# List of largest 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.

## 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.
| Name | City | Country | Gallery space in m$^2$ (ft$^2$) | Year established |
| Louvre | Paris | France | 72,735 (782,910) | 1792 |
| State Hermitage Museum | St. Petersburg | Russia | 66,842 (719,480) | 1764 |
| National Museum of China | Beijing | China | 65,000 (700,000) | 1959 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City | United States | 58,800 (633,000) | 1870 |
| Vatican Museums | Vatican City (Rome) | Vatican City | 43,000 (460,000) | 1506 |
| Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo | Japan | 38,000 (410,000) | 1872 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum | London | United Kingdom | 30,658 (330,000) | 1852 |
| Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 30,000 (320,000) | 1800 |
| Houston Museum of Fine Arts | Houston | United States | 28,000 (300,000) | 1900 |
| National Museum of Korea | Seoul | South Korea | 27,090 (291,600) | 1909 |
| Germanisches Nationalmuseum | Nuremberg | Germany | 27,000 (290,000) | 1852 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | United States | 26,000 (280,000) | 1879 |
| Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo | United States | 26,000 (280,000) | 1901 |
| Nanjing Museum | Nanjing | China | 26,000 (280,000) | 1933 |
| British Museum | London | United Kingdom | 25,700 (277,000) | 1753 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, D.C. | United States | 25,200 (271,000) | 1937 |
| Museo del Prado | Madrid | Spain | 25,000 (270,000) | 1819 |
| MASS MoCA | North Adams | United States | 23,225 (249,990) | 1999 |
| National Gallery of Australia | Canberra | Australia | 23,000 (250,000) | 1967 |
| Mystetskyi Arsenal | Kyiv | Ukraine | 24,000 (260,000) | 2006 |
| Art & History Museum | Brussels | Belgium | 22,000 (240,000) | 1835 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston | United States | 20,500 (221,000) | 1870 |
| Shandong Art Museum | Jinan | China | 19,700 (212,000) | 1977 |
| National Gallery of Victoria | Melbourne | Australia | 19,600 (211,000) | 1861 |
| Israel Museum | Jerusalem | Israel | 18,500 (199,000) | 1965 |
| Pergamon Museum | Berlin | Germany | 18,200 (196,000)+ | 1910 |
| Musée National d'Art Moderne | Paris | France | 18,110 (194,900) | 1947 |
| National Gallery Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | 18,000 (190,000) | 2015 |
| Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis | United States | 17,500 (188,000) | 1883 |
| National Museum of Anthropology | Mexico City | Mexico | 17,440.18 (187,724.5) | 1964 |
| Interdisciplinary Regional Museum of Messina | Messina | Italy | 17,000 (180,000) | 1806/1908 |
| Museu Oscar Niemeyer | Curitiba | Brazil | 17,000 (180,000) | 2002 |
| M+ | Kowloon | Hong Kong | 17,000 (180,000) | 2021 |
| Birmingham Museum of Art | Birmingham, Alabama | United States | 17,000 (180,000) | 1951 |
| Arsenal (Biennale) | Venice | Italy | 17,000 (180,000) | 1895 |
| Musée d'Orsay | Paris | France | 16,853 (181,400) | 1986 |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art | Indianapolis | United States | 16,600 (179,000) | 1883 |
| Denver Art Museum | Denver | United States | 16,421 (176,750) | 1918 |
| Humboldt Forum | Berlin | Germany | 16,000 (170,000) | 2020 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco | United States | 15,800 (170,000) | 1935 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York City | United States | 15,400 (166,000) | 1929 |
| Museo di Capodimonte | Naples | Italy | 15,000 (160,000) | 1757 |
| Dia:Beacon | Beacon, New York | United States | 14,900 (160,000) | 2003 |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia | United States | 14,865 (160,010) | 1876 |
| Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas | United States | 14,800 (159,000) | 1903 |
| Museo Reina Sofía | Madrid | Spain | 14,756 (158,830) | 1992 |
| MMCA, Gwacheon | Gwacheon | South Korea | 14,144 (152,240) | 1969 |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit | United States | 14,000 (150,000) | 1885 |
| National Historical Museum | Sofia | Bulgaria | 14,000 (150,000) | 1973 |
| Tokyo National Art Center | Tokyo | Japan | 14,000 (150,000) | 2007 |
| National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts | Taichung | Taiwan | 13,600 (146,000) | 1988 |
| National Gallery Prague (Veletržní) | Prague | Czech Republic | 13,500 (145,000) | 1796 |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee | United States | 13,900 (150,000) | 1888 |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond | United States | 13,200 (142,100) | 1934 |
| Bavarian National Museum | Munich | Germany | 13,000 (140,000) | 1855 |
| Uffizi | Florence | Italy | 13,000 (140,000) | 1865 |
| Capital Museum | Beijing | China | 13,000 (140,000) | 1981 |
| Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Montreal | Canada | 13,000 (140,000) | 1860 |
| National Gallery | London | United Kingdom | 13,000 (140,000) | 1824 |
| Palais de Tokyo | Paris | France | 13,000 (140,000) | 2001 |
| Hamburger Kunsthalle | Hamburg | Germany | 13,000 (140,000) | 1869 |
| National Museum of Norway | Oslo | Norway | 13,000 (140,000) | 1842 |
| Salar Jung Museum | Hyderabad | India | 13,000 (140,000) | 1855 |
| National Archaeological Museum, Naples | Naples | Italy | 12,650 (136,200) | 1777 |
| Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya | Barcelona | Spain | 12,793 (137,700) | 1934 |
| Tate Modern | London | United Kingdom | 12,427 (133,760) | 2000 |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland | United States | 12,400 (133,000) | 1913 |
| National Gallery of Canada | Ottawa | Canada | 12,400 (133,000) | 1880 |
| Art Gallery of Ontario | Toronto | Canada | 12,000 (129,000) | 1900 |
| Staatsgalerie Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Germany | 12,000 (130,000) | 1843 |
| Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 12,000 (130,000) | 1849 |
| National Gallery of Modern Art | New Delhi | India | 12,000 (130,000) | 1954 |
| Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille | Lille | France | 12,000 (130,000) | 1809 |
| Pinakothek der Moderne | Munich | Germany | 12,000 (130,000) | 2002 |
| Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) | Moscow | Russia | 12,000 (130,000) | 1985 |
| Taipei Fine Arts Museum | Taipei | Taiwan | 11,700 (126,000) | 1983 |
| Kunsthaus | Zürich | Switzerland | 11,500 (124,000) | 1910 |
| Bode Museum | Berlin | Germany | 11,500 (124,000) | 1904 |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Sydney | Australia | 11,000 (120,000) | 1874 |
| Capitoline Museums | Rome | Italy | 11,000 (120,000) | 1471 |
| Fondazione Prada | Milan | Italy | 11,000 (120,000) | 1993 |
| Guggenheim Museum | Bilbao | Spain | 11,000 (120,000) | 1997 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles | United States | 11,000 (120,000) | 1910 |
| Shaanxi History Museum | Xi'an | China | 11,000 (120,000) | 1991 |
| HangarBicocca | Milan | Italy | 10,900 (117,000) | 2012 |
| Tibet Museum | Lhasa | China | 10,500 (113,000) | 1999 |
| Portland Art Museum | Portland, Oregon | United States | 10,400 (112,000) | 1892 |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest | Budapest | Hungary | 10,300 (111,000) | 1906 |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | New York City | United States | 10,000 (110,000) | 2014 |
| Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum | Palermo | Italy | 10,000 (110,000) | 1866 |
| Carnegie Museum of Art | Pittsburgh | United States | 10,000 (110,000) | 1896 |
| Hamburger Bahnhof | Berlin | Germany | 10,000 (110,000) | 1996 |
| Kunstmuseum Basel | Basel | Switzerland | 10,000 (110,000) | 1936 |
| MAXXI | Rome | Italy | 10,000 (110,000) | 2010 |
| Museo Egizio | Turin | Italy | 10,000 (110,000) | 1824 |
| Museum Kunstpalast | Düsseldorf | Germany | 10,000 (110,000) | 1913 |
| MMCA, Seoul | Seoul | South Korea | 10,000 (110,000) | 2013 |
| Saint Louis Art Museum | St. Louis | United States | 10,000 (110,000) | 1881 |
| Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Tel Aviv | Israel | 10,000 (110,000) | 1932 |
| National Palace Museum | Taipei | Taiwan | 9,613 (103,470) | 1925 |
| National Archaeological Museum | Madrid | Spain | 9,300 (100,000) | 1867 |
| Musée Fabre | Montpellier | France | 9,300 (100,000) | 1828 |
| Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | 9,112 (98,080) | 1905 |
| Bardo National Museum | Tunis | Tunisia | 9,000 (97,000) | 1888 |
| Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine | Paris | France | 9,000 (97,000) | 1879 |
| National Gallery | Oslo | Norway | 9,000 (97,000) | 1842 |
| Museum Ludwig | Cologne | Germany | 9,000 (97,000) | 1976 |
| Power Station of Art (Biennale) | Shanghai | China | 9,000 (97,000) | 2012 |
| De Young Museum | San Francisco | United States | 8,919 (96,000) | 1895 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, D.C. | United States | 8,800 (95,000) | 1829 |
| Musée du quai Branly | Paris | France | 8,750 (94,200) | 2006 |
| High Museum of Art | Atlanta | United States | 8,714 (93,800) | 1905 |
| Liaoning Provincial Museum | Shenyang | China | 8,500 (91,000) | 1949 |
| Gallerie di Piazza Scala | Milan | Italy | 8,300 (89,000) | 2011 |
| National Art Museum of China | Beijing | China | 8,300 (89,000) | 1958 |
| San Antonio Museum of Art | San Antonio | United States | 8,130 (87,500) | 1981 |
| Gemäldegalerie | Berlin | Germany | 8,000 (86,000) | 1830 |
| Louvre Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 8,000 (86,000) | 2017 |
| National Archaeological Museum | Athens | Greece | 8,000 (86,000) | 1866 |
| Neues Museum | Berlin | Germany | 8,000 (86,000) | 1855 |
| Petit Palais | Paris | France | 8,000 (86,000) | 1902 |
| Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 8,000 (86,000) | 1874 |
| Sprengel Museum | Hannover | Germany | 8,000 (86,000) | 1979 |