List of largest art museums in the world

The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Louvre, Paris, France
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States
The National Museum of China, Beijing, China
Vatican Museums, Vatican City

This list of largest art museums in the world ranks art museums and other museums that contain mostly pieces of art by the best available estimates of total exhibition space.

Methodology

Only gallery space is to be considered, not be confused with the total space inside the building (which is generally twice as large).

The museum should be mainly composed of human made artifacts with an important aesthetical dimension (i.e. natural history, social history, science and technology museums are to be excluded, as well as palaces whose purpose is primarily historical and architectural and secondarily as an art collection).

Museums contained inside a bigger institution cannot be considered as one entity if they are not at the same location.

For purposes of this list, large museums are those with more than 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft) of gallery space.

Largest art museums in the world

Art Museums
Name City Country Gallery space in m2 (sq ft) Year established
State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg  Russia 66,842
(719,480)[1]		 1764
Louvre Paris  France 60,600
(652,000)[2]		 1792
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City  United States 58,820
(633,100)[3]		 1870
National Museum of China Beijing  China 42,000
(450,000)[4][note 1]		 1959
Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)   Vatican City 42,000
(450,000)[5]		 1506
Tokyo National Museum Tokyo  Japan 38,000
(410,000)[6][note 1]		 1872
Victoria and Albert Museum London  United Kingdom 30,000
(320,000)[7][8][note 2]		 1852
National Museum of Korea Seoul  South Korea 27,000
(290,000)[9] 		1945
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago  United States 26,000
(280,000)[10]		 1879
British Museum London  United Kingdom 25,700
(277,000)[3] 		1753
National Gallery of Art Washington  United States 25,000
(270,000)[11] 		1937
Cinquantenaire Museum Brussels  Belgium 22,000
(240,000)[12][note 1]		 1835
Museum of Fine Arts Boston  United States 20,500
(221,000)[13]		 1870
National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City  Mexico 20,000
(220,000)[14][note 1] 		1964
Nanjing Museum Nanjing  China 20,000
(220,000)[15][note 1] 		1933
Ōtsuka Museum of Art Naruto  Japan 20,000
(220,000)[16][note 1] 		1998
Israel Museum Jerusalem  Israel 18,500
(199,000)[17] 		1965
Arsenal (Biennale) Venice  Italy 17,000
(180,000)[18]		 1895
Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris  France 17,000
(180,000)[19]		 1947
Museo Reina Sofía Madrid  Spain 17,000
(180,000)[20][21][22][note 3] 		1992
Musée d'Orsay Paris  France 16,853
(181,400)[23]		 1986
SFMOMA San Francisco  United States 15,800
(170,000)[24]		 1935
Museo del Prado Madrid  Spain 15,400
(166,000)[25]		 1819
Egyptian Museum Cairo  Egypt 15,000
(160,000)[26] 		1902
Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston  United States 15,000
(160,000)[27][note 1] 		1900
Museo di Capodimonte Naples  Italy 15,000
(160,000)[28][note 1]		 1757
National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi  India 15,000
(160,000)[29][note 1] 		1954
Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia  United States 15,000
(160,000)[30][note 1]		 1876
Matarazzo Ciccillo (Bienal) São Paulo  Brazil 15,000
(160,000)[31] 		1951
Dia:Beacon Beacon, New York  United States 14,900
(160,000)[32] 		2003
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam  Netherlands 14,500
(156,000)[33]		 1800
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit  United States 14,000
(150,000)[34]		 1885
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna  Austria 14,000
(150,000)[35][note 1] 		1891
Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis  United States 14,000
(150,000)[36]

[37][note 1]

 1883
Tokyo National Art Center Tokyo  Japan 14,000
(150,000)[38] 		2007
MMCA, Gwacheon Gwacheon  South Korea 14,000
(150,000)[39] 		1969
Shandong Museum Jinan  China 14,000
(150,000)[40][note 1] 		1954
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung  Taiwan 13,600
(146,000)[41]		 1988
National Gallery in Prague (Veletržní) Prague  Czech Republic 13,500
(145,000)[42]		 1796
Tate Modern London  United Kingdom 13,500
(145,000)[43]		 2000
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal  Canada 13,000
(140,000)[44] 		1860
National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne  Australia 13,000
(140,000)[45][note 1]		 1861
Capital Museum Beijing  China 13,000
(140,000)[46][47] 		1981
Brooklyn Museum New York City  United States 13,000
(140,000)[48][note 1] 		1895
Bavarian National Museum Munich  Germany 13,000
(140,000)[49] 		1855
Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad  India 13,000
(140,000)[50] 		1855
National Gallery of Australia Canberra  Australia 13,000
(140,000)[51][note 1]		 1967
Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis  United States 13,000
(140,000)[52]		 1883
Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis  United States 12,500
(135,000)[53][note 1]		 1904
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa  Canada 12,400
(133,000)[54]		 1880
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond  United States 12,500
(135,000)[55] 		1934
Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland  United States 12,000
(130,000)[56]		 1913
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam  Netherlands 12,000
(130,000)[57]		 1849
Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg  Germany 12,000
(130,000)[58]		 1869
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City  United States 12,000
(130,000)[59][note 1] 		1933
Palais de Tokyo Paris  France 12,000
(130,000)[60]		 2001
Pinakothek der Moderne Munich  Germany 12,000
(130,000)[61] 		2002
Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee  United States 11,900
(128,000)[62] 		1882
Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei  Taiwan 11,700
(126,000)[63] 		1983
Museum of Modern Art New York City  United States 11,600
(125,000)[64]		 1929
Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto  Canada 11,500
(124,000)[65]		 1900
Fondazione Prada Milan  Italy 11,000
(120,000)[66]		 1993
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney  Australia 11,000
(120,000)[67][note 1] 		1874
Capitoline Museums Rome  Italy 11,000
(120,000)[68]		 1734
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao  Spain 11,000
(120,000)[69]		 1997
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles  United States 11,000
(120,000)[70]		 1910
MASS MoCA North Adams  United States 11,000
(120,000)[71] 		1999
MAC-University of São Paulo São Paulo  Brazil 11,000
(120,000)[72][note 1]		 1963
National Gallery London  United Kingdom 11,000
(120,000)[73][note 1] 		1824
Pergamon Museum Berlin  Germany 11,000
(120,000)[74][note 1] 		1910
Shaanxi History Museum Xi'an  China 11,000
(120,000)[75] 		1991
Denver Art Museum Denver  United States 10,900
(117,000)[76]		 1918
HangarBicocca Milan  Italy 10,900
(117,000)[77]		 2012
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Barcelona  Spain 10,500
(113,000)[78]		 1997
Tibet Museum Lhasa  China 10,500
(113,000)[79]		 1999
Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh  United States 10,000
(110,000)[80]		 1896
Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin  Germany 10,000
(110,000)[81]		 1996
Kunstmuseum Basel Basel   Switzerland 10,000
(110,000)[82]		 1936
Museo Egizio Turin  Italy 10,000
(110,000)[83]		 1824
MMCA, Seoul Seoul  South Korea 10,000
(110,000)[84]		 2013
National Museum, Poznań Poznań  Poland 10,000
(110,000)[85][note 1]		 1857
Russian Museum Saint-Petersburg  Russia 10,000
(110,000)[86][87][88][note 1]		 1895
Tate Britain London  United Kingdom 10,000
(110,000)[89][note 1]		 1897
National Palace Museum Taipei  Taiwan 9,600
(103,000)[90]		 1925
National Archaeological Museum Madrid  Spain 9,300
(100,000)[91]		 1867
National Museum, New Delhi New Delhi  India 9,000
(97,000)[92][note 1]		 1809
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille  France 9,000
(97,000)[93][note 1]		 1949
Bardo National Museum Tunis  Tunisia 9,000
(97,000)[94]		 1888
Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.  United States 8,800
(95,000)[95]		 1829
Liaoning Provincial Museum Shenyang  China 8,500
(91,000)[96]		 1949
National Art Museum of China Beijing  China 8,300
(89,000)[97]		 1958
Museum Ludwig Cologne  Germany 8,000
(86,000)[98]		 1976
Galleria degli Uffizi Florence  Italy 8,000
(86,000)[99]		 1581
Pushkin Museum Moscow  Russia 8,000
(86,000)[100][note 1]		 1898
Gemäldegalerie Berlin  Germany 8,000
(86,000)[101]		 1830
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid  Spain 8,000
(86,000)[102][note 1]		 1992
Tretyakov Gallery Moscow  Russia 8,000
(86,000)[103][note 1]		 1856
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam  Netherlands 8,000
(86,000)[104]		 1874
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna Rome  Italy 8,000
(86,000)[105][note 1]		 1883
Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, Ohio  United States 8,000
(86,000)[106][note 1]		 1901

Large museums with unknown or unreliable figures

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Floor plan on museum website used to identify which spaces in the museum building are gallery spaces. Dimensions of building in feet established from satellite view of museum building from Google Maps. Total square footage of gallery spaces then calculated based on dimensions of gallery spaces in floor plan.
  2. ↑ Floor space is 45,000 square meters, British galleries space is 3,000 square meters. Made an estimation of gallery space based on those numbers compared to map.
  3. ↑ Gallery spaces occupy about 3/5 of 24,619 square meters Sabatini building, and expansion added 2,251 square meters of gallery space.

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