List of largest art museums in the world

The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Peterburg, Russia.
The Louvre, Paris, France.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States.
Vatican Museums, Vatican City.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.

This list of largest art museums ranks art museums and museums thought to contain mostly pieces of art by total exhibition space.

Methodology

Only gallery space is to be considered, not be confused with the total space inside the building (which is generally twice as large).

The museum should be mainly composed of human made artifacts with an important aesthetical dimension (i.e. natural history museums and technique museums are to be excluded, as well as palaces whose purpose is primarily historical and architectural and secondarily as an art collection).

Museums contained inside a bigger institution cannot be considered as one entity if they are not at the same location.

Museums are to be considered large above 8,000 m2 (86 000 sq ft). If the museum has a global reputation (as shown by investments, frequentation, professional articles), it is to be considered large above 4,000 m2 (43 000 sq ft).

Largest art museums in the world

Art Museums
Name City Country Size in m2 (sq ft) Year established
State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg  Russia 62,000
(670,000) 		1764
Louvre Paris  France 60,000
(650,000)[1]		 1792
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City  United States 58,000
(620,000)[2]		 1870
Victoria and Albert Museum London  United Kingdom 51,000
(550,000)[3]		 1852
Museo del Prado Madrid  Spain 44,000
(470,000)[4]		 1819
Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome)   Vatican City 42,000
(450,000)[5]		 1506
Museum of Fine Arts Boston  United States 37,000
(400,000)[6]		 1870
British Museum London  United Kingdom 30,000
(320,000) 		1753
Museum of Fine Arts Houston  United States 28,000
(300,000)[7] 		1900
National Gallery of Art Washington  United States 25,000
(270,000)[8] 		1937
Brooklyn Museum New York City  United States 23,000
(250,000)[9] 		1895
Harvard Art Museums Cambridge  United States 19,000
(200,000)[10]		 1895
Israel Museum Jerusalem  Israel 18,500
(199,000)[11] 		1965
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago  United States 17,000
(180,000)[12]		 1879
Musée d'Orsay Paris  France 17,000
(180,000)[13]		 1986
Oscar Niemeyer Museum Curitiba  Brazil 16,000
(170,000)[14] 		2003
Egyptian Museum Cairo  Egypt 15,000
(160,000)[15] 		1902
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Lyon  France 14,500
(156,000)[16]		 1801
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit  United States 14,000
(150,000)[17]		 1885
Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris  France 14,000
(150,000)[18]		 1947
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung  Taiwan 13,600
(146,000)[19]		 1988
National Gallery in Prague Prague  Czech Republic 13,500
(145,000)[20]		 1796
Tate Modern London  United Kingdom 13,500
(145,000)[21]		 2000
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal  Canada 13,000
(140,000)[22] 		1860
Museum of Modern Art New York City  United States 12,000
(130,000)[23]		 1853
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam  Netherlands 12,000
(130,000)[24]		 1800
Pinakothek der Moderne Munich  Germany 12,000
(130,000)[25] 		2002
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles  United States 11,000
(120,000)[26]		 1910
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao  Spain 11,000
(120,000)[27]		 1997
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Barcelona  Spain 10,500
(113,000)[28]		 1997
Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice  Italy 10,000
(110,000)[29]		 1750
Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin  Germany 10,000
(110,000)[30]		 1996
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney  Australia 9,250
(99,600) 		1874
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Buenos Aires  Argentina 8,800
(95,000)		 1895
Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.  United States 8,800
(95,000)[31]		 1829
National Art Museum of China Beijing  China 8,300
(89,000)[32]		 1958
İstanbul Modern Istanbul  Turkey 8,000
(86,000)[33]		 2004
Museum Ludwig Cologne  Germany 8,000
(86,000)[34]		 1976
Galleria degli Uffizi Florence  Italy 8,000
(86,000)[35]		 1581
Gemäldegalerie Berlin  Germany 8,000
(86,000)[36]		 1830
J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles  United States 8,000
(86,000)[37] 		1997
Louvre-Lens Lens  France 7,000
(75,000)[38] 		2012
Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford  United States 7,000
(75,000)[39]		 1842
Whitney Museum of American Art New York City  United States6,000
(65,000)[40] 		1931
Museo Soumaya Mexico City  Mexico6,000
(65,000)[41]		 2011
Guggenheim Museum New York City  United States4,750
(51,100)[42]		 1937
The Broad Los Angeles  United States4,000
(43,000)[43]		 2015

Large museums with unknown or unreliable figures

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