Explore Art Museums

Museums collect, preserve, study, and share art and objects that help us learn about people, ideas, places, and time periods. Start with one of the featured museums below, explore museums close to home, or choose a region of the world you would like to visit.

Museum websites, exhibitions, and visitor information change over time. Some collections may include artwork or historical material that families wish to explore together.

Start Here: Featured Museums

Art Institute of Chicago – Explore art from many cultures and time periods close to home.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago – Discover contemporary art and ideas from our time.
National Museum of Mexican Art – Explore Mexican art and culture in Chicago and online.
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Explore American art and artists through an extensive online collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Visit a collection spanning thousands of years and cultures around the world.
Museum of Modern Art – Explore modern and contemporary art, design, photography, film, and more.
Tate – Explore British, modern, and contemporary art through Tate’s museums and online resources.
National Museum of Korea – Discover Korean art, history, and culture.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa – Explore contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora.
Google Arts & Culture – Search thousands of museum collections, zoom in on artworks, and take virtual tours.

Chicago, Oak Park & Nearby

Chicago

Oak Park and Nearby Suburbs

Oak Park Art League – Oak Park
Elmhurst Art Museum – Elmhurst
Block Museum of Art – Evanston
Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park – Skokie
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park – University Park
Chicago Athenaeum International Sculpture Park – Schaumburg

More Art Museums in Illinois

McLean County Arts Center – Bloomington
University Museum at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
Krannert Art Museum – Champaign
Tarble Arts Center – Charleston
Northern Illinois University Art Museum – DeKalb
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts – Mount Vernon
Peoria Riverfront Museum – Peoria
Rockford Art Museum – Rockford

North America Outside Illinois

United States

National Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Washington, D.C.
National Museum of African American History and Culture – Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art – Washington, D.C.
National Portrait Gallery – Washington, D.C.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York City
Museum of Modern Art – New York City
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York City
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York City
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Boston
Getty Center – Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles
The Broad – Los Angeles
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens – San Marino, California
de Young Museum – San Francisco
Denver Art Museum – Denver
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Houston
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Canada

Royal Ontario Museum – Toronto
National Gallery of Canada – Ottawa

Latin America & the Caribbean

Mexico

Frida Kahlo Museum – Mexico City
Museo Nacional de Arte – Mexico City
Museo Amparo – Puebla

Central America and the Caribbean

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba – Havana, Cuba
Museo de Arte Costarricense – San José, Costa Rica

South America

Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) – São Paulo, Brazil
Pinacoteca de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – São Paulo, Brazil
Museo de Arte de Lima – Lima, Peru
Museo Botero – Bogotá, Colombia

Europe

France

Musée du Louvre – Paris
Musée d’Orsay – Paris
Centre Pompidou – Paris
Musée de l’Orangerie – Paris
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac – Paris
Musée des Arts Décoratifs – Paris
Petit Palais – Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton – Paris
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection – Paris
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem) – Marseille
Fondation Claude Monet – Giverny

United Kingdom and Ireland

British Museum – London
Tate Modern – London
Tate Britain – London
The National Gallery – London
Victoria and Albert Museum – London
Royal Academy of Arts – London
Somerset House – London
Imperial War Museums – London and other locations
Ashmolean Museum – Oxford
National Museum of Scotland – Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery – Edinburgh
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum – Glasgow
National Gallery of Ireland – Dublin

Spain and Portugal

Museo Nacional del Prado – Madrid
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía – Madrid
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza – Madrid
CaixaForum Madrid – Madrid
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – Bilbao
Museu Picasso – Barcelona
Museo Picasso Málaga – Málaga
City of Arts and Sciences – Valencia
MAC/CCB Museum of Contemporary Art – Lisbon

Italy and Vatican City

Vatican Museums – Vatican City
Uffizi Galleries – Florence
Pitti Palace – Florence
Galleria dell’Accademia – Florence
Doge’s Palace – Venice
Triennale Milano – Milan
Museo Egizio – Turin

Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Germany

Rijksmuseum – Amsterdam
Van Gogh Museum – Amsterdam
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium – Brussels
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna – Vienna
Belvedere – Vienna
Albertina – Vienna
Humboldt Forum – Berlin
Pergamon Museum – Berlin (closed for major renovation; explore its collection online)

Northern Europe

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design – Oslo
MUNCH – Oslo
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum – Aarhus, Denmark
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art – Humlebæk, Denmark

Central and Eastern Europe

Wawel Royal Castle – Kraków, Poland
National Museum in Kraków – Kraków, Poland
Royal Castle in Warsaw – Warsaw, Poland
Museum of Fine Arts – Budapest, Hungary
State Hermitage Museum – Saint Petersburg, Russia
State Russian Museum – Saint Petersburg, Russia
State Tretyakov Gallery – Moscow, Russia
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts – Moscow, Russia
Moscow Kremlin Museums – Moscow, Russia
Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art – Moscow, Russia

Greece

Acropolis Museum – Athens

Africa

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa – Cape Town, South Africa
Norval Foundation – Cape Town, South Africa
Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) – Marrakesh, Morocco
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art – Lagos, Nigeria

For an additional large collection devoted to African art, visit the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.

Asia & the Middle East

South Korea

National Museum of Korea – Seoul
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – Seoul, Gwacheon, Deoksugung, and Cheongju
Gyeongju National Museum – Gyeongju

Japan

Tokyo National Museum – Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum – Tokyo
The National Art Center, Tokyo – Tokyo
The National Museum of Western Art – Tokyo

China, Hong Kong and Singapore

National Museum of China – Beijing
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art – Beijing
Shanghai Museum – Shanghai
West Bund Museum – Shanghai
M+ – Hong Kong
Hong Kong Palace Museum – Hong Kong
National Gallery Singapore – Singapore

Middle East

Louvre Abu Dhabi – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel Aviv Museum of Art – Tel Aviv, Israel

Oceania

Australia

National Gallery of Victoria – Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales – Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia – Sydney

New Zealand

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa – Wellington

Keep Exploring

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