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List of largest art museums

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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. 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]

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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.

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Building Name City Country Gallery space
in m2 (ft2)		 Year
established
Thumb Louvre Paris  France 72,735
(782,910)[2]		 1792
Thumb State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg  Russia 66,842
(719,480)[3][note 1]		 1764
Thumb National Museum of China Beijing  China 65,000
(700,000)[4]		 1959
Thumb Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City  United States 58,800
(633,000)[5]		 1870
Thumb Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)  Vatican City 43,000
(460,000)[6]		 1506
Thumb Grand Egyptian Museum Giza  Egypt 38,000
(410,000)[7]		 2023
Thumb Victoria and Albert Museum London  United Kingdom 30,658
(330,000)[8][9]		 1852
Thumb Rijksmuseum Amsterdam  Netherlands 30,000
(320,000)[10]		 1800
Thumb Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston  United States 28,000
(300,000)[11]		 1900
Thumb National Museum of Korea Seoul  South Korea 27,090
(291,600)[12]		 1909
Thumb Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg  Germany 27,000
(290,000)[13]		 1852
Thumb Art Institute of Chicago Chicago  United States 26,000
(280,000)[14][note 2]		 1879
Thumb Nanjing Museum Nanjing  China 26,000
(280,000)[15]		 1933
Thumb National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.  United States 25,200
(271,000)[16]		 1937
Thumb Museo del Prado Madrid  Spain 25,000
(270,000)[17]		 1819
Thumb Mystetskyi Arsenal Kyiv  Ukraine 24,000
(260,000)[18]		 2006
Thumb MASS MoCA North Adams  United States 23,225
(249,990)[19]		 1999
Thumb National Gallery of Australia Canberra  Australia 23,000
(250,000)[20]		 1967
Thumb British Museum London  United Kingdom 22,500
(242,000)[21]		 1753
Thumb Art & History Museum Brussels  Belgium 22,000
(240,000)[22]		 1835
Thumb Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston  United States 20,500
(221,000)[23]		 1870
Thumb Shandong Art Museum Jinan  China 19,700
(212,000)[24]		 1977
Thumb National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne  Australia 19,600
(211,000)[25]		 1861
Thumb Tokyo National Museum Tokyo  Japan 18,567
(199,850)[26]		 1872
Thumb Israel Museum Jerusalem  Israel 18,500
(199,000)[27]		 1965
Thumb Pergamon Museum Berlin  Germany 18,200
(196,000)[28]+[29]		 1910
Thumb Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris  France 18,110
(194,900)[30]		 1947
Thumb National Gallery Singapore Singapore  Singapore 18,000
(190,000)[31]		 2015
Thumb Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis  United States 17,500
(188,000)[32]		 1883
Thumb National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City  Mexico 17,440.18
(187,724.5)[33]		 1964
Thumb Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba  Brazil 17,000
(180,000)[34]		 2002
Thumb M+ Kowloon  Hong Kong 17,000
(180,000)[35]		 2021
Thumb Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, Alabama  United States 17,000
(180,000)[36]		 1951
Thumb Arsenal (Biennale) Venice  Italy 17,000
(180,000)[37]		 1895
Thumb Musée d'Orsay Paris  France 16,853
(181,400)[38]		 1986
Thumb Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis  United States 16,600
(179,000)[39]		 1883
Thumb Denver Art Museum Denver  United States 16,421
(176,750)[40][41][42]		 1918
Thumb Humboldt Forum Berlin  Germany 16,000
(170,000)[43]		 2020
Thumb San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco  United States 15,800
(170,000)[44]		 1935
Thumb Museum of Modern Art New York City  United States 15,400
(166,000)[45]		 1929
Thumb Museo di Capodimonte Naples  Italy 15,000
(160,000)[46]		 1757
Thumb Dia:Beacon Beacon, New York  United States 14,900
(160,000)[47]		 2003
Thumb Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia  United States 14,865
(160,010)[48]		 1876
Thumb Dallas Museum of Art Dallas  United States 14,800
(159,000)[49]		 1903
Thumb Museo Reina Sofía Madrid  Spain 14,756
(158,830)[50][51][note 3]		 1992
Thumb MMCA, Gwacheon Gwacheon  South Korea 14,144
(152,240)[52]		 1969
Thumb Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit  United States 14,000
(150,000)[53]		 1885
Thumb National Historical Museum Sofia  Bulgaria 14,000
(150,000)[54]		 1973
Thumb Tokyo National Art Center Tokyo  Japan 14,000
(150,000)[55]		 2007
Thumb National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung  Taiwan 13,600
(146,000)[56]		 1988
Thumb National Gallery Prague (Veletržní) Prague  Czech Republic 13,500
(145,000)[57]		 1796
Thumb Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee  United States 13,900
(150,000)[58]		 1888
Thumb Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond  United States 13,200
(142,100)[59]		 1934
Thumb Bavarian National Museum Munich  Germany 13,000
(140,000)[60]		 1855
Thumb Uffizi Florence  Italy 13,000
(140,000)[61]		 1865
Thumb Capital Museum Beijing  China 13,000
(140,000)[62][63]		 1981
Thumb Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal  Canada 13,000
(140,000)[64]		 1860
Thumb National Gallery London  United Kingdom 13,000
(140,000)[note 4][65]		 1824
Thumb Palais de Tokyo Paris  France 13,000
(140,000)[66]		 2001
Thumb Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg  Germany 13,000
(140,000)[67]		 1869
ThumbNational Museum of NorwayOslo Norway13,000
(140,000)[68]		1842
Thumb Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad  India 13,000
(140,000)[69]		 1855
ThumbNational Archaeological Museum, NaplesNaples Italy12,650
(136,200)[70]		 1777
ThumbMuseu Nacional d'Art de CatalunyaBarcelona Spain12,793
(137,700)[71]		1934
Thumb Tate Modern London  United Kingdom 12,427
(133,760)[72]		 2000
Thumb Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland  United States 12,400
(133,000)[32]		 1913
Thumb National Gallery of Canada Ottawa  Canada 12,400
(133,000)[73]		 1880
Thumb Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto  Canada 12,000
(129,000)[74]		 1900
Thumb Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Stuttgart  Germany 12,000
(130,000)[75]		 1843
Thumb Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam  Netherlands 12,000
(130,000)[76]		 1849
Thumb National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi  India 12,000
(130,000)[77]		 1954
Thumb Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille  France 12,000
(130,000)[78]		 1809
Thumb Pinakothek der Moderne Munich  Germany 12,000
(130,000)[79]		 2002
Thumb Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) Moscow  Russia 12,000
(130,000)[80]		 1985
ThumbTaipei Fine Arts MuseumTaipei Taiwan11,700
(126,000)[81]		1983
ThumbKunsthausZürich  Switzerland 11,500
(124,000)		 1910
Thumb Bode Museum Berlin  Germany 11,500
(124,000)[82]		 1904
ThumbArt Gallery of New South WalesSydney Australia11,000
(120,000)[83]		1874
ThumbCapitoline MuseumsRome Italy11,000
(120,000)[84]		1471
ThumbFondazione PradaMilan Italy11,000
(120,000)[85]		1993
ThumbGuggenheim MuseumBilbao Spain11,000
(120,000)[86]		1997
ThumbLos Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles United States11,000
(120,000)[87]		1910
ThumbShaanxi History MuseumXi'an China11,000
(120,000)[88]		1991
ThumbHangarBicoccaMilan Italy10,900
(117,000)[89]		2012
ThumbTibet MuseumLhasa China10,500
(113,000)[90]		1999
ThumbPortland Art MuseumPortland, Oregon United States10,400
(112,000)[91]		1892
ThumbMuseum of Fine Arts, BudapestBudapest Hungary10,300
(111,000)[92]		1906
ThumbNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumNew York City United States10,000
(110,000)[93]		 2014
Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum Palermo  Italy 10,000
(110,000)[94]		 1866
ThumbCarnegie Museum of ArtPittsburgh United States10,000
(110,000)[95]		1896
ThumbHamburger BahnhofBerlin Germany10,000
(110,000)[96]		1996
ThumbKunstmuseum BaselBasel  Switzerland10,000
(110,000)[97]		1936
ThumbMAXXIRome Italy10,000
(110,000)[98]		2010
ThumbMuseo EgizioTurin Italy10,000
(110,000)[99]		1824
ThumbMuseum KunstpalastDüsseldorf Germany10,000
(110,000)[100]		1913
ThumbMMCA, SeoulSeoul South Korea10,000
(110,000)[101]		2013
ThumbSaint Louis Art MuseumSt. Louis United States10,000
(110,000)[32]		1881
ThumbTel Aviv Museum of ArtTel Aviv Israel10,000
(110,000)[note 5][102][103]		1932
ThumbNational Palace MuseumTaipei Taiwan9,613
(103,470)[104]		1925
ThumbNational Archaeological MuseumMadrid Spain9,300
(100,000)[105]		1867
ThumbMusée FabreMontpellier France9,300
(100,000)[106]		1828
ThumbPinacoteca do Estado de São PauloSão Paulo Brazil9,112
(98,080)[107]		1905
ThumbBardo National MuseumTunis Tunisia9,000
(97,000)[108]		1888
ThumbCité de l'Architecture et du PatrimoineParis France9,000
(97,000)[109]		1879
ThumbNational GalleryOslo Norway9,000
(97,000)[110]		1842
ThumbMuseum LudwigCologne Germany9,000
(97,000)[111]		1976
ThumbPower Station of Art (Biennale)Shanghai China9,000
(97,000)[112]		2012
Thumb De Young Museum San Francisco  United States 8,919
(96,000)[113]		1895
ThumbSmithsonian American Art MuseumWashington, D.C. United States8,800
(95,000)[114]		1829
ThumbMusée du quai BranlyParis France8,750
(94,200)[115]		2006
Thumb High Museum of Art Atlanta  United States 8,714
(93,800)[116]		 1905
ThumbLiaoning Provincial MuseumShenyang China8,500
(91,000)[117]		1949
ThumbGallerie di Piazza ScalaMilan Italy8,300
(89,000)[118]		2011
ThumbNational Art Museum of ChinaBeijing China8,300
(89,000)[119]		1958
ThumbSan Antonio Museum of ArtSan Antonio United States8,130
(87,500)[120]		1981
ThumbGemäldegalerieBerlin Germany8,000
(86,000)[121]		1830
ThumbLouvre Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi United Arab Emirates8,000
(86,000)[122]		2017
ThumbNational Archaeological MuseumAthens Greece8,000
(86,000)[123]		1866
ThumbNeues MuseumBerlin Germany8,000
(86,000)[citation needed]		1855
ThumbPetit PalaisParis France8,000
(86,000)[124]		1902
ThumbStedelijk MuseumAmsterdam Netherlands8,000
(86,000)[125]		1874
Thumb Sprengel Museum Hannover  Germany 8,000
(86,000)[126]		 1979
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Notes

  1. [N 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. [N 2]
    65,000 sqft expansion adds 30% of gallery space
  3. [N 3]
    References for historical building + extension
  4. [N 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. [N 5]
    5,000 sqm original exhibition space, doubled by extension

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