The biggest museums globally by total gallery space. This comprehensive dataset is meticulously compiled from verified global sources and updated regularly. Use the sorting and filtering tools to explore the data, or export it as CSV for deeper analysis. All figures are cross-referenced with authoritative international databases.
| Rank ⇵ | Museum Name ⇵ | Gallery Space (sq meters) ⇵ | City ⇵ | Country ⇵ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louvre Museum | 72,735 m² | Paris, France | |
| 2 | State Hermitage Museum | 66,842 m² | St. Petersburg, Russia | |
| 3 | National Museum of China | 65,000 m² | Beijing, China | |
| 4 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 58,820 m² | New York, USA | |
| 5 | Vatican Museums | 43,000 m² | Vatican City | |
| 6 | Tokyo National Museum | 38,000 m² | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 7 | Museo Nacional de Antropologia | 33,000 m² | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 8 | Victoria and Albert Museum | 30,658 m² | London, UK | |
| 9 | National Museum of Korea | 27,090 m² | Seoul, South Korea | |
| 10 | Art Institute of Chicago | 26,000 m² | Chicago, USA | |
| 11 | Nanjing Museum | 25,000 m² | Nanjing, China | |
| 12 | British Museum | 24,000 m² | London, UK | |
| 13 | National Gallery of Art | 23,225 m² | Washington D.C., USA | |
| 14 | Mass MoCA | 23,225 m² | North Adams, USA | |
| 15 | Museum of Fine Arts | 22,000 m² | Boston, USA | |
| 16 | Prado Museum | 21,000 m² | Madrid, Spain | |
| 17 | Minneapolis Institute of Art | 18,000 m² | Minneapolis, USA | |
| 18 | Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | 16,500 m² | New York, USA | |
| 19 | National Palace Museum | 16,000 m² | Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 20 | Shanghai Museum | 15,000 m² | Shanghai, China | |
| 21 | Smithsonian National Air and Space | 14,000 m² | Washington D.C., USA | |
| 22 | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | 11,000 m² | Bilbao, Spain | |
| 23 | Rijksmuseum | 10,000 m² | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 24 | Uffizi Gallery | 13,000 m² | Florence, Italy | |
| 25 | Centre Pompidou | 12,000 m² | Paris, France | |
| 26 | Musee d'Orsay | 11,500 m² | Paris, France | |
| 27 | National Gallery | 11,000 m² | London, UK | |
| 28 | Pergamon Museum | 10,500 m² | Berlin, Germany | |
| 29 | Museo Reina Sofia | 10,200 m² | Madrid, Spain | |
| 30 | Tate Modern | 10,000 m² | London, UK | |
| 31 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | 9,500 m² | Los Angeles, USA | |
| 32 | J. Paul Getty Museum | 9,000 m² | Los Angeles, USA | |
| 33 | Acropolis Museum | 8,500 m² | Athens, Greece | |
| 34 | National Museum of Natural History | 8,000 m² | Washington D.C., USA | |
| 35 | Museum of Science and Industry | 7,800 m² | Chicago, USA | |
| 36 | Natural History Museum | 7,500 m² | London, UK | |
| 37 | Deutsches Museum | 7,200 m² | Munich, Germany | |
| 38 | American Museum of Natural History | 7,000 m² | New York, USA | |
| 39 | Gyeongju National Museum | 6,800 m² | Gyeongju, South Korea | |
| 40 | National Museum of Anthropology | 6,500 m² | Manila, Philippines | |
| 41 | Egyptian Museum | 6,000 m² | Cairo, Egypt | |
| 42 | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa | 5,800 m² | Wellington, NZ | |
| 43 | Royal Ontario Museum | 5,500 m² | Toronto, Canada | |
| 44 | Australian Museum | 5,200 m² | Sydney, Australia | |
| 45 | Field Museum of Natural History | 5,000 m² | Chicago, USA | |
| 46 | Guggenheim Museum | 4,800 m² | New York, USA | |
| 47 | Kunsthistorisches Museum | 4,500 m² | Vienna, Austria | |
| 48 | Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes | 4,200 m² | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 49 | National Museum of Scotland | 4,000 m² | Edinburgh, UK | |
| 50 | National Museum of Modern Art | 3,800 m² | Tokyo, Japan |