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

• Albertina Modern (part of the Albertina), Vienna
• 21er Haus, Vienna
• Mumok, Vienna
• The Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna

Belgium

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
• KANAL — Centre Pompidou, Brussels
• 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

Bulgaria

• Sofia Arsenal - Museum of Contemporary Art (part of the National Gallery)

Canada

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)
• Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
• Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides [ Wikidata] ( 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]

Croatia

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Czech Republic

• DOX Museum of Contemporary Art

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
• Musée régional d'art contemporain Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée à Sérignan [ fr], Sérignan
• Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Rue des Rosiers Marché Dauphine (galerie 95), 93400, Rue des Rosiers, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France ^[2]

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
• 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

• 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

Mexico

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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
• Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo [ es] (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 [ es] (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 [ eu], 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 [ es; eu; ru], Alzuza
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Madrid)
• Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares
• Museo Patio Herreriano [ es], 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
• Kunsthaus Pasquart [ de; fr]
• 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 [ de; fr]
• 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 Contemporary Art Museum (iS.CaM.)
• SALT (institution)
• Elgiz Museum (Proje4L)

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 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, 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
• 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

Further reading

• 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).