Building
Name
City
Country
Gallery space in m2 (ft 2 )
Year established
Louvre
Paris
France
72,735 (782,910)[2 ]
1792
State Hermitage Museum
St. Petersburg
Russia
66,842 (719,480)[3 ] [note 1]
1764
National Museum of China
Beijing
China
65,000 (700,000)[4 ]
1959
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
United States
58,820 (633,100)[5 ]
1870
Vatican Museums
Vatican City (Rome)
Vatican City
43,000 (460,000)[5 ]
1506
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo
Japan
38,000
(410,000)[6 ]
1872
National Museum of Anthropology
Mexico City
Mexico
33,000 (360,000)[7 ]
1964
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
United Kingdom
30,658 (330,000)[8 ] [9 ]
1852
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna
Austria
29,000[10 ] (312,153)
1891
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Houston
United States
28,000 (300,000)[11 ]
1900
National Museum of Korea
Seoul
South Korea
27,090 (291,600)[12 ]
1909
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago
United States
26,000 (280,000)[13 ] [note 2]
1879
Nanjing Museum
Nanjing
China
26,000[14 ]
(280,000)
1933
British Museum
London
United Kingdom
25,700
(277,000)[15 ]
1753
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
United States
25,200 (271,000)[16 ]
1937
Museo del Prado
Madrid
Spain
25,000 (270,000)[17 ]
1819
Mystetskyi Arsenal
Kyiv
Ukraine
24,000 (260,000)[18 ]
2006
MASS MoCA
North Adams
United States
23,225 (249,990)[19 ]
1999
Art & History Museum
Brussels
Belgium
22,000
(240,000)
1835
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
United States
20,500 (221,000)[20 ]
1870
Shandong Art Museum
Jinan
China
19,700 (212,000)[21 ]
1977
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne
Australia
19,600 (211,000)[22 ]
1861
Israel Museum
Jerusalem
Israel
18,500 (199,000)[23 ]
1965
National Gallery Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
18,000 (190,000)[24 ]
2015
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis
United States
17,500 (188,000)[25 ]
1883
Interdisciplinary Regional Museum of Messina
Messina
Italy
17,000[26 ]
1806/1908
Museu Oscar Niemeyer
Curitiba
Brazil
17,000[27 ]
2002
M+
Kowloon
Hong Kong
17,000 (183,000)[28 ]
2021
Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham, Alabama
United States
17,000
(180,000)[29 ]
1951
Arsenal (Biennale)
Venice
Italy
17,000 (180,000)[30 ]
1895
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Paris
France
17,000 (180,000)[31 ]
1947
Musée d'Orsay
Paris
France
16,853 (181,400)[32 ]
1986
Humboldt Forum
Berlin
Germany
16,000
(172,223)[33 ]
2020
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco
United States
15,800 (170,000)[34 ]
1935
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
United States
15,400 (166,000)[35 ]
1929
Museo di Capodimonte
Naples
Italy
15,000[36 ]
1757
Denver Art Museum
Denver
United States
15,000 (160,000)[37 ] [38 ]
1918
Egyptian Museum
Cairo
Egypt
15,000 (160,000)[39 ]
1902
Dia:Beacon
Beacon, New York
United States
14,900 (160,000)[40 ]
2003
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia
United States
14,865 (160,010)[41 ]
1876
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas
United States
14,800 (159,000)[25 ]
1903
Museo Reina Sofía
Madrid
Spain
14,756 (158,830)[42 ] [43 ] [note 3]
1992
MMCA, Gwacheon
Gwacheon
South Korea
14,144 (152,240)[44 ]
1969
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit
United States
14,000 (150,000)[45 ]
1885
Tokyo National Art Center
Tokyo
Japan
14,000 (150,000)[46 ]
2007
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Taichung
Taiwan
13,600 (146,000)[47 ]
1988
National Gallery in Prague (Veletržní)
Prague
Czech Republic
13,500 (145,000)[48 ]
1796
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis
United States
13,300 (143,000)[49 ]
1883
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee
United States
13,196.4 (142,045)[50 ]
1882
Bavarian National Museum
Munich
Germany
13,000 (140,000)[51 ]
1855
Capital Museum
Beijing
China
13,000 (140,000)[52 ] [53 ]
1981
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal
Canada
13,000 (140,000)[54 ]
1860
National Gallery
London
United Kingdom
13,000 (140,000)[note 4] [55 ]
1824
Palais de Tokyo
Paris
France
13,000 (140,000)[56 ]
2001
Salar Jung Museum
Hyderabad
India
13,000 (140,000)[57 ]
1855
National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Naples
Italy
12,650 (136,200)[58 ]
1777
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond
United States
12,500 (135,000)[59 ]
1934
Tate Modern
London
United Kingdom
12,427 (133,760)[60 ]
2000
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
United States
12,400 (133,000)[25 ]
1913
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa
Canada
12,400 (133,000)[61 ]
1880
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto
Canada
12,000 (129,000)[62 ]
1900
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg
Germany
12,000 (130,000)[63 ]
1869
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam
Netherlands
12,000 (130,000)[64 ]
1849
National Gallery of Modern Art
New Delhi
India
12,000 (130,000)[65 ]
1954
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Lille
France
12,000 (130,000)[66 ]
1809
Pinakothek der Moderne
Munich
Germany
12,000 (130,000)[67 ]
2002
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
Netherlands
12,000 (130,000)[68 ]
1800
Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val )
Moscow
Russia
12,000 (130,000)[69 ]
1985
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Taipei
Taiwan
11,700 (126,000)[70 ]
1983
Kunsthaus
Zürich
Switzerland
11,500 (124,000)
1910
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
11,000 (120,000)[71 ]
1874
Capitoline Museums
Rome
Italy
11,000 (120,000)[72 ]
1471
Fondazione Prada
Milan
Italy
11,000 (120,000)[73 ]
1993
Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao
Spain
11,000 (120,000)[74 ]
1997
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles
United States
11,000 (120,000)[75 ]
1910
Shaanxi History Museum
Xi'an
China
11,000 (120,000)[76 ]
1991
HangarBicocca
Milan
Italy
10,900 (117,000)[77 ]
2012
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Barcelona
Spain
10,500 (113,000)[78 ]
1934
Tibet Museum
Lhasa
China
10,500 (113,000)[79 ]
1999
Portland Art Museum
Portland, Oregon
United States
10,400 (112,000)[80 ]
1892
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Budapest
Hungary
10,300 (111,000)[81 ]
1906
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
New York City
United States
10,000 (110,000)[82 ]
2014
Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum
Palermo
Italy
10,000[83 ]
1866
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh
United States
10,000 (110,000)[84 ]
1896
Hamburger Bahnhof
Berlin
Germany
10,000 (110,000)[85 ]
1996
Kunstmuseum Basel
Basel
Switzerland
10,000 (110,000)[86 ]
1936
MAXXI
Rome
Italy
10,000 (110,000)[87 ]
2010
Museo Egizio
Turin
Italy
10,000 (110,000)[88 ]
1824
Museum Kunstpalast
Düsseldorf
Germany
10,000 (110,000)[89 ]
1913
MMCA, Seoul
Seoul
South Korea
10,000 (110,000)[90 ]
2013
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis
United States
10,000 (110,000)[25 ]
1881
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Tel Aviv
Israel
10,000 (110,000)[note 5] [91 ] [92 ]
1932
National Palace Museum
Taipei
Taiwan
9,613 (103,470)[93 ]
1925
National Archaeological Museum
Madrid
Spain
9,300 (100,000)[94 ]
1867
Musée Fabre
Montpellier
France
9,300 (100,000)[95 ]
1828
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
São Paulo
Brasil
9,112 (98,080)[96 ]
1905
Bardo National Museum
Tunis
Tunisia
9,000 (97,000)[97 ]
1888
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
Paris
France
9,000 (97,000)[98 ]
1879
National Gallery
Oslo
Norway
9,000 (97,000)[99 ]
1842
Power Station of Art (Biennale)
Shanghai
China
9,000 (97,000)[100]
2012
De Young Museum
San Francisco
United States
8,919 (96,000)[101]
1895
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C.
United States
8,800 (95,000)[102]
1829
Musée du quai Branly
Paris
France
8,750 (94,200)[103]
2006
High Museum of Art
Atlanta
United States
8,714
(93,800)[104]
1905
Liaoning Provincial Museum
Shenyang
China
8,500 (91,000)[105]
1949
Gallerie di Piazza Scala
Milan
Italy
8,300 (89,000)[106]
2011
National Art Museum of China
Beijing
China
8,300 (89,000)[107]
1958
Gemäldegalerie
Berlin
Germany
8,000 (86,000)[108]
1830
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
UAE
8,000 (86,000)[109]
2017
Museum Ludwig
Cologne
Germany
8,000 (86,000)[110]
1976
National Archaeological Museum
Athens
Greece
8,000 (86,000)[111]
1866
Neues Museum
Berlin
Germany
8,000 (86,000)[citation needed ]
1855
Petit Palais
Paris
France
8,000 (86,000)[112]
1902
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
Netherlands
8,000 (86,000)[113]
1874
Sprengel Museum
Hannover
Germany
8,000
(86,000)[114]
1979