List of largest museums

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Museums hold large collections of items relating to their subject, building some of the largest complexes in the world in order to store and exhibit the collection in a controlled atmosphere. The world's most important museums have also engaged in various expansion projects through the years, expanding their total exhibition space.[1]

List

The following is a list of museums ranked according to their floor area where published by reliable sources. Only museums with more than 20,000 square meters (220,000 sq ft) of floor space are included. Entries are not ranked as large museums that do not have reliably-sourced statistics may be omitted; this is not necessarily a complete list.

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Building Name City Year
established		 Subject Floor area Exhibition space Collection (number of artifacts) Country
Louvre Paris 1792 Art, architecture, history 758,000 m2
(8,160,000 sq ft)[2]		 72,735 m2
(782,910 sq ft)[3]		 645,797, of which 30,000 are on display (2021)[4] France
Grand Egyptian Museum Giza 2024 Archaeology 470,000 m2
(5,100,000 sq ft)[5]		 500,000 m2
(5,400,000 sq ft)[6]		 100,000+ Egypt
State Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg 1764 Art 233,345 m2
(2,511,700 sq ft)[7]		 66,842 m2
(719,480 sq ft)[7]		 3,150,428[7] Russia
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City 1870 Art 200,000 m2
(2,200,000 sq ft)[8]		 58,800 m2
(633,000 sq ft)[9]		 United States
American Museum of Natural History New York City 1869 Natural History 166,296 m2
(1,790,000 sq ft)[10][11]		 32,000,000[12] United States
British Museum London 1753 Archaeology and art 92,000 m2
(990,000 sq ft)[13]		 65,752 m2
(707,750 sq ft)[13]		 8,000,000[14] United Kingdom
National Museum of China Beijing 1959 Archaeology and art 191,900 m2
(2,066,000 sq ft)[15][16]		 65,000 m2
(700,000 sq ft)[17]		 1,400,000+[18] China
Uffizi Florence 1865 Art 63,000 m2
(680,000 sq ft)[19]		 13,000 m2
(140,000 sq ft)[19]		 Italy
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago 1933 Science and technology 37,000 m2
(400,000 sq ft)[20]		 35,000+ United States
Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis 1883 Art 50,600 m2
(545,000 sq ft)[21]		 32,000 m2
(340,000 sq ft)[22]		 100,000+[23] United States
National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C. 1910 Natural history 123,000 m2
(1,320,000 sq ft)[24]		 30,200 m2
(325,000 sq ft)[24]		 (Artifacts not samples) United States
Victoria and Albert Museum London 1852 Art 30,000 m2
(320,000 sq ft)[25]		 2,278,183 (60,124 on display)[26] United Kingdom
German Museum of Technology Berlin 1982 Science and technology 28,500 m2
(307,000 sq ft)[27]		 Germany
Science Museum London 1857 Science and technology 27,500 m2
(296,000 sq ft)[28]		 United Kingdom
Palace Museum Beijing 1925 Archaeology and art 150,000 m2
(1,600,000 sq ft)[29][30]		 1,862,690[30][31] China
National Museum of Korea Seoul 1945 Archaeology and art 138,156.26 m2
(1,487,101.6 sq ft)[32]		 South Korea
National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. 1937 Art 120,000 m2
(1,300,000 sq ft)[33]		 25,200 m2
(271,000 sq ft)[34]		 150,000+[35] United States
Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg 1852 Art, architecture, history 27,000 m2
(290,000 sq ft)[36]		 1,300,000+[37] Germany
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 1879 Art 93,000 m2
(1,000,000 sq ft)[38][39]		 300,000 (almost)[40] United States
Museo Reina Sofía Madrid 1992 Art 84,048 m2
(904,690 sq ft)[41]		 Spain
Israel Museum Jerusalem 1965 Art 80,000 m2
(860,000 sq ft)[42]		 19,000 m2
(200,000 sq ft)[43]		 Israel
Canadian Museum of History Gatineau 1856 History 75,000 m2
(810,000 sq ft)[44]		 25,000 m2
(270,000 sq ft)[44]		 Canada
National Museum of American History Washington, D.C. 1964 History 70,000 m2
(750,000 sq ft)[45]		 1,800,000+[45] United States
Deutsches Museum Munich 1903 Science and technology 66,000 m2
(710,000 sq ft)[46]		 40,000 m2
(430,000 sq ft)[47]		 125,000[47] Germany
National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel Jerusalem 2025 Archeology 36,000 m2
(390,000 sq ft)[48]		 Israel
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie Paris 1986 Science and technology 30,000 m2
(320,000 sq ft)[49]		 France
Museum of Modern Art New York City 1929 Art 65,800 m2
(708,000 sq ft)[50]		 15,400 m2
(166,000 sq ft)[51]		 200,000 (almost)[52] United States
National Gallery Singapore Singapore 2015 Art 64,000 m2
(690,000 sq ft)[53]		 9,000+[54] Singapore
National Air and Space Museum Washington, D.C. 1946 Aerospace 85,600 m2
(921,000 sq ft)[55]		 14,970.9 m2
(161,145 sq ft)[56][57]		 60,000+[58] United States
Pergamon Museum Berlin 1910 Archaeology and art 60,200 m2
(648,000 sq ft)[59]+[60]		 18,200 m2
(196,000 sq ft)[59]+[60]		 Germany
Art & History Museum Brussels 1835 Art, archaeology, history 60,000 m2
(650,000 sq ft)[61]		 Belgium
Cité du Train Mulhouse 1971 Railway 60,000 m2
(650,000 sq ft)[62]		 35,000 m2
(380,000 sq ft)[62]		 France
Musée d'Orsay Paris 1986 Art 57,400 m2
(618,000 sq ft)		 France
Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, Ohio 1901 Art 26,000 m2
(280,000 sq ft)[63]		 United States
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston 1870 Art 57,315.3 m2
(616,937 sq ft)[64][65]		 20,556.4 m2
(221,267 sq ft)[65]		 500,000 (almost)[66] United States
MASS MoCA North Adams 1999 Art 56,000 m2
(600,000 sq ft)[67]		 23,000 m2
(250,000 sq ft)[68]		 No permanent collection United States
Vatican Museums Vatican City 1506 art and archaeology 55,000 m2
(590,000 sq ft)[69]		 43,000 m2
(460,000 sq ft)[70]		 Vatican City
National Museum of Norway Oslo 2003 Art 54,600 m2
(588,000 sq ft)[71]		 13,000 m2
(140,000 sq ft)[71]		 Norway
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa 1880 Art 53,265 m2
(573,340 sq ft)[72]		 12,400 m2
(133,000 sq ft)		 Canada
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal 1860 Art 53,095 m2
(571,510 sq ft)[73]		 Canada
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Barcelona 1934 Art 51,600 m2
(555,000 sq ft)		 12,793 m2
(137,700 sq ft)[74]		 Spain
The Henry Ford Dearborn 1929 History 48,600 m2
(523,000 sq ft)		 United States
National Gallery London 1824 Art 46,396 m2
(499,400 sq ft)[75]		 United Kingdom
Three Gorges Museum Chongqing 2005 Archaeology and art 45,098 m2
(485,430 sq ft)[76]		 23,225 m2
(249,990 sq ft)[76]		 China
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1800 Art 45,000 m2
(480,000 sq ft)[77]		 30,000 m2
(320,000 sq ft)[78]		 Netherlands
Polish History Museum Warsaw 2023 History 44,000 m2
(470,000 sq ft)[79]		 9,700 m2
(104,000 sq ft)[79]		 Poland
National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City 1825 Archaeology 45,000 m2
(480,000 sq ft)[80]		 17,440.18 m2
(187,724.5 sq ft)[80]		 600,000[81] Mexico
Shandong Art Museum Jinan 1977 Art China
Arsenal (Biennale) Venice 1895 Art Italy
Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris 1947 Art 20,710 m2
(222,900 sq ft)[82]		 18,110 m2
(194,900 sq ft)[82]		 127,665[83] France
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco 1935 Art 43,000 m2
(460,000 sq ft)[84]		 16,000 m2
(170,000 sq ft)[85]		 United States
Museo del Prado Madrid 1819 Art 42,000 m2
(450,000 sq ft)[86]		 20,500 (+/-)[86] Spain
Denver Art Museum Denver 1918 Art 37,700 m2
(406,000 sq ft)[87]		 United States
Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo São Paulo 1951 Art Brazil
Dia Beacon Beacon 2003 Art United States
Dallas Museum of Art Dallas 1903 Art 34,000 m2
(370,000 sq ft)[88]		 14,000 m2
(150,000 sq ft)[89]		 24,000+[88] United States
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon 1969 Art 73,000 m2
(790,000 sq ft)[90]		 South Korea
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit 1885 Art 61,100 m2
(658,000 sq ft)[91]		 65,000+[91] United States
Tokyo National Art Center Tokyo 2007 Art Japan
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung 1988 Art Taiwan
National Gallery Prague (Veletržní) Prague 1796 Art 13,500 m2
(145,000 sq ft)[92]		 Czech Republic
Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis 1883 Art 62,000 m2
(670,000 sq ft)[93]		 16,600 m2
(179,000 sq ft)[93]		 United States
Bavarian National Museum Munich 1855 Art 13,000 m2
(140,000 sq ft)[94]		 Germany
Bode Museum Berlin 1904 art and numismatics 25,300 m2
(272,000 sq ft)[95]		 11,500 m2
(124,000 sq ft)[95]		 Germany
Capital Museum Beijing 1981 Archaeology and art China
Vienna Technical Museum Vienna 1908 Science and technology 22,000 m2
(240,000 sq ft)[96]		 Austria
National Gallery of Victoria (St Kilda Road) Melbourne 1861 Art Australia
Palais de Tokyo Paris 2001 Art France
Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad 1855 Art 46,000 Art Objects, 8,000 Manuscripts and over 60,000 Printed Books India
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond 1934 Art 82,853.8 m2
(891,831 sq ft)[97]		 13,200 m2
(142,100 sq ft)[98]		 United States
Tate Modern London 2000 Art 34,500 m2
(371,000 sq ft)[99]		 12,427 m2
(133,760 sq ft)		 United Kingdom
Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 1913 Art United States
Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto 1900 Art 45,000 m2
(480,000 sq ft)[100]		 12,000 m2
(129,000 sq ft)[101]		 80,000[102] Canada
Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg 1869 Art 13,000 m2
(140,000 sq ft)[103]		 Germany
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 1849 Art Netherlands
Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1900 Art 27,870 m2
(300,000 sq ft)		 70,000 (+/-) United States
National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi 1954 Art India
Pinakothek der Moderne Munich 2002 Art 33,300 m2
(358,000 sq ft)[104]		 12,000 m2
(130,000 sq ft)[104]		 Germany
Neue Pinakothek Munich 1853 Art 30,616 m2
(329,550 sq ft)[105]		 Germany
Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) Moscow 1985 Art Russia
National Museum Prague 1818 26,740 m2
(287,800 sq ft)[106]		 12,000 m2
(130,000 sq ft)[107][108]		 Czech Republic
Musée National de l'Automobile Mulhouse 1982 Automobiles 25,000 m2
(270,000 sq ft)[107]		 17,000 m2
(180,000 sq ft)[107]		 France
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille 1809 Art 22,000 m2
(240,000 sq ft)[109]		 12,000 m2
(130,000 sq ft)[110]		 France
National Museum of the United States Air Force Dayton 1923 Aerospace 104,000 m2
(1,120,000 sq ft)[111]		 United States
The National WWII Museum New Orleans 2000 History 27,870 m2
(300,000 sq ft)[112]		 United States
Royal Ontario Museum Toronto 1912 Archaeology, history 74,000 m2
(800,000 sq ft)[113]		 18,000,000[114] Canada
Cincinnati Museum Center Cincinnati 1990 History 46,451.52 m2
(500,000.0 sq ft)[115]		 United States
DASA (Deutsche Arbeitsschutzaustellung) Dortmund 1993 Science and Technology 13.000 m²[116] Germany
Canadian War Museum Ottawa 1942 History 40,860 m2
(439,800 sq ft)[117]		 3,000,000[118] Canada
Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa 1964 Aerospace 26,000 m2
(280,000 sq ft)[119]		 Canada
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