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.

Argentina

Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario, Rosario

Armenia

• Cafesjian Museum of Art

Australia

• Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
• Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
• Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
• Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
• Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne

Belgium

• Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp
• Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent

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 Art Toronto Canada
• Vancouver Art Gallery
• Remai Modern (Saskatoon)

Chile

Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Valdivia, Valdivia

China

• Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai
• Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
• Power Station of Art, Shanghai
• Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
• MoCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing

Croatia

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Finland

• Kiasma, Helsinki
• EMMA, Espoo

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
• Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, 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 Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée à Sérignan, Sérignan

Germany

• Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
• Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
• Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt

Greece

• National museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
• ART-ATHINA, Athens
• State Museum of Contemporary Arts, Thessaloniki
• Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

Hungary

• Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest

Hong Kong

• M+
• Hong Kong Arts Centre
• Hong Kong Museum of Art

Iran

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Isfahan
• Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

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
• Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
• 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
• Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima

Liechtenstein

• Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz

Jordan

• Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

México

• Museo de Arte contemporaneo, Monterrey
• Museo Jumex, Mexico City
• Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
• Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo(MUAC), Mexico City
• Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM), Mexico City
• Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Aguascalientes), Aguascalientes
• Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano (MMAC), Cuernavaca, Morelos

Morocco

Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier), Morocco

Netherlands

• Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
• Centraal Museum, Utrecht
• Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
• De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg
• Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
• Groninger Museum, Groningen
• Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterloo
• Kunsthal, Rotterdam
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• Singer Laren, Laren
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
• Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
• Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Norway

• Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo

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
• Museu da Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, San Juan

Romania

• National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
• Kunsthaus 7 B, Cisnadioara, Sibiu / Romania

Russia

• ART4.RU Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow
• Erarta, Saint Petersburg
• Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
• 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

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade

Singapore

• Singapore Art Museum

South Korea

• National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

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 Arte Contemporáneo (Madrid)
• 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

• Moderna Museet
• Moderna Museet Malmö

Switzerland

• Aargauer Kunsthaus
• Kunstmuseum Appenzell
• Kunstmuseum Basel
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel)
• Kunstmuseum Bern
• Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
• Centre Pasquart
• 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

• Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei

Thailand

• Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA BANGKOK), 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

• Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah

United Kingdom

• Tate (formerly known as the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, London and St Ives)
• Arnolfini, Bristol
• BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (also known as the Baltic Flour Mill)
• Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
• Whitechapel Gallery, London
• Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
• Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
• 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
• Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, South Carolina
• 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
• KMAC Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
• 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
• Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
• New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, New York
• Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
• Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida
• 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
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York
• 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

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).