Rank | Building | Name | City | Country | Gallery space in m2 (sq ft) |
Number of art works | Year established |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Louvre | Paris | France | 72,735 (782,910)[1] |
35,000[2] | 1792 |
2 | ![]() |
State Hermitage Museum | St. Petersburg | Russia | 66,842 (719,480)[3] |
3 million [4] | 1764 |
3 | ![]() |
National Museum of China | Beijing | China | 65,000 (700,000)[5] |
1.3 million | 1959 |
4 | ![]() |
Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City | United States | 58,820 (633,100)[6] |
2 million[7] | 1870 |
5 | ![]() |
Vatican Museums | Vatican City (Rome) | Vatican City | 43,000 (460,000)[6] |
70,000[8] | 1506 |
6 | ![]() |
Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo | Japan | 38,000 (410,000)[9][note 1][10] |
110,000[a] | 1872 |
7 | ![]() |
National Museum of Anthropology | Mexico City | Mexico | 33,000 (360,000)[11] |
600,000 [12] | 1964 |
8 | ![]() |
Victoria and Albert Museum | London | United Kingdom | 30,658 (330,000)[13][14] |
2,278,183 items in 145 galleries | 1852 |
9 | ![]() |
National Museum of Korea | Seoul | South Korea | 27,090 (291,600)[15] |
over 310,000[16] | 1909 |
10 | ![]() |
Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | United States | 26,000 (280,000)[17][note 2] |
300,000 works | 1879 |
10 | ![]() |
Nanjing Museum | Nanjing | China | 26,000 (280,000)[18] |
400,000[19] | 1933 |
12 | British Museum | London | United Kingdom | 25,700 (277,000)[6] |
1753 | ||
13 | ![]() |
National Gallery of Art | Washington | United States | 25,200 (271,000)[20] |
1937 | |
14 | ![]() |
MASS MoCA | North Adams | United States | 23,225 (249,990)[21] |
1999 | |
15 | ![]() |
Cinquantenaire Museum | Brussels | Belgium | 22,000 (240,000)[22][note 1][23] |
1835 | |
16 | ![]() |
Three Gorges Museum | Chongqing | China | 20,858 (224,510)[24] |
2005 | |
17 | ![]() |
Museum of Fine Arts | Boston | United States | 20,500 (221,000)[25] |
1870 | |
18 | Shandong Art Museum | Jinan | China | 19,700 (212,000)[26] |
1977 | ||
20 | ![]() |
Israel Museum | Jerusalem | Israel | 18,500 (199,000)[27] |
1965 | |
21 | ![]() |
National Gallery Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | 18,000 (190,000)[28] |
2015 | |
22 | ![]() |
Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis | United States | 17,500 (188,000)[29] |
1883 | |
23 | ![]() |
Arsenal (Biennale) | Venice | Italy | 17,000 (180,000)[30] |
1895 | |
23 | Musée National d'Art Moderne | Paris | France | 17,000 (180,000)[31] |
1947 | ||
25 | Musée d'Orsay | Paris | France | 16,853 (181,400)[32] |
1986 | ||
26 | ![]() |
Ōtsuka Museum of Art | Naruto | Japan | 16,000 (170,000)[33][note 1][34][35] |
1998 | |
27 | ![]() |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco | United States | 15,800 (170,000)[36] |
1935 | |
28 | ![]() |
Museo del Prado | Madrid | Spain | 15,400 (166,000)[37] |
1819 | |
28 | ![]() |
Museum of Modern Art | New York City | United States | 15,400 (166,000)[38] |
1929 | |
30 | ![]() |
Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia | United States | 15,200 (164,000)[39][note 1][note 3] |
1876 | |
31 | Denver Art Museum | Denver | United States | 15,000 (160,000)[40][41] |
1918 | ||
31 | Egyptian Museum | Cairo | Egypt | 15,000 (160,000)[42] |
1902 | ||
31 | Museo di Capodimonte | Naples | Italy | 15,000 (160,000)[43][note 1] |
1757 | ||
31 | Matarazzo Ciccillo (Bienal) | São Paulo | Brazil | 15,000 (160,000)[44] |
1951 | ||
35 | Dia:Beacon | Beacon, New York | United States | 14,900 (160,000)[45] |
2003 | ||
36 | ![]() |
Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas | United States | 14,800 (159,000)[29] |
1903 | |
37 | ![]() |
Museo Reina Sofía | Madrid | Spain | 14,756 (158,830)[46][47][note 4] |
1992 | |
38 | ![]() |
MMCA, Gwacheon | Gwacheon | South Korea | 14,144 (152,240)[48] |
1969 | |
39 | Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit | United States | 14,000 (150,000)[49] |
1885 | ||
39 | ![]() |
Kunsthistorisches Museum | Vienna | Austria | 14,000 (150,000)[50][note 1][51] |
1891 | |
39 | ![]() |
Tokyo National Art Center | Tokyo | Japan | 14,000 (150,000)[52] |
2007 | |
43 | ![]() |
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts | Taichung | Taiwan | 13,600 (146,000)[53] |
1988 | |
44 | ![]() |
National Gallery in Prague (Veletržní) | Prague | Czech Republic | 13,500 (145,000)[54] |
1796 | |
45 | ![]() |
Indianapolis Museum of Art | Indianapolis | United States | 13,300 (143,000)[55] |
1883 | |
46 | Bavarian National Museum | Munich | Germany | 13,000 (140,000)[56] |
1855 | ||
46 | Brooklyn Museum | New York City | United States | 13,000 (140,000)[57][note 1] |
1895 | ||
46 | ![]() |
Capital Museum | Beijing | China | 13,000 (140,000)[58][59] |
1981 | |
46 | ![]() |
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Montreal | Canada | 13,000 (140,000)[60] |
1860 | |
46 | National Gallery | London | United Kingdom | 13,000 (140,000)[note 5][61] |
1824 | ||
46 | National Gallery of Victoria (St Kilda Road) | Melbourne | Australia | 13,000 (140,000)[62] |
1861 | ||
46 | Palais de Tokyo | Paris | France | 13,000 (140,000)[63] |
2001 | ||
46 | ![]() |
Salar Jung Museum | Hyderabad | India | 13,000 (140,000)[64] |
1855 | |
54 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond | United States | 12,500 (135,000)[65] |
1934 | ||
55 | Tate Modern | London | United Kingdom | 12,427 (133,760)[66] |
2000 | ||
56 | ![]() |
Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland | United States | 12,400 (133,000)[29] |
1913 | |
56 | ![]() |
National Gallery of Canada | Ottawa | Canada | 12,400 (133,000)[67] |
1880 | |
58 | ![]() |
Hamburger Kunsthalle | Hamburg | Germany | 12,000 (130,000)[68] |
1869 | |
58 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 12,000 (130,000)[69] |
1849 | ||
58 | Houston Museum of Fine Arts | Houston | United States | 12,000 (130,000)[70][note 6] |
1900 | ||
58 | ![]() |
National Gallery of Modern Art | New Delhi | India | 12,000 (130,000)[71] |
1954 | |
58 | ![]() |
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille | Lille | France | 12,000 (130,000)[72] |
1809 | |
58 | ![]() |
Pinakothek der Moderne | Munich | Germany | 12,000 (130,000)[73] |
2002 | |
58 | ![]() |
Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 12,000 (130,000)[74] |
1800 | |
58 | Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) | Moscow | Russia | 12,000 (130,000)[75] |
1985 | ||
66 | ![]() |
Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee | United States | 11,900 (128,000)[76] |
1882 | |
67 | ![]() |
Taipei Fine Arts Museum | Taipei | Taiwan | 11,700 (126,000)[77] |
1983 | |
68 | ![]() |
Art Gallery of Ontario | Toronto | Canada | 11,500 (124,000)[78] |
1900 | |
69 | ![]() |
Art Gallery of New South Wales | Sydney | Australia | 11,000 (120,000)[79] |
1874 | |
69 | Capitoline Museums | Rome | Italy | 11,000 (120,000)[80] |
1734 | ||
69 | Fondazione Prada | Milan | Italy | 11,000 (120,000)[81] |
1993 | ||
69 | Guggenheim Museum | Bilbao | Spain | 11,000 (120,000)[82] |
1997 | ||
69 | ![]() |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles | United States | 11,000 (120,000)[83] |
1910 | |
69 | MAC-University of São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | 11,000 (120,000)[84][note 1] |
1963 | ||
69 | ![]() |
Pergamon Museum | Berlin | Germany | 11,000 (120,000)[85][note 1] |
1910 | |
69 | Shaanxi History Museum | Xi'an | China | 11,000 (120,000)[86] |
1991 | ||
77 | ![]() |
HangarBicocca | Milan | Italy | 10,900 (117,000)[87] |
2012 | |
77 | ![]() |
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya | Barcelona | Spain | 10,500 (113,000)[88] |
1934 | |
77 | ![]() |
Tibet Museum | Lhasa | China | 10,500 (113,000)[89] |
1999 | |
79 | Portland Art Museum | Portland, Oregon | United States | 10,400 (112,000)[90] |
1892 | ||
80 | ![]() |
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest | Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 10,300 (111,000)[91] |
1906 | |
81 | Carnegie Museum of Art | Pittsburgh | United States | 10,000 (110,000)[92] |
1896 | ||
81 | ![]() |
Hamburger Bahnhof | Berlin | Germany | 10,000 (110,000)[93] |
1996 | |
81 | ![]() |
Kunstmuseum Basel | Basel | Switzerland | 10,000 (110,000)[94] |
1936 | |
81 | MAXXI | Rome | Italy | 10,000 (110,000)[95] |
2010 | ||
81 | ![]() |
Museo Egizio | Turin | Italy | 10,000 (110,000)[96] |
1824 | |
81 | ![]() |
Museum Kunstpalast | Düsseldorf | Germany | 10,000 (110,000)[97] |
1913 | |
81 | ![]() |
MMCA, Seoul | Seoul | South Korea | 10,000 (110,000)[98] |
2013 | |
81 | ![]() |
National Museum, Poznań | Poznań | Poland | 10,000 (110,000)[99][note 1] |
1857 | |
81 | ![]() |
Russian Museum | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | 10,000 (110,000)[100][101][102][note 1] |
1895 | |
81 | Saint Louis Art Museum | St. Louis | United States | 10,000 (110,000)[29] |
1881 | ||
81 | ![]() |
Museums of Sforza Castle | Milan | Italy | 10,000 (110,000)[103][note 1] |
1896 | |
81 | ![]() |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Tel Aviv | Israel | 10,000 (110,000)[note 7][104][105] |
1932 | |
93 | ![]() |
National Palace Museum | Taipei | Taiwan | 9,613 (103,470)[106] |
1925 | |
94 | ![]() |
National Archaeological Museum | Madrid | Spain | 9,300 (100,000)[107] |
1867 | |
94 | ![]() |
Musée Fabre | Montpellier | France | 9,300 (100,000)[108] |
1828 | |
96 | Bardo National Museum | Tunis | Tunisia | 9,000 (97,000)[109] |
1888 | ||
96 | ![]() |
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine | Paris | France | 9,000 (97,000)[110] |
1879 | |
96 | ![]() |
National Museum, New Delhi | New Delhi | India | 9,000 (97,000)[111][note 1] |
1809 | |
96 | ![]() |
National Gallery | Oslo | Norway | 9,000 (97,000)[112] |
1842 | |
96 | ![]() |
Power Station of Art (Biennale) | Shanghai | China | 9,000 (97,000)[113] |
2012 | |
101 | Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, D.C. | United States | 8,800 (95,000)[114] |
1829 | ||
102 | ![]() |
Musée du quai Branly | Paris | France | 8,750 (94,200)[115] |
2006 | |
103 | ![]() |
Liaoning Provincial Museum | Shenyang | China | 8,500 (91,000)[116] |
1949 | |
104 | Gallerie di Piazza Scala | Milan | Italy | 8,300 (89,000)[117] |
2011 | ||
104 | ![]() |
National Art Museum of China | Beijing | China | 8,300 (89,000)[118] |
1958 | |
106 | ![]() |
Galleria degli Uffizi | Florence | Italy | 8,000 (86,000)[citation needed] |
1581 | |
106 | ![]() |
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna | Rome | Italy | 8,000 (86,000)[119][note 1] |
1883 | |
106 | ![]() |
Gemäldegalerie | Berlin | Germany | 8,000 (86,000)[120] |
1830 | |
106 | Louvre Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 8,000 (86,000)[121] |
2017 | ||
106 | ![]() |
Museum Ludwig | Cologne | Germany | 8,000 (86,000)[122] |
1976 | |
106 | ![]() |
National Archaeological Museum | Athens | Greece | 8,000 (86,000)[123] |
1866 | |
106 | ![]() |
Neues Museum | Berlin | Germany | 8,000 (86,000)[124] |
1855 | |
106 | ![]() |
Petit Palais | Paris | France | 8,000 (86,000)[125] |
1902 | |
106 | ![]() |
Pushkin Museum | Moscow | Russia | 8,000 (86,000)[126][note 1] |
1898 | |
106 | ![]() |
Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 8,000 (86,000)[127] |
1874 | |
106 | ![]() |
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum | Madrid | Spain | 8,000 (86,000)[128][note 1] |
1992 | |
106 | ![]() |
Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo, Ohio | United States | 8,000 (86,000)[129][note 1] |
1901 | |
106 | ![]() |
Tretyakov Gallery | Moscow | Russia | 8,000 (86,000)[130][note 1] |
1856 | |
120 | ![]() |
de Young | San Francisco | United States | 7,900 (85,000)[131] |
1895 | |
120 | ![]() |
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City | United States | 7,900 (85,000)[29] |
1933 |
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