(133,760)
2000
Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland  United States 12,400
(133,000)
1913
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa  Canada 12,400
(133,000)
1880
Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto  Canada 12,000
(129,000)
1900
Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg  Germany 12,000
(130,000)
1869
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam  Netherlands 12,000
(130,000)
1849
National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi  India 12,000
(130,000)
1954
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille  France 12,000
(130,000)
1809
Pinakothek der Moderne Munich  Germany 12,000
(130,000)
2002
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam  Netherlands 12,000
(130,000)
1800
Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) Moscow  Russia 12,000
(130,000)
1985
Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei  Taiwan 11,700
(126,000)
1983
Kunsthaus Zürich   Switzerland 11500 1910
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney  Australia 11,000
(120,000)
1874
Capitoline Museums Rome  Italy 11,000
(120,000)
1471
Fondazione Prada Milan  Italy 11,000
(120,000)
1993
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao  Spain 11,000
(120,000)
1997
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles  United States 11,000
(120,000)
1910
Shaanxi History Museum Xi'an  China 11,000
(120,000)
1991
HangarBicocca Milan  Italy 10,900
(117,000)
2012
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Barcelona  Spain 10,500
(113,000)
1934
Tibet Museum Lhasa  China 10,500
(113,000)
1999
Portland Art Museum Portland, Oregon  United States 10,400
(112,000)
1892
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Budapest  Hungary 10,300
(111,000)
1906
National September 11 Memorial & Museum New York City  United States 10,000
(110,000)
2014
Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum Palermo  Italy 10,000 1866
Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh  United States 10,000
(110,000)
1896
Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin  Germany 10,000
(110,000)
1996
Kunstmuseum Basel Basel   Switzerland 10,000
(110,000)
1936
MAXXI Rome  Italy 10,000
(110,000)
2010
Museo Egizio Turin  Italy 10,000
(110,000)
1824
Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf  Germany 10,000
(110,000)
1913
MMCA, Seoul Seoul  South Korea 10,000
(110,000)
2013
Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis  United States 10,000
(110,000)
1881
Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv  Israel 10,000
(110,000)
1932
National Palace Museum Taipei  Taiwan 9,613
(103,470)
1925
National Archaeological Museum Madrid  Spain 9,300
(100,000)
1867
Musée Fabre Montpellier  France 9,300
(100,000)
1828
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo São Paulo  Brasil 9,112
(98,080)
1905
Bardo National Museum Tunis  Tunisia 9,000
(97,000)
1888
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine Paris  France 9,000
(97,000)
1879
National Gallery Oslo  Norway 9,000
(97,000)
1842
Power Station of Art (Biennale) Shanghai  China 9,000
(97,000)
2012
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum De Young Museum San Francisco  United States 8,919
(96,000)
1895
Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.  United States 8,800
(95,000)
1829
Musée du quai Branly Paris  France 8,750
(94,200)
2006
150xframeless High Museum of Art Atlanta  United States 8,714

(93,800)

1905
Liaoning Provincial Museum Shenyang  China 8,500
(91,000)
1949
Gallerie di Piazza Scala Milan  Italy 8,300
(89,000)
2011
National Art Museum of China Beijing  China 8,300
(89,000)
1958
Gemäldegalerie Berlin  Germany 8,000
(86,000)
1830
Louvre Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi  UAE 8,000
(86,000)
2017
Museum Ludwig Cologne  Germany 8,000
(86,000)
1976
National Archaeological Museum Athens  Greece 8,000
(86,000)
1866
Neues Museum Berlin  Germany 8,000
(86,000)[citation needed]
1855
Petit Palais Paris  France 8,000
(86,000)
1902
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam  Netherlands 8,000
(86,000)
1874

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