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List of largest art museums

May 18, 2023

This article is about list of largest art museums by space. For list of largest art museums by number of visitors, see List of most visited 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.[1]

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)[2]		 1792
  State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg   Russia 66,842
(719,480)[3][note 1]		 1764
  National Museum of China Beijing   China 65,000
(700,000)[4]		 1959
  Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City   United States 58,820
(633,100)[5]		 1870
  Museo del Prado Madrid   Spain 47,700
(513,000)[6]		 1819
  Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)    Vatican City 43,000
(460,000)[5]		 1506
  Tokyo National Museum Tokyo   Japan 38,000

(410,000)[7]

 1872
  National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City   Mexico 33,000
(360,000)[8]		 1964
  Victoria and Albert Museum London   United Kingdom 30,658
(330,000)[9][10]		 1852
  Humboldt Forum Berlin   Germany 29,500

(317,500)[11]

 2020
  Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna   Austria 29,000[12] (312,153) 1891
  Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston   United States 28,000
(300,000)[13]		 1900
  National Museum of Korea Seoul   South Korea 27,090
(291,600)[14]		 1909
  British Museum London   United Kingdom 25,700
(277,000)[5]		 1753
  Art Institute of Chicago Chicago   United States 26,000
(280,000)[15][note 2]		 1879
  Mystetskyi Arsenal Kyiv   Ukraine 24,000
(260,000)[16]		 2006
  National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.   United States 25,200
(271,000)[17]		 1937
  MASS MoCA North Adams   United States 23,225
(249,990)[18]		 1999
  Art & History Museum Brussels   Belgium 22,000

(240,000)

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

(214,000)[20]

 1912
Shandong Art Museum Jinan   China 19,700
(212,000)[21]		 1977
  Israel Museum Jerusalem   Israel 18,500
(199,000)[22]		 1965
  National Gallery Singapore Singapore   Singapore 18,000
(190,000)[23]		 2015
  Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis   United States 17,500
(188,000)[24]		 1883
  Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba   Brazil 17,000[25] 2002
  M+ Kowloon   Hong Kong 17,000 (183,000)[26] 2021
  Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham   United States 17,000

(180,000)[27]

 1951
  Arsenal (Biennale) Venice   Italy 17,000
(180,000)[28]		 1895
Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris   France 17,000
(180,000)[29]		 1947
  Musée d'Orsay Paris   France 16,853
(181,400)[30]		 1986
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco   United States 15,800
(170,000)[31]		 1935
  Museum of Modern Art New York City   United States 15,400
(166,000)[32]		 1929
  Denver Art Museum Denver   United States 15,000
(160,000)[33][34]		 1918
  Egyptian Museum Cairo   Egypt 15,000
(160,000)[35]		 1902
  Dia:Beacon Beacon, New York   United States 14,900
(160,000)[36]		 2003
  Dallas Museum of Art Dallas   United States 14,800
(159,000)[24]		 1903
  Museo Reina Sofía Madrid   Spain 14,756
(158,830)[37][38][note 3]		 1992
  MMCA, Gwacheon Gwacheon   South Korea 14,144
(152,240)[39]		 1969
  Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit   United States 14,000
(150,000)[40]		 1885
  Tokyo National Art Center Tokyo   Japan 14,000
(150,000)[41]		 2007
  National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung   Taiwan 13,600
(146,000)[42]		 1988
  National Gallery in Prague (Veletržní) Prague   Czech Republic 13,500
(145,000)[43]		 1796
  Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis   United States 13,300
(143,000)[44]		 1883
  Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee   United States 13,196.4
(142,045)[45]		 1882
  Bavarian National Museum Munich   Germany 13,000
(140,000)[46]		 1855
  Capital Museum Beijing   China 13,000
(140,000)[47][48]		 1981
  Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal   Canada 13,000
(140,000)[49]		 1860
  National Gallery London   United Kingdom 13,000
(140,000)[note 4][50]		 1824
  National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne   Australia 19,600
(211,000)[51]		 1861
  Palais de Tokyo Paris   France 13,000
(140,000)[52]		 2001
  Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad   India 13,000
(140,000)[53]		 1855
  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond   United States 12,500
(135,000)[54]		 1934
  Tate Modern London   United Kingdom 12,427
(133,760)[55]		 2000
  Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland   United States 12,400
(133,000)[24]		 1913
  National Gallery of Canada Ottawa   Canada 12,400
(133,000)[56]		 1880
  Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto   Canada 12,000
(129,000)[57]		 1900
  Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg   Germany 12,000
(130,000)[58]		 1869
  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam   Netherlands 12,000
(130,000)[59]		 1849
  National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi   India 12,000
(130,000)[60]		 1954
  Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille   France 12,000
(130,000)[61]		 1809
  Pinakothek der Moderne Munich   Germany 12,000
(130,000)[62]		 2002
  Rijksmuseum Amsterdam   Netherlands 12,000
(130,000)[63]		 1800
  Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) Moscow   Russia 12,000
(130,000)[64]		 1985
  Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei   Taiwan 11,700
(126,000)[65]		 1983
Kunsthaus Zürich   Switzerland 11500 1910
  Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney   Australia 11,000
(120,000)[66]		 1874
  Capitoline Museums Rome   Italy 11,000
(120,000)[67]		 1471
  Fondazione Prada Milan   Italy 11,000
(120,000)[68]		 1993
  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
  Shaanxi History Museum Xi'an   China 11,000
(120,000)[71]		 1991
  HangarBicocca Milan   Italy 10,900
(117,000)[72]		 2012
  Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Barcelona   Spain 10,500
(113,000)[73]		 1934
  Tibet Museum Lhasa   China 10,500
(113,000)[74]		 1999
  Portland Art Museum Portland, Oregon   United States 10,400
(112,000)[75]		 1892
  Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Budapest   Hungary 10,300
(111,000)[76]		 1906
  Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh   United States 10,000
(110,000)[77]		 1896
  Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin   Germany 10,000
(110,000)[78]		 1996
  Kunstmuseum Basel Basel   Switzerland 10,000
(110,000)[79]		 1936
  MAXXI Rome   Italy 10,000
(110,000)[80]		 2010
  Museo Egizio Turin   Italy 10,000
(110,000)[81]		 1824
  Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf   Germany 10,000
(110,000)[82]		 1913
  MMCA, Seoul Seoul   South Korea 10,000
(110,000)[83]		 2013
  Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis   United States 10,000
(110,000)[24]		 1881
  Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv   Israel 10,000
(110,000)[note 5][84][85]		 1932
  National Palace Museum Taipei   Taiwan 9,613
(103,470)[86]		 1925
  National Archaeological Museum Madrid   Spain 9,300
(100,000)[87]		 1867
  Musée Fabre Montpellier   France 9,300
(100,000)[88]		 1828
  Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo São Paulo   Brasil 9,112
(98,080)[89]		 1905
  Bardo National Museum Tunis   Tunisia 9,000
(97,000)[90]		 1888
  Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine Paris   France 9,000
(97,000)[91]		 1879
  National Gallery Oslo   Norway 9,000
(97,000)[92]		 1842
  Power Station of Art (Biennale) Shanghai   China 9,000
(97,000)[93]		 2012
  De Young Museum San Francisco   United States 8,919
(96,000)[94]		 1895
  Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.   United States 8,800
(95,000)[95]		 1829
  Musée du quai Branly Paris   France 8,750
(94,200)[96]		 2006
  High Museum of Art Atlanta   United States 8,714

(93,800)[97]

 1905
  Liaoning Provincial Museum Shenyang   China 8,500
(91,000)[98]		 1949
  Gallerie di Piazza Scala Milan   Italy 8,300
(89,000)[99]		 2011
  National Art Museum of China Beijing   China 8,300
(89,000)[100]		 1958
  Gemäldegalerie Berlin   Germany 8,000
(86,000)[101]		 1830
Louvre Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi   UAE 8,000
(86,000)[102]		 2017
  Museum Ludwig Cologne   Germany 8,000
(86,000)[103]		 1976
  National Archaeological Museum Athens   Greece 8,000
(86,000)[104]		 1866
  Neues Museum Berlin   Germany 8,000
(86,000)[citation needed]		 1855
  Petit Palais Paris   France 8,000
(86,000)[105]		 1902
  Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam   Netherlands 8,000
(86,000)[106]		 1874

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The 100,000 square meters mentioned on the official website are the total exhibition area of the institution, which includes sites outside of St. Petersburg. The figure given here is the one that previously appeared on the official website, corresponding only to the site of Saint-Petersburg. Mention of this number appears on some websites, or in the book "Tourism in Russia: A Management Handbook" (p.158).
  2. ^ 65,000 sqft expansion adds 30% of gallery space
  3. ^ References for historical building + extension
  4. ^ The Sainsbury Wing has 450,000 square feet of exhibition space (Victoria Newhouse, Towards a New Museum, 1998, Monacelli Press, p.182) and accounts for roughly a third of the museum
  5. ^ 5,000 sqm original exhibition space, doubled by extension

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This article is about list of largest art museums by space For list of largest art museums by number of visitors see List of most visited 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 1 Contents 1 List 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesList EditThe 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 spacein m2 sq ft Yearestablished Louvre Paris France 72 735 782 910 2 1792 State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg Russia 66 842 719 480 3 note 1 1764 National Museum of China Beijing China 65 000 700 000 4 1959 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City United States 58 820 633 100 5 1870 Museo del Prado Madrid Spain 47 700 513 000 6 1819 Vatican Museums Vatican City Rome Vatican City 43 000 460 000 5 1506 Tokyo National Museum Tokyo Japan 38 000 410 000 7 1872 National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City Mexico 33 000 360 000 8 1964 Victoria and Albert Museum London United Kingdom 30 658 330 000 9 10 1852 Humboldt Forum Berlin Germany 29 500 317 500 11 2020 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Austria 29 000 12 312 153 1891 Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston United States 28 000 300 000 13 1900 National Museum of Korea Seoul South Korea 27 090 291 600 14 1909 British Museum London United Kingdom 25 700 277 000 5 1753 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago United States 26 000 280 000 15 note 2 1879 Mystetskyi Arsenal Kyiv Ukraine 24 000 260 000 16 2006 National Gallery of Art Washington D C United States 25 200 271 000 17 1937 MASS MoCA North Adams United States 23 225 249 990 18 1999 Art amp History Museum Brussels Belgium 22 000 240 000 1835 Museum of Fine Arts Boston United States 20 500 221 000 19 1870Royal Ontario Museum Toronto Canada 19 900 214 000 20 1912Shandong Art Museum Jinan China 19 700 212 000 21 1977 Israel Museum Jerusalem Israel 18 500 199 000 22 1965 National Gallery Singapore Singapore Singapore 18 000 190 000 23 2015 Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis United States 17 500 188 000 24 1883 Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba Brazil 17 000 25 2002 M Kowloon Hong Kong 17 000 183 000 26 2021 Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham United States 17 000 180 000 27 1951 Arsenal Biennale Venice Italy 17 000 180 000 28 1895Musee National d Art Moderne Paris France 17 000 180 000 29 1947 Musee d Orsay Paris France 16 853 181 400 30 1986 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco United States 15 800 170 000 31 1935 Museum of Modern Art New York City United States 15 400 166 000 32 1929 Denver Art Museum Denver United States 15 000 160 000 33 34 1918 Egyptian Museum Cairo Egypt 15 000 160 000 35 1902 Dia Beacon Beacon New York United States 14 900 160 000 36 2003 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas United States 14 800 159 000 24 1903 Museo Reina Sofia Madrid Spain 14 756 158 830 37 38 note 3 1992 MMCA Gwacheon Gwacheon South Korea 14 144 152 240 39 1969 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit United States 14 000 150 000 40 1885 Tokyo National Art Center Tokyo Japan 14 000 150 000 41 2007 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung Taiwan 13 600 146 000 42 1988 National Gallery in Prague Veletrzni Prague Czech Republic 13 500 145 000 43 1796 Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis United States 13 300 143 000 44 1883 Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee United States 13 196 4 142 045 45 1882 Bavarian National Museum Munich Germany 13 000 140 000 46 1855 Capital Museum Beijing China 13 000 140 000 47 48 1981 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal Canada 13 000 140 000 49 1860 National Gallery London United Kingdom 13 000 140 000 note 4 50 1824 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Australia 19 600 211 000 51 1861 Palais de Tokyo Paris France 13 000 140 000 52 2001 Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad India 13 000 140 000 53 1855 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond United States 12 500 135 000 54 1934 Tate Modern London United Kingdom 12 427 133 760 55 2000 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland United States 12 400 133 000 24 1913 National Gallery of Canada Ottawa Canada 12 400 133 000 56 1880 Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto Canada 12 000 129 000 57 1900 Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg Germany 12 000 130 000 58 1869 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam Netherlands 12 000 130 000 59 1849 National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi India 12 000 130 000 60 1954 Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille Lille France 12 000 130 000 61 1809 Pinakothek der Moderne Munich Germany 12 000 130 000 62 2002 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands 12 000 130 000 63 1800 Tretyakov Gallery Krymsky Val Moscow Russia 12 000 130 000 64 1985 Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei Taiwan 11 700 126 000 65 1983Kunsthaus Zurich Switzerland 11500 1910 Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Australia 11 000 120 000 66 1874 Capitoline Museums Rome Italy 11 000 120 000 67 1471 Fondazione Prada Milan Italy 11 000 120 000 68 1993 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 Shaanxi History Museum Xi an China 11 000 120 000 71 1991 HangarBicocca Milan Italy 10 900 117 000 72 2012 Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain 10 500 113 000 73 1934 Tibet Museum Lhasa China 10 500 113 000 74 1999 Portland Art Museum Portland Oregon United States 10 400 112 000 75 1892 Museum of Fine Arts Budapest Budapest Hungary 10 300 111 000 76 1906 Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh United States 10 000 110 000 77 1896 Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin Germany 10 000 110 000 78 1996 Kunstmuseum Basel Basel Switzerland 10 000 110 000 79 1936 MAXXI Rome Italy 10 000 110 000 80 2010 Museo Egizio Turin Italy 10 000 110 000 81 1824 Museum Kunstpalast Dusseldorf Germany 10 000 110 000 82 1913 MMCA Seoul Seoul South Korea 10 000 110 000 83 2013 Saint Louis Art Museum St 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National Art Museum of China Beijing China 8 300 89 000 100 1958 Gemaldegalerie Berlin Germany 8 000 86 000 101 1830Louvre Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi UAE 8 000 86 000 102 2017 Museum Ludwig Cologne Germany 8 000 86 000 103 1976 National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece 8 000 86 000 104 1866 Neues Museum Berlin Germany 8 000 86 000 citation needed 1855 Petit Palais Paris France 8 000 86 000 105 1902 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Netherlands 8 000 86 000 106 1874See also Edit Architecture portal Visual arts portal Lists portalList of art museums List of most visited art museums List of national museums List of single artist museumsNotes Edit The 100 000 square meters mentioned on the official website are the total exhibition area of the institution which includes sites outside of St Petersburg The figure given here is the one that previously appeared on the official website corresponding only to the site of Saint Petersburg Mention of this number appears on some websites or in the book Tourism 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