List of contemporary art museums
Contemporary art museums around the world specialize in collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. The following is an alphabetical listing of major contemporary art museums, divided by country. A number of such museums are called the Museum of Contemporary Art. For smaller galleries, such as private and artist-run galleries, see International Contemporary Art Scenes.
Armenia
Australia
- Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
- Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
- Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
- Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- MSURS Muzej Savremene Umjetnosti (Museum of Contemporary Art), Banja Luka
Brazil
- Inhotim
- Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo
- Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
- MACS - Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba
Canada
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
- Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides (in French)
- Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
- Vancouver Art Gallery
China
- Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai
- Nanjing 4Cube Museum of Contemporary Art
- Power Station of Art, Shanghai
- Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
- MoCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing[1]
Croatia
Finland
France
- Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
- Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, Montsoreau
- Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, Villeneuve d'Ascq
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
- MACVAL, Vitry-sur-Seine
- Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz
- CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
- Collection Lambert, Avignon
- Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse
- Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, Nice
- Musée régional d'art contemporain, Sérignan
Germany
Greece
- National museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
- ART-ATHINA, Athens
- State Museum of Contemporary Arts, Thessaloniki
- Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Hungary
Hong Kong
- Art Basel
- M+
- Hong Kong Arts Centre
- Hong Kong Museum of Art
- Pearl Lam Galleries
- Opera Gallery Hong Kong
- White Cube
Iran
Italy
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome
- MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
- Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Rome
- Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan
- Triennale, Milan
- Museo del Novecento, Milan
- Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Trento
- Castello di Rivoli - Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin
- Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin
- Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
- Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Panza, Varese
- Palazzo Grassi / Punta della Dogana (Pinault Collection), Venice
- Palazzo delle Arti, Naples
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina (MADRE), Naples
- Museo del Novecento, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples
- CCC Strozzina - Centre for Contemporary Culture, Florence
- Museo Marino Marini, Florence
- Raccolta d'Arte Contemporanea Alberto della Ragione, Florence
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo
- Kunst Merano Arte, Merano
- Museo d'Arte Gallarate MAGA, Gallarate
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genova
- Museion (Museo d'Arte Contemporanea), Bolzano
- Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee Cesac, Cuneo
- Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro
- MAN - Museo d'Arte di Nuoro, Nuoro
- GCAC - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Arezzo
- MACS - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Catania
- GAMC - Gallerie d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Ferrara
- MUDAC – Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Floridia
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Gibellina
- Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca
- RISO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea e del Novecento, Monsummano
- Museo Sperimentale d'Arte Contemporanea, L'Aquila
- CAMeC - Centro d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, La Spezia
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone
- MACA - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Acri, Acri
- Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea, Assisi
- MdAO - Museo d'Arte, Avellino
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Sannio, Benevento
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Fonte Nuova
- Stazione dell'Arte, Ulassai
Japan
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
- Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima
Liechtenstein
- Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Jordan
México
- Museo de Arte contemporaneo, Monterrey
- Museo Jumex
- Museo Rufino Tamayo
- MUAC
- MAM
- Carrillo Gil
Netherlands
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- Groninger Museum, Groningen
- Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch
- Singer Laren, Laren
- Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
- Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterloo
- Kunsthal, Rotterdam
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
- Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Norway
Philippines
- Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila
- Metropolitan Museum of Manila
- The Museum at De La Salle University
Poland
- Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCAK, Krakow, Poland
- Art Museum, Łódź, Poland - one of the oldest museums of modern art in the world, opened in 1931 Muzeum Sztuki
Portugal
- Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
- Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado
- Museu Fundação Serralves
- Museu José Malhoa
- Museu da Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva
- Museus Colecção Berardo - Centro Cultural de Belém
- Museus de Arte Contemporânea de Elva
- MUDE - Museu do Design e da Moda
- Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais
- Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza Cardoso
- Atelier-Museu Júlio Pomar
- Casa das Histórias Paula Rego
Romania
Russia
- ART4.RU Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow
- The Garage, Moscow
- Erarta, Saint Petersburg
- MAGMA, Moscow
- Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
- Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
- National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
- New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
- Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Serbia
Singapore
Spain
- CAAC, Seville
- CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- CA2M, Móstoles
- CENDEAC, Murcia
- Centre d'Art La Panera, Lleida
- Centre d´Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona
- Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Huarte, Huarte
- Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Centro José Guerrero, Cádiz
- Galicia Contemporary Art Centre (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela
- Es Baluard, Palma
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao
- Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
- Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
- IVAM, Valencia
- Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian
- La Casa Encendida, Madrid
- MAC, A Coruña
- MACBA, Barcelona
- MARCO, Vigo
- MEIAC, Badajoz
- MUSAC, León
- Museo Oteiza, Alzuza
- Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares
- Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
- MNCARS, Madrid
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
- Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
- Tabakalera, San Sebastian
Sweden
Switzerland
- Aargauer Kunsthaus
- Kunstmuseum Appenzell
- Kunstmuseum Basel
- Kunstmuseum Bern
- Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
- Centre PasquART BIEL
- Bündner Kunstmuseum
- Kirchner Museum Davos
- Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
- Kunsthaus Glarus
- Kunstmuseum Luzern
- Kunstmuseum Olten
- Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
- Kunstmuseum Solothurn
- Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
- Kunstmuseum Thun
- Kunstmuseum Thurgau
- Fotomuseum Winterthur
- Kunsthaus Zug
- Kunsthaus Zürich
Taiwan
Thailand
- Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Bangkok
Turkey
- Borusan Contemporary
- Doğançay Museum
- Istanbul Museum of Modern Art (Istanbul Modern)
- iS.CaM. Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
- SALT SALT (institution)
- Proje4L/Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art (Elgiz Museum)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
- Tate (formerly known as the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, London and St Ives)
- Arnolfini
- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (also known as the Baltic Flour Mill)
- Institute of Contemporary Arts
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
- Nottingham Contemporary
- Tramway, Glasgow
- National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art MIMA,Middlesbrough
United States
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
- The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
- Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
- Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
- Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
- Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
- Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
- Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas
- Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
- Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas
- Contemporary Museum Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
- Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware
- Dia: Beacon, Beacon, New York
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
- Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
- Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Miami, Florida
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin
- Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
- Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, Colorado
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
- Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, Florida
- Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, California
- Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Tucson, Arizona
- Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
- New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, New York
- Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
- P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York City, New York
- The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois
- Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
- San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), San Jose California
- SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
- SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas
- The Contemporary Austin, Austin, Texas
- University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, Massachusetts
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
See also
Further reading
- Jesus Pedro Lorente, Cathedrals of urban modernity: the first museums of contemporary art, 1800-1930, Ashgate (1998).
- Jesus Pedro Lorente, The Museums of Contemporary Art: Notion and Development, Ashgate (2011).
- Bruce Altshuler, Collecting the new: museums and contemporary art, Princeton University Press (2007).
- Claire Bishop, Radical Museology or, What's Contemporary in Museums of Contemporary Art? Koenig Books (2013).