Contemporary Art Museums Around the World

This is an overview of the centers, institutes and museums around the world that specialize in contemporary art.

EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS

1. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London (England)
   
2. Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (England)
   
3. Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma (Museum of Contemporary Art), Helsinki (Finland)
   
4. Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (Sweden)
   
5. Malmö Konsthall (Sweden)
   
6. Bildmuseet, Umeå (museum of contemporary art and visual culture) (Sweden)
   
7. Museet for Samtidskunst (Museum of Contemporary Art), Roskilde (Denmark)
   
8. Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw (Poland)
   
9. 218ac Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Piacenza (Italy)
   
10. Castello di Rivoli: Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin (Italy)
    
11. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome (Italy)
    
12. The Foundation and the Center for Contemporary Art, Prague (Czech Republic)
    
13. De Pont Stichting voor Hedendaagse Kunst (Foundation for Contemporary Art), Tilburg (Netherlands)
    
14. Musée des Arts Contemporains (MAC), Hornu (Belgium)
    
15. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Spain)
    
16. The Rodriquez-Amat Foundation for Contemporary Art and Culture, Les Olives, Catalonia (Spain)
    

AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS

1. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (USA)
   
2. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (USA)
   
3. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (USA)
   
4. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (USA)
   
5. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (USA)
   
6. Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (USA)
   
7. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (USA)
   
8. Mass MOCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), North Adams (USA)
   
9. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (USA)
   
10. Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (USA)
    
11. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (USA)
    
12. Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA), St. Louis (USA)
    
13. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (USA)
    
14. ArtPace: A Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio (USA)
    
15. The Chinati Foundation, a contemporary art museum near Marfa, Texas, based upon the ideas of its founder, Donald Judd (USA)
    
16. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (USA)
    
17. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (USA)
    
18. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (USA)
    
19. Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle (USA)
    
20. Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
    
21. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield (USA)
    
22. Real Art Ways: a center for contemporary culture, Hartford (USA)
    
23. Contemporary Art museum, Raleigh (USA)
    
24. Centre for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport (USA)
    
25. The Mattress Factory, Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh (USA)
    
26. Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver (USA)
    
27. Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (USA)
    
28. Contemporary Art of Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach (USA)
    
29. The Contemporary: Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (USA)
    
30. Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids (USA)
    
31. Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem (USA)
    
32. Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art (PBICA) (USA)
    

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

1. Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (Canada)
   
2. The Power Plant: Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto (Canada)
   
3. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, Costa Rica
   
4. Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
   

5. Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, (Brazil)
   
6. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Universidad de Chile, Santiago (Chile)
   
7. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (Australia)
   
8. Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, (Australia)
   
9. Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts, Brisbane (Australia)
   
10. Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Victoria (Australia)
    
11. Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch (New Zealand)
    
12. Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (Iran)
    
13. The Contemporary Art Centre, Skopje (Macedonia)
    
14. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (Korea)
    
15. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Japan)
    
16. Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Japan)