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
Armenia
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
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 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[1]
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
- Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée à Sérignan, Sérignan
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Israel
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 d'Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMBO), Bologna
- 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, Genoa
- 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
Liechtenstein
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
- Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil
- 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
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 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
Singapore
South Korea
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
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
- Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
- National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
- Kaohsiung Museum Of Fine Arts, 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
- Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah
Ukraine
- National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
- Khanenko Museum, Kyiv
- National gallery of Kiev, 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
- The Broad, Los Angeles, California
- 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
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
- Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Indianapolis Contemporary, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- 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
- Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida
- 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
- Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York
- 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
- 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).
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