Art Museums

"I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth." - Lewis H. Lapham.

An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art. Museum can be public or private but what distinguishes a Museum is the ownership of a collection. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects; however, sculpture, photographs, illustrations, installation art and objects from the applied arts may also be shown.

Although primarily concerned with providing a space to show works of visual art, art galleries are sometimes used to host other artistic activities, such as music concerts or poetry readings.

• ART MUSEUM - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD - collection highlights, exhibition details, etc. by The Saatchi Gallery.
• ART MUSEUMS IN EUROPE - ArtCyclopedia.
• ART MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE - ArtCyclopedia.
• EUROPEANA - Think Culture! Search through the cultural collections of Europe. It links you to 6 million digital items.
• MAJOR ART MUSEUMS - Wikipedia.
• MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD - by Watercolor Online.
• SELECTED ART GALLERIES - WWW Virtual Library.

Asia

China	India	Japan
Singapore	South Korea	Taiwan
Thailand

China

• ART MUSEUMS IN CHINA
• BEIJING'S MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
• OFFICIAL GUIDE OF 60+ MUSEUMS IN CHINA

India

• ART MUSEUMS IN INDIA

Japan

• ART MUSEUMS IN JAPAN
• MUSEUMS IN JAPAN
• KYOTO NATIONAL MUSEUM
• NARA NATIONAL MUSEUM
• NATIONAL ART CENTER - Tokyo.
• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - Tokyo.
• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART - Tokyo.
• TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM

Singapore

• SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM

South Korea

• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Taiwan

• NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM
• TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM

Thailand

• LIST OF MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES IN BANGKOK - Wikipedia.
• ART GALLERY NATIONAL MUSEUM
• RAMA IX ART MUSEUM - the website of Thai contemporary and modern art.

Australia | Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Australia

• ART MUSEUMS IN AUSTRALIA

New Zealand

• ART MUSEUMS IN ZEALAND

Europe

Austria	Belgium	Denmark
Finland	France	Germany
Greece	Iceland	Ireland
Italy	Liechtenstein	Luxembourg
Norway	Portugal	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland
The Netherlands	Turkey	United Kingdom
Vatican City

Austria

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN AUSTRIA - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS IN AUSTRIA
• KUNSTHAUS GRAZ
• KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM - Vienna.

Belgium

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN BELGIUM - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS IN BELGIUM

Denmark

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN DENMARK - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS IN DENMARK
• ARKEN - Ishøj, Copenhagen.
• DEN HIRSCHPRUGSKE SAMLING - Copenhagen.
• GLYPTOTEKET - Copenhagen.
• LOUISIANA - Humlebæk, North Zealand. Owner of the world's second largest collection of Alberto Giacometti sculptures, among others an original: L'Homme Qui Marche - until May 4, 2010 world's most expensive piece of art (L'Homme Qui Marche 1 sold for £65,001,250 / US104,327,006 at Sotheby's London to Lily Safra on February 03, 2010).
• ORDRUPGAARD - Ordrup, Copenhagen.
• SILKEBORG KUNSTMUSEUM - Silkeborg.
• STATENS MUSEUM FOR KUNST - Copenhagen.

Finland

• ART MUSEUMS IN FINLAND

France

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN FRANCE - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS IN FRANCE
• CENTRE POMPIDOU - Paris.
• FONDATION CARTIER POUR L'ART CONTEMPORAIN - Paris.
• GRANDPALAIS - Paris.
• LOUVRE - Paris. The largest art museum in the world.
• MUSÉE D'ORSAY - Paris.
• MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY - Paris.
• MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO PARIS - Paris.

Germany

• ART MUSEUMS IN GERMANY
• ALTE PINAKOTHEK - situated in the Kunstareal in Munich. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses one of the most famous collections of old master paintings.
• HELMUT NEWTON FOUNDATION - Berlin.

Greece

• ART MUSEUMS IN GREECE

Iceland

• ART MUSEUMS IN ICELAND

Ireland

• ART MUSEUMS IN IRELAND

Italy

• ART MUSEUMS IN ITALY
• PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION - Venice.
• SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE - Rome.
• THE VATICAN - Vatican City.
• UFFIZI GALLERY - Florence.

Liechtenstein

• ART MUSEUMS IN LIECHTENSTEIN

Luxembourg

• ART MUSEUMS IN LUXEMBOURG

Norway

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN NORWAY - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS IN NORWAY

Portugal

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN PORTUGAL - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS IN PORTUGAL

Russia

• ART MUSEUMS IN RUSSIA
• THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM - Leningrad.

Spain

• ART MUSEUMS IN SPAIN
• EL PRADO MUSEUM - Madrid.
• GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO - Abando, Bilbao.

Sweden

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN SWEDEN - Wikipedia.
• ART MUSEUMS IN SWEDEN

Switzerland

• ART MUSEUMS IN SWITZERLAND
• CENTRE LE CORBUSIER - Zurich.
• KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH - Zurich.

The Netherlands

• ART MUSEUMS IN THE NETHERLANDS
• REMBRANDT HOUSE - Amsterdam.
• RIJKSMUSEUM - Amsterdam.

Turkey

• ELGIS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - Istanbul.
• ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - Istanbul.
• SAKIP SABANCI MUSEUM - Istanbul.
• TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM - Istanbul.

United Kingdom

• ART MUSEUMS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
• NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND
• NATIONAL GALLERY - London.
• TATE GALLERY - London.
• TATE MODERN - London.
• THE COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART - London. Home to one of the finest small art museums in the world.
• THE SAATCHI GALLERY - London.
• WHITECHAPEL GALLERY - London.

Vatican City

• LIST OF MUSEUMS IN VATICAN - Wikipedia.
• VATICAN MUSEUMS - official site.

Middle East

Abu Dhabi	Dubai	Egypt
Iran	Israel	Jordan
Kuwait

Abu Dhabi

• LOUVRE ABU DHABI - planned opening: 2013.

Dubai

• ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS IN DUBAI

Egypt

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN EGYPT

Iran

• TEHRAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY MODERN ART - Tehran.

Israel

• HAIFA MUSEUM OF ART - Haifa.
• HECHT MUSEUM - Haifa.
• HERZLIYA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - Herzliya.
• L.A. MAYER MUSEUM FOR ISLAMIC ART - Jerusalem.
• MUSEUM ON THE SEAM - Jerusalem
• RUBIN MUSEUM - Tel-Aviv.
• TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART - Tel-Aviv.
• THE ISRAEL MUSEUM - Jerusalem
• TIKOTIN MUSEUM OF JAPANESE ART - Haifa.

Jordan

• JORDAN NATIONAL GALLERY OF FINE ARTS - Amman.

Kuwait

• TAREQ RAJAB MUSEUM - Hawalli.

North America

Canada

Mexico

U.S.A.

Canada

• ART MUSEUMS IN CANADA
• ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO - Toronto.
• Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal | CIAC - Montreal.
• MUSÉE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTRÉAL - Montreal.
• MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART - Toronto.
• NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA - Ottawa.
• OTTAWA ART GALLERY - Ottawa.
• PORTRAIT GALLERY OF CANADA - Ottawa.
• THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - Montreal.

Mexico

• ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN MEXICO
• MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE | MUNAL - Mexico City.

U.S.A.

• ART GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK
• ART GALLERIES IN NEW YORK
• ART GALLERIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
• ART MUSEUMS IN THE UNITED STATES
• LOS ANGELES ART GALLERIES
• ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO - Chicago, IL.
• CHELSEA ART MUSEUM - New York City, NY.
• Freer Gallery of Art / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Must see: James Whistler's Peacock Room.
• FRICK COLLECTION - New York City, NY.
• GUGGENHEIM - New York City, NY.
• ICA | INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS - Boston, MA.
• ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM - Boston, MA.
• METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - New York City, NY.
• MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - Chicago, IL.
• MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON - Boston, MA.
• MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | MOMA - New York City, NY.
• NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART - Washington, D.C.
• NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY - Washington, D.C.
• NEW MUSEUM - New York City, NY.
• SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - San Francisco, CA.
• THE ART INSTITUE OF CHICAGO - Chicago, IL.
• THE ART INSTITUTE - Chicabo, IL.
• THE GETTY VILLA - Malibu, CA.
• THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM - Los Angeles, CA.

South America

• ART MUSEUMS IN SOUTH AMERICA