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 edit
Armenia edit
Australia edit
- 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 edit
- Albertina Modern (part of the Albertina), Vienna
- 21er Haus, Vienna
- Mumok, Vienna
- The Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna
Belgium edit
Bosnia and Herzegovina edit
- MSURS Muzej Savremene Umjetnosti (Museum of Contemporary Art), Banja Luka
Brazil edit
Bulgaria edit
Canada edit
Chile edit
- Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Valdivia, Valdivia
China edit
- 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]
Croatia edit
Czech Republic edit
Finland edit
France edit
- 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
- Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Rue des Rosiers Marché Dauphine (galerie 95), 93400, Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France[2]
Germany edit
Greece edit
Hungary edit
Hong Kong edit
Iran edit
Israel edit
Italy edit
- 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
- Casoria Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Casoria
- 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 edit
Liechtenstein edit
Jordan edit
Mexico edit
- Museo de Arte de Zapopan (MAZ), Guadalajara
- 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 edit
- Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier), Morocco
Netherlands edit
- 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 edit
Panama edit
Philippines edit
- 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 edit
- 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
- Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Kraków
- Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Łódź (one of the oldest museums of modern art in the world, opened in 1931)
- Wrocław Contemporary Museum
Portugal edit
- Soares dos Reis National Museum
- National Museum of Contemporary Art (Portugal) (Museu do Chiado)
- Museu Fundação Serralves
- José Malhoa Museum
- Museu da Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva
- Museus Colecção Berardo - Centro Cultural de Belém
- Museus de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (MACE)
- Museu do Design e da Moda (MUDE)
- 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 edit
- Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, San Juan
Romania edit
- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
- Kunsthaus 7 B, Cisnadioara, Sibiu / Romania
Russia edit
- 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 edit
Singapore edit
South Korea edit
Spain edit
- CAAC, Seville
- CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M), Móstoles
- Centro de Documentación y Estudios Avanzados de Arte Contemporáneo (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
- Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia
- Koldo Mitxelena Cultural Center, San Sebastian
- La Casa Encendida, Madrid
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), A Coruña
- MACBA, Barcelona
- MARCO, Vigo
- Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz
- MUSAC, León
- Jorge Oteiza Museum, 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 edit
Switzerland edit
- Aargauer Kunsthaus
- Kunstmuseum Appenzell
- Kunstmuseum Basel
- Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel)
- Kunstmuseum Bern
- Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
- Kunsthaus Pasquart
- Bündner Kunstmuseum
- Kirchner Museum Davos
- Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva
- Kunsthaus Glarus
- Kunstmuseum Luzern
- Kunstmuseum Olten
- Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
- MASI Lugano, Lugano
- Museo Cantonale d'Arte
- Kunstmuseum Solothurn
- Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
- Kunstmuseum Thun
- Kunstmuseum Thurgau
- Fotomuseum Winterthur
- Kunsthaus Zug
- Kunsthaus Zürich
Taiwan edit
Thailand edit
- Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Bangkok
Turkey edit
- Borusan Contemporary
- Doğançay Museum
- Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
- Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum (iS.CaM.)
- SALT (institution)
- Elgiz Museum (Proje4L)
Ukraine edit
United Arab Emirates edit
United Kingdom edit
- 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 edit
- 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
- 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 Contemporary Art, Westport, Westport, Connecticut
- 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
- Rubell Museum DC, Washington, D.C.
- 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
- Tube Factory artspace, Indianapolis, Indiana
- 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 edit
- ^ MoCA Beijing
- ^ "11401, 1827-04-02, FEREOL-BONNEMAISON (Chevalier), Dir. de la Galerie de S. A. R. Mme la Dauphine, etc. †". Art Sales Catalogues Online. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
Further reading edit
- Jesus Pedro Lorente, Cathedrals of urban modernity: the first museums of contemporary art, 1800-1930, Ashgate Publishing (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).