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 named Museum of Contemporary Art.

Argentina[]

• Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario, Rosario

Armenia[]

• Cafesjian Museum of Art

Australia[]

• Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Sydney
• Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne
• Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (GOMA, part of QAGOMA), Brisbane
• Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne
• Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Sydney
• Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart

Austria[]

• (part of the Albertina), Vienna
• 21er Haus, Vienna
• Mumok, Vienna

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

Canada[]

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)
• Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
•  [Wikidata] (in French)
• Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada
• Vancouver Art Gallery

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
• , Beijing^[1]

Croatia[]

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Finland[]

• Kiasma, Helsinki
• EMMA, Espoo
• Amos Rex, Helsinki

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
• Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse, Toulouse
• Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, Nice
•  [fr], Sérignan

Germany[]

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

Greece[]

• National museum of Contemporary Art, 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

Israel[]

• Tel Aviv Museum of 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
• , Turin
• , Turin
• Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
• , Varese
• , Venice
• , Naples
• , Naples
• , Bologna
• , Naples
• , Florence
• Museo Marino Marini, Florence
• , Florence
• , Bergamo
• , Merano
• Museo d'Arte Gallarate MAGA, Gallarate
• Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa
• , Bolzano
• , Cuneo
• , Pesaro
• , Nuoro
• , Arezzo
• , Catania
• , Ferrara
• , Floridia
• , Gibellina
• Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca
• , Palermo
• , Monsummano
• , L'Aquila
• , La Spezia
• , Lissone
• , Acri
• , Assisi
• , Avellino
• , Benevento
• , Fonte Nuova
• , 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, Mexico City
• Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Aguascalientes), Aguascalientes
• Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano, 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, The Hague
• 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

Panama[]

• Panama Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama City

Philippines[]

• Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila
• Metropolitan Museum of Manila
• The Museum at De La Salle University
• Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art, Iloilo City

Poland[]

• Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
• Zachęta, Warsaw
• Ujazdów Castle, Warsaw
• Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Radom
• Center of Contemporary Art in Toruń
• Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk
• MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow
• Art Museum, Łódź (one of the oldest museums of modern art in the world, opened in 1931)
• Wrocław Contemporary Museum

Portugal[]

• Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
• 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
• , 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
• , Móstoles
• , Murcia
• Centre d'Art La Panera, Lleida
• Centre d´Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona
• , Huarte
• , Vitoria-Gasteiz
• , Cádiz
•  [es] (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela
• Es Baluard, Palma
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao
• Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
• Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
• IVAM, Valencia
• , San Sebastian
• La Casa Encendida, Madrid
• MAC, A Coruña
• MACBA, Barcelona
• MARCO, Vigo
• MEIAC, Badajoz
• MUSAC, León
• , Alzuza
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Madrid)
• Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares
• , Valladolid
• MNCARS, Madrid
• Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
• , Bilbao
• Tabakalera, San Sebastian

Sweden[]

• Moderna Museet
• Moderna Museet Malmö

Switzerland[]

• Kunstmuseum Basel
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel)
• Kunstmuseum Bern
• Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
• Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
• Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
• Kunstmuseum Solothurn
•  [de]
• Fotomuseum Winterthur
• Kunsthaus Zürich

Taiwan[]

• Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei
• Taipei Fine Arts Museum,Taipei
• National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,Taichung
• ,Kaohsiung

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[]

Ukraine[]

• National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
• Khanenko Museum, Kyiv
• , Kyiv
• Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex, Kyiv
• Lviv National Art Gallery, Lviv
• Lviv National Museum, Lviv
• Lviv Museum of Ethnography, Lviv

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, 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
• The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, Delaware
• Dia: Beacon, Beacon, New York
• Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland
• 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 Contemporary, 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, 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
• Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York

References[]

Further reading[]

• , Cathedrals of urban modernity: the first museums of contemporary art, 1800-1930, Ashgate (1998).
• , The Museums of Contemporary Art: Notion and Development, Ashgate (2011).
• , Collecting the new: museums and contemporary art, Princeton University Press (2007).
• Claire Bishop, Radical Museology or, What's Contemporary in Museums of Contemporary Art? (2013).