List of largest art museums

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. For list of largest museums, see List of largest 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.

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

See also

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• List of art museums
• List of most-visited art museums
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• List of single-artist museums

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