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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.

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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 8,000 square meters (86,000 sq ft) of gallery space are included.

Rank Building Name City Country Gallery space
in m2 (ft2) 		Year
established
1 Louvre Paris France 72,735
(782,910) 		1792
2 State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia 66,842
(719,480) 		1764
3 National Museum of China Beijing China 65,000
(700,000) 		1959
4 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City United States 58,800
(633,000) 		1870
5 Vatican Museums Vatican City (Rome) Vatican City 43,000
(460,000) 		1506
6 Grand Egyptian Museum Giza Egypt 38,000
(410,000) 		2023
7 Victoria and Albert Museum London United Kingdom 30,658
(330,000) 		1852
8 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands 30,000
(320,000) 		1800
9 Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston United States 28,000
(300,000) 		1900
10 National Museum of Korea Seoul South Korea 27,090
(291,600) 		1909
11 Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg Germany 27,000
(290,000) 		1852
12 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago United States 26,000
(280,000) 		1879
12 Nanjing Museum Nanjing China 26,000
(280,000) 		1933
14 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. United States 25,200
(271,000) 		1937
15 Museo del Prado Madrid Spain 25,000
(270,000) 		1819
16 Mystetskyi Arsenal Kyiv Ukraine 24,000
(260,000) 		2006
16 National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City Mexico 24,000
(260,000) 		1964
18 MASS MoCA North Adams United States 23,000
(250,000) 		1999
18 National Gallery of Australia Canberra Australia 23,000
(250,000) 		1967
20 British Museum London United Kingdom 22,500
(242,000) 		1753
21 Art & History Museum Brussels Belgium 22,000
(240,000) 		1835
22 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston United States 20,500
(221,000) 		1870
23 Shandong Art Museum Jinan China 19,700
(212,000) 		1977
24 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Australia 19,600
(211,000) 		1861
25 Tokyo National Museum Tokyo Japan 18,567
(199,850) 		1872
26 Israel Museum Jerusalem Israel 18,500
(199,000) 		1965
27 Pergamon Museum Berlin Germany 18,200
(196,000) 		1910
28 Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris France 18,110
(194,900) 		1947
29 National Gallery Singapore Singapore Singapore 18,000
(190,000) 		2015
30 Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis United States 17,500
(188,000) 		1883
31 Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba Brazil 17,000
(180,000) 		2002
31 M+ Kowloon Hong Kong 17,000
(180,000) 		2021
31 Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, Alabama United States 17,000
(180,000) 		1951
31 Arsenal (Biennale) Venice Italy 17,000
(180,000) 		1895
31 Musée d'Orsay Paris France 17,000
(180,000) 		1986
36 Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis United States 16,600
(179,000) 		1883
37 Denver Art Museum Denver United States 16,421
(176,750) 		1918
38 Humboldt Forum Berlin Germany 16,000
(170,000) 		2020
39 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco United States 15,800
(170,000) 		1935
40 Museum of Modern Art New York City United States 15,400
(166,000) 		1929
41 Museo di Capodimonte Naples Italy 15,000
(160,000) 		1757
42 Dia:Beacon Beacon, New York United States 14,900
(160,000) 		2003
43 Philadelphia Art Museum Philadelphia United States 14,865
(160,010) 		1876
44 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas United States 14,800
(159,000) 		1903
45 Museo Reina Sofía Madrid Spain 14,756
(158,830) 		1992
46 MMCA, Gwacheon Gwacheon South Korea 14,144
(152,240) 		1969
47 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit United States 14,000
(150,000) 		1885
47 National Historical Museum Sofia Bulgaria 14,000
(150,000) 		1973
47 Tokyo National Art Center Tokyo Japan 14,000
(150,000) 		2007
47 Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee United States 14,000
(150,000) 		1888
51 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung Taiwan 13,600
(146,000) 		1988
52 National Gallery Prague (Veletržní) Prague Czech Republic 13,500
(145,000) 		1796
53 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond United States 13,200
(142,000) 		1934
54 Bavarian National Museum Munich Germany 13,000
(140,000) 		1855
54 Uffizi Florence Italy 13,000
(140,000) 		1865
54 Capital Museum Beijing China 13,000
(140,000) 		1981
54 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal Canada 13,000
(140,000) 		1860
54 National Gallery London United Kingdom 13,000
(140,000) 		1824
54 Palais de Tokyo Paris France 13,000
(140,000) 		2001
54 Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg Germany 13,000
(140,000) 		1869
54 National Museum of Norway Oslo Norway 13,000
(140,000)		 1842
54 Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad India 13,000
(140,000) 		1855
63 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain 12,793
(137,700)		 1934
64 National Archaeological Museum, Naples Naples Italy 12,650
(136,200) 		1777
65 Tate Modern London United Kingdom 12,427
(133,760) 		2000
66 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland United States 12,400
(133,000) 		1913
66 National Gallery of Canada Ottawa Canada 12,400
(133,000) 		1880
68 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Stuttgart Germany 12,000
(130,000) 		1843
68 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam Netherlands 12,000
(130,000) 		1849
68 National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi India 12,000
(130,000) 		1954
68 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille France 12,000
(130,000) 		1809
68 Pinakothek der Moderne Munich Germany 12,000
(130,000) 		2002
68 Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) Moscow Russia 12,000
(130,000) 		1985
74 Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto Canada 12,000
(129,000) 		1900
75 Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei Taiwan 11,700
(126,000)		 1983
76 Kunsthaus Zürich  Switzerland 11,500
(124,000) 		1910
76 Bode Museum Berlin Germany 11,500
(124,000) 		1904
78 Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Australia 11,000
(120,000)		 1874
78 Capitoline Museums Rome Italy 11,000
(120,000)		 1471
78 Fondazione Prada Milan Italy 11,000
(120,000)		 1993
78 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Spain 11,000
(120,000)		 1997
78 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles United States 11,000
(120,000)		 1910
78 Shaanxi History Museum Xi'an China 11,000
(120,000)		 1991
84 HangarBicocca Milan Italy 10,900
(117,000)		 2012
85 Tibet Museum Lhasa China 10,500
(113,000)		 1999
86 Portland Art Museum Portland, Oregon United States 10,400
(112,000)		 1892
87 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Budapest Hungary 10,300
(111,000)		 1906
88 National September 11 Memorial & Museum New York City United States 10,000
(110,000) 		2014
88 Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum Palermo Italy 10,000
(110,000) 		1866
88 Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh United States 10,000
(110,000)		 1896
88 Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin Germany 10,000
(110,000)		 1996
88 Kunstmuseum Basel Basel  Switzerland 10,000
(110,000)		 1936
88 MAXXI Rome Italy 10,000
(110,000)		 2010
88 Museo Egizio Turin Italy 10,000
(110,000)		 1824
88 Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf Germany 10,000
(110,000)		 1913
88 MMCA, Seoul Seoul South Korea 10,000
(110,000)		 2013
88 Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis United States 10,000
(110,000)		 1881
88 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv Israel 10,000
(110,000)		 1932
99 National Palace Museum Taipei Taiwan 9,613
(103,470)		 1925
100 Almaty Museum of Arts Almaty Kazakhstan 9,400
(101,000)		 2025
101 National Archaeological Museum Madrid Spain 9,300
(100,000)		 1867
102 Musée Fabre Montpellier France 9,200
(99,000) 		1828
103 Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil 9,112
(98,080)		 1905
104 Bardo National Museum Tunis Tunisia 9,000
(97,000)		 1888
104 Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine Paris France 9,000
(97,000)		 1879
104 National Gallery Oslo Norway 9,000
(97,000)		 1842
104 Museum Ludwig Cologne Germany 9,000
(97,000)		 1976
104 Power Station of Art Shanghai China 9,000
(97,000)		 2012
109 De Young Museum San Francisco United States 8,919
(96,000)		 1895
110 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. United States 8,800
(95,000)		 1829
111 Musée du quai Branly Paris France 8,750
(94,200)		 2006
112 High Museum of Art Atlanta United States 8,714
(93,800) 		1905
113 Louvre Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 8,600
(93,000)		 2017
114 Liaoning Provincial Museum Shenyang China 8,500
(91,000)		 1949
115 Gallerie di Piazza Scala Milan Italy 8,300
(89,000)		 2011
115 National Art Museum of China Beijing China 8,300
(89,000)		 1958
117 Crocker Art Museum Sacramento United States 8,200
(88,000) 		1885
118 San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio United States 8,130
(87,500)		 1981
119 Gemäldegalerie Berlin Germany 8,000
(86,000)		 1830
119 National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece 8,000
(86,000)		 1866
119 Neues Museum Berlin Germany 8,000
(86,000)		 1855
119 Petit Palais Paris France 8,000
(86,000)		 1902
119 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Netherlands 8,000
(86,000)		 1874
119 Sprengel Museum Hannover Germany 8,000
(86,000) 		1979

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