List of largest art museums

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List of largest art museums

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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 12,000 square meters (130,000 sq ft) of gallery space are included. Large museums that do not have reliably-sourced statistics are omitted; this is not a complete list.

RankBuildingNameCityCountryGallery space
in m2 (sq ft)		Year
established
1Paris 75001 Cour Napoléon Louvre Aile Turgot 02b 20141107 125236.jpgLouvreParis France72,735
(782,910)[2]		1792
2Russia-2767B - Alexander Column (4122823192).jpgState Hermitage MuseumSt. Petersburg Russia66,842
(719,480)[3]		1764
3Chinese National Museum.jpgNational Museum of ChinaBeijing China65,000
(700,000)[4]		1959
4Metropolitan Museum of Art - panoramio.jpgMetropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City United States58,820
(633,100)[5]		1870
5Vatican Museums outside.jpgVatican MuseumsVatican City (Rome)  Vatican City43,000
(460,000)[5]		1506
6Museo Nacional de Antropología - Wiki takes Antropología 007.jpgNational Museum of AnthropologyMexico City Mexico33,000
(360,000)[6]		1964
7Victoria and Albert Museum-1.jpgVictoria and Albert MuseumLondon United Kingdom30,658
(330,000)[7][8]		1852
8MFAHCarolineWeissLaw.JPGHouston Museum of Fine ArtsHouston United States28,000
(300,000)[9]		1900
9National Museum of Korea.jpgNational Museum of KoreaSeoul South Korea27,090
(291,600)[10]		1909
10Art Institute of Chicago Michigan Avenue.jpgArt Institute of ChicagoChicago United States26,000
(280,000)[11][note 1]		1879
11British Museum from NE 2.JPGBritish MuseumLondon United Kingdom25,700
(277,000)[5]		1753
12NGA-EastBldg.jpgNational Gallery of ArtWashington United States25,200
(271,000)[12]		1937
13MASS MoCA 1.jpgMASS MoCANorth Adams United States23,225
(249,990)[13]		1999
14Mfa boston af.jpgMuseum of Fine ArtsBoston United States20,500
(221,000)[14]		1870
15Shandong Art MuseumJinan China19,700
(212,000)[15]		1977
16Israel Museum Black and White (6898548048).jpgIsrael MuseumJerusalem Israel18,500
(199,000)[16]		1965
17National Gallery Singapore - Joy of Museums - External.jpgNational Gallery SingaporeSingapore Singapore18,000
(190,000)[17]		2015
18Minneapolis Institute of Arts.jpgMinneapolis Institute of ArtMinneapolis United States17,500
(188,000)[18]		1883
19BMA-2010-screen.jpgBirmingham Museum of ArtBirmingham United States17,000

(180,000)[19]

1951
Venezia-Arsenale.jpgArsenal (Biennale)Venice Italy17,000
(180,000)[20]		1895
Centre Georges-Pompidou from Notre-Dame de Paris 2011.jpgMusée National d'Art ModerneParis France17,000
(180,000)[21]		1947
22Orsay Museum.JPGMusée d'OrsayParis France16,853
(181,400)[22]		1986
232017 SFMOMA from Yerba Buena Gardens.jpgSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSan Francisco United States15,800
(170,000)[23]		1935
24Museo del Prado 2016 (25185969599).jpgMuseo del PradoMadrid Spain15,400
(166,000)[24]		1819
WLA filmlinc MOMA 4.jpgMuseum of Modern ArtNew York City United States15,400
(166,000)[25]		1929
26Denver Art Gallery 02.JPGDenver Art MuseumDenver United States15,000
(160,000)[26][27]		1918
Egyptian museum cairo.JPGEgyptian MuseumCairo Egypt15,000
(160,000)[28]		1902
Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo.JPGMatarazzo Ciccillo (Bienal)São Paulo Brazil15,000
(160,000)[29]		1951
29Dia Beacon 19.JPGDia:BeaconBeacon, New York United States14,900
(160,000)[30]		2003
30Dallas Museum of Art July 2015 01.jpgDallas Museum of ArtDallas United States14,800
(159,000)[18]		1903
31Edificio Sabatini. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.jpgMuseo Reina SofíaMadrid Spain14,756
(158,830)[31][32][note 2]		1992
32MMCA-Gwacheon.jpgMMCA, GwacheonGwacheon South Korea14,144
(152,240)[33]		1969
33Detroit Institute of Arts - IMG 8923.JPGDetroit Institute of ArtsDetroit United States14,000
(150,000)[34]		1885
34National Art Center Tokyo 2008.jpgTokyo National Art CenterTokyo Japan14,000
(150,000)[35]		2007
35NTMOFA6.jpgNational Taiwan Museum of Fine ArtsTaichung Taiwan13,600
(146,000)[36]		1988
36Praha Veletržní palác jih.jpgNational Gallery in Prague (Veletržní)Prague Czech Republic13,500
(145,000)[37]		1796
37Indy-Art-Museum-Szmurlo.jpgIndianapolis Museum of ArtIndianapolis United States13,300
(143,000)[38]		1883
38Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.JPGBavarian National MuseumMunich Germany13,000
(140,000)[39]		1855
Capital Museum in Beijing.jpgCapital MuseumBeijing China13,000
(140,000)[40][41]		1981
Museum of Fine Arts, main entrance, Montreal.jpgMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsMontreal Canada13,000
(140,000)[42]		1860
Galería Nacional, Londres, Inglaterra, 2014-08-07, DD 035.JPGNational GalleryLondon United Kingdom13,000
(140,000)[note 3][43]		1824
National Gallery of Victoria ext 01.JPGNational Gallery of Victoria (St Kilda Road)Melbourne Australia13,000
(140,000)[44]		1861
Palais-de-Tokyo-lumière8.JPGPalais de TokyoParis France13,000
(140,000)[45]		2001
Salar jung museum hyderabad.jpgSalar Jung MuseumHyderabad India13,000
(140,000)[46]		1855
45Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - entrance Fall2010.JPGVirginia Museum of Fine ArtsRichmond United States12,500
(135,000)[47]		1934
46Tate Modern - exteriér I. (3. 10. 2004).JPGTate ModernLondon United Kingdom12,427
(133,760)[48]		2000
47Springtime art museum.jpgCleveland Museum of ArtCleveland United States12,400
(133,000)[18]		1913
Musee des beaux-arts du Canada - 001.jpgNational Gallery of CanadaOttawa Canada12,400
(133,000)[49]		1880
49AGO at dusk.jpgArt Gallery of OntarioToronto Canada12,000
(129,000)[50]		1900
Kunsthalle Hamburg.jpgHamburger KunsthalleHamburg Germany12,000
(130,000)[51]		1869
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam) 2.JPGMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenRotterdam Netherlands12,000
(130,000)[52]		1849
Jaipur House Delhi.jpgNational Gallery of Modern ArtNew Delhi India12,000
(130,000)[53]		1954
Beaux arts lille.jpgPalais des Beaux-Arts de LilleLille France12,000
(130,000)[54]		1809
Pinakothek der Moderne Nord.jpgPinakothek der ModerneMunich Germany12,000
(130,000)[55]		2002
Rijksmuseum (3400724608).jpgRijksmuseumAmsterdam Netherlands12,000
(130,000)[56]		1800
Moscow, Krymsky Val Street 10-14 2014 02.JPGTretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val)Moscow Russia12,000
(130,000)[57]		1985

See also

Location: United States