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. [1]
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.
Rank | Building | Name | City | Country | Gallery space in m2 (ft2) | Year established |
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1 | ![]() | Louvre | Paris | ![]() | 72,735 (782,910) [2] | 1792 |
2 | ![]() | State Hermitage Museum | St. Petersburg | ![]() | 66,842 (719,480) [3] [note 1] | 1764 |
3 | ![]() | National Museum of China | Beijing | ![]() | 65,000 (700,000) [4] | 1959 |
4 | ![]() | Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City | ![]() | 58,800 (633,000) [5] | 1870 |
5 | ![]() | Vatican Museums | Vatican City (Rome) | ![]() | 43,000 (460,000) [6] | 1506 |
6 | ![]() | Grand Egyptian Museum | Giza | ![]() | 38,000 (410,000) [7] | 2023 |
7 | ![]() | Victoria and Albert Museum | London | ![]() | 30,658 (330,000) [8] [9] | 1852 |
8 | ![]() | Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | ![]() | 30,000 (320,000) [10] | 1800 |
9 | ![]() | Houston Museum of Fine Arts | Houston | ![]() | 28,000 (300,000) [11] | 1900 |
10 | ![]() | National Museum of Korea | Seoul | ![]() | 27,090 (291,600) [12] | 1909 |
11 | ![]() | Germanisches Nationalmuseum | Nuremberg | ![]() | 27,000 (290,000) [13] | 1852 |
12 | ![]() | Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | ![]() | 26,000 (280,000) [14] [note 2] | 1879 |
12 | ![]() | Nanjing Museum | Nanjing | ![]() | 26,000 (280,000) [15] | 1933 |
13 | ![]() | National Gallery of Art | Washington, D.C. | ![]() | 25,200 (271,000) [16] | 1937 |
14 | ![]() | Museo del Prado | Madrid | ![]() | 25,000 (270,000) [17] | 1819 |
15 | ![]() | Mystetskyi Arsenal | Kyiv | ![]() | 24,000 (260,000) [18] | 2006 |
16 | ![]() | MASS MoCA | North Adams | ![]() | 23,000 (250,000) [19] | 1999 |
16 | ![]() | National Gallery of Australia | Canberra | ![]() | 23,000 (250,000) [20] | 1967 |
17 | | British Museum | London | ![]() | 22,500 (242,000) [21] | 1753 |
18 | ![]() | Art & History Museum | Brussels | ![]() | 22,000 (240,000) [22] | 1835 |
19 | ![]() | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston | ![]() | 20,500 (221,000) [23] | 1870 |
20 | ![]() | Shandong Art Museum | Jinan | ![]() | 19,700 (212,000) [24] | 1977 |
21 | ![]() | National Gallery of Victoria | Melbourne | ![]() | 19,600 (211,000) [25] | 1861 |
22 | ![]() | Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo | ![]() | 18,567 (199,850) [26] | 1872 |
23 | ![]() | Israel Museum | Jerusalem | ![]() | 18,500 (199,000) [27] | 1965 |
24 | ![]() | Pergamon Museum | Berlin | ![]() | 18,200 (196,000) [28] | 1910 |
25 | ![]() | Musée National d'Art Moderne | Paris | ![]() | 18,110 (194,900) [29] | 1947 |
26 | ![]() | National Gallery Singapore | Singapore | ![]() | 18,000 (190,000) [30] | 2015 |
27 | ![]() | Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis | ![]() | 17,500 (188,000) [31] | 1883 |
28 | ![]() | National Museum of Anthropology | Mexico City | ![]() | 17,440.18 (187,724.5) [32] | 1964 |
29 | ![]() | Museu Oscar Niemeyer | Curitiba | ![]() | 17,000 (180,000) [33] | 2002 |
29 | ![]() | M+ | Kowloon | ![]() | 17,000 (180,000) [34] | 2021 |
29 | ![]() | Birmingham Museum of Art | Birmingham, Alabama | ![]() | 17,000 (180,000) [35] | 1951 |
29 | ![]() | Arsenal (Biennale) | Venice | ![]() | 17,000 (180,000) [36] | 1895 |
29 | ![]() | Musée d'Orsay | Paris | ![]() | 17,000 (180,000) [37] | 1986 |
30 | ![]() | Indianapolis Museum of Art | Indianapolis | ![]() | 16,600 (179,000) [38] | 1883 |
31 | ![]() | Denver Art Museum | Denver | ![]() | 16,421 (176,750) [39] [40] [41] | 1918 |
32 | ![]() | Humboldt Forum | Berlin | ![]() | 16,000 (170,000) [42] | 2020 |
32 | ![]() | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco | ![]() | 15,800 (170,000) [43] | 1935 |
33 | | Museum of Modern Art | New York City | ![]() | 15,400 (166,000) [44] | 1929 |
34 | ![]() | Museo di Capodimonte | Naples | ![]() | 15,000 (160,000) [45] | 1757 |
35 | | Dia:Beacon | Beacon, New York | ![]() | 14,900 (160,000) [46] | 2003 |
36 | ![]() | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia | ![]() | 14,865 (160,010) [47] | 1876 |
37 | ![]() | Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas | ![]() | 14,800 (159,000) [48] | 1903 |
38 | ![]() | Museo Reina Sofía | Madrid | ![]() | 14,756 (158,830) [49] [50] [note 3] | 1992 |
39 | ![]() | MMCA, Gwacheon | Gwacheon | ![]() | 14,144 (152,240) [51] | 1969 |
40 | ![]() | Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit | ![]() | 14,000 (150,000) [52] | 1885 |
40 | ![]() | National Historical Museum | Sofia | ![]() | 14,000 (150,000) [53] | 1973 |
40 | ![]() | Tokyo National Art Center | Tokyo | ![]() | 14,000 (150,000) [54] | 2007 |
40 | ![]() | Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee | ![]() | 14,000 (150,000) [55] | 1888 |
41 | ![]() | National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts | Taichung | ![]() | 13,600 (146,000) [56] | 1988 |
42 | ![]() | National Gallery Prague (Veletržní) | Prague | ![]() | 13,500 (145,000) [57] | 1796 |
43 | ![]() | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond | ![]() | 13,200 (142,000) [58] | 1934 |
44 | ![]() | Bavarian National Museum | Munich | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [59] | 1855 |
44 | ![]() | Uffizi | Florence | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [60] | 1865 |
44 | ![]() | Capital Museum | Beijing | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [61] [62] | 1981 |
44 | ![]() | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Montreal | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [63] | 1860 |
44 | | National Gallery | London | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [note 4] [64] | 1824 |
44 | | Palais de Tokyo | Paris | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [65] | 2001 |
44 | ![]() | Hamburger Kunsthalle | Hamburg | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [66] | 1869 |
44 | ![]() | National Museum of Norway | Oslo | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [67] | 1842 |
44 | ![]() | Salar Jung Museum | Hyderabad | ![]() | 13,000 (140,000) [68] | 1855 |
45 | ![]() | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya | Barcelona | ![]() | 12,793 (137,700) [69] | 1934 |
46 | ![]() | National Archaeological Museum, Naples | Naples | ![]() | 12,650 (136,200) [70] | 1777 |
47 | | Tate Modern | London | ![]() | 12,427 (133,760) [71] | 2000 |
48 | ![]() | Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland | ![]() | 12,400 (133,000) [31] | 1913 |
48 | ![]() | National Gallery of Canada | Ottawa | ![]() | 12,400 (133,000) [72] | 1880 |
49 | ![]() | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart | Stuttgart | ![]() | 12,000 (130,000) [73] | 1843 |
50 | | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | Rotterdam | ![]() | 12,000 (130,000) [74] | 1849 |
50 | ![]() | National Gallery of Modern Art | New Delhi | ![]() | 12,000 (130,000) [75] | 1954 |
50 | ![]() | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille | Lille | ![]() | 12,000 (130,000) [76] | 1809 |
50 | ![]() | Pinakothek der Moderne | Munich | ![]() | 12,000 (130,000) [77] | 2002 |
50 | | Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) | Moscow | ![]() | 12,000 (130,000) [78] | 1985 |
51 | ![]() | Art Gallery of Ontario | Toronto | ![]() | 12,000 (129,000) [79] | 1900 |
52 | ![]() | Taipei Fine Arts Museum | Taipei | ![]() | 11,700 (126,000) [80] | 1983 |
53 | | Kunsthaus | Zürich | ![]() | 11,500 (124,000) | 1910 |
53 | ![]() | Bode Museum | Berlin | ![]() | 11,500 (124,000) [81] | 1904 |
54 | ![]() | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Sydney | ![]() | 11,000 (120,000) [82] | 1874 |
54 | | Capitoline Museums | Rome | ![]() | 11,000 (120,000) [83] | 1471 |
54 | | Fondazione Prada | Milan | ![]() | 11,000 (120,000) [84] | 1993 |
54 | ![]() | Guggenheim Museum | Bilbao | ![]() | 11,000 (120,000) [85] | 1997 |
54 | ![]() | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles | ![]() | 11,000 (120,000) [86] | 1910 |
54 | | Shaanxi History Museum | Xi'an | ![]() | 11,000 (120,000) [87] | 1991 |
55 | ![]() | HangarBicocca | Milan | ![]() | 10,900 (117,000) [88] | 2012 |
56 | ![]() | Tibet Museum | Lhasa | ![]() | 10,500 (113,000) [89] | 1999 |
57 | | Portland Art Museum | Portland, Oregon | ![]() | 10,400 (112,000) [90] | 1892 |
58 | ![]() | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest | Budapest | ![]() | 10,300 (111,000) [91] | 1906 |
59 | ![]() | National September 11 Memorial & Museum | New York City | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [92] | 2014 |
59 | | Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum | Palermo | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [93] | 1866 |
59 | | Carnegie Museum of Art | Pittsburgh | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [94] | 1896 |
59 | ![]() | Hamburger Bahnhof | Berlin | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [95] | 1996 |
59 | ![]() | Kunstmuseum Basel | Basel | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [96] | 1936 |
59 | ![]() | MAXXI | Rome | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [97] | 2010 |
59 | ![]() | Museo Egizio | Turin | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [98] | 1824 |
59 | ![]() | Museum Kunstpalast | Düsseldorf | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [99] | 1913 |
59 | ![]() | MMCA, Seoul | Seoul | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [100] | 2013 |
59 | | Saint Louis Art Museum | St. Louis | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [31] | 1881 |
59 | ![]() | Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Tel Aviv | ![]() | 10,000 (110,000) [note 5] [101] [102] | 1932 |
60 | ![]() | National Palace Museum | Taipei | ![]() | 9,613 (103,470) [103] | 1925 |
61 | ![]() | National Archaeological Museum | Madrid | ![]() | 9,300 (100,000) [104] | 1867 |
62 | ![]() | Musée Fabre | Montpellier | ![]() | 9,200 (99,000) [105] | 1828 |
63 | ![]() | Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo | São Paulo | ![]() | 9,112 (98,080) [106] | 1905 |
64 | ![]() | Bardo National Museum | Tunis | ![]() | 9,000 (97,000) [107] | 1888 |
64 | ![]() | Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine | Paris | ![]() | 9,000 (97,000) [108] | 1879 |
64 | ![]() | National Gallery | Oslo | ![]() | 9,000 (97,000) [109] | 1842 |
64 | ![]() | Museum Ludwig | Cologne | ![]() | 9,000 (97,000) [110] | 1976 |
64 | ![]() | Power Station of Art | Shanghai | ![]() | 9,000 (97,000) [111] | 2012 |
65 | ![]() | De Young Museum | San Francisco | ![]() | 8,919 (96,000) [112] | 1895 |
66 | ![]() | Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, D.C. | ![]() | 8,800 (95,000) [113] | 1829 |
67 | ![]() | Musée du quai Branly | Paris | ![]() | 8,750 (94,200) [114] | 2006 |
68 | ![]() | High Museum of Art | Atlanta | ![]() | 8,714 (93,800) [115] | 1905 |
69 | ![]() | Louvre Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | ![]() | 8,600 (93,000) [116] [117] | 2017 |
70 | ![]() | Liaoning Provincial Museum | Shenyang | ![]() | 8,500 (91,000) [118] | 1949 |
71 | | Gallerie di Piazza Scala | Milan | ![]() | 8,300 (89,000) [119] | 2011 |
71 | ![]() | National Art Museum of China | Beijing | ![]() | 8,300 (89,000) [120] | 1958 |
72 | ![]() | Crocker Art Museum | Sacramento | ![]() | 8,200 (88,000) [121] | 1885 |
73 | | San Antonio Museum of Art | San Antonio | ![]() | 8,130 (87,500) [122] | 1981 |
74 | ![]() | Gemäldegalerie | Berlin | ![]() | 8,000 (86,000) [123] | 1830 |
74 | ![]() | National Archaeological Museum | Athens | ![]() | 8,000 (86,000) [124] | 1866 |
74 | | Neues Museum | Berlin | ![]() | 8,000 (86,000) [125] | 1855 |
74 | ![]() | Petit Palais | Paris | ![]() | 8,000 (86,000) [126] | 1902 |
74 | ![]() | Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam | ![]() | 8,000 (86,000) [127] | 1874 |
74 | ![]() | Sprengel Museum | Hannover | ![]() | 8,000 (86,000) [128] | 1979 |