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Top 25 Contemporary art museums worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,026 contemporary art museums worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 58,950 professional contacts across them, including 16,494 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers contemporary art museums worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for contemporary art museums follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest contemporary art museums worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,461 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Museum of Modern Art connects people from around the world to the art of our time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 904 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Constellation Program 2025–2030: a more vibrant Centre Pompidou than ever!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 898 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The MFA is open.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 760 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Would you enjoy beginning each day by entering the stunning Frank Gehry-designed building?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Whitney seeks to be the defining museum of 20th- and 21st-century American art.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 448 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Located in the heart of Houston's Museum District, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is a dynamic cultural complex comprising two gallery buildings, a sculpture garden, visitors…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 447 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Art transforms lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 430 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1937, the Solomon R.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 416 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Denver Art Museum has been a leader in educational programming for more than two decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 385 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 383 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Fine Arts Museums welcome more than 1.5 million visitors annually to enjoy an ambitious schedule of special exhibitions and education programs along with our world-class…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 304 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Located in the vibrant Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ranks among the leading art institutions in the country and is distinguished by its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 292 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is the place where everyone can discover and experience modern and contemporary art and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 276 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1799 in Salem, Massachusetts, 15 miles from Boston, the Peabody Essex Museum is the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 276 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Museo Reina Sofía.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 271 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1895 by Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Museums is a collection of four dynamic, distinctive museums: Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Kamin…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 243 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 238 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Em Brumadinho (MG), entre a Mata Atlântica e o Cerrado, o Inhotim reúne arte, natureza e educação em uma experiência única no mundo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Walker Art Center is a catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 216 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 214 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “White Cube’s exhibition programme extends across locations in London, Hong Kong, Paris, New York, Seoul and online.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 214 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We share extraordinary works of art, reveal their compelling stories, and create meaningful experiences that grow and inspire our community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 207 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Located in scenic Eden Park, the Cincinnati Art Museum features an unparalleled art collection of more than works spanning years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 200 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1977, the New Museum is a leading destination for new art and new ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 198 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Encounter superb works of modern and contemporary art at The Phillips Collection, an internationally recognized museum in Washington's vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: contemporary art museums. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names contemporary art museums.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of contemporary art museums, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name contemporary art museums. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Contemporary art museums worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among contemporary art museums, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for contemporary art museums are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “contemporary art museums”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names contemporary art museums), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among contemporary art museums, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 16,494 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Contemporary art museums by location
23 lists · largest firstEvery Contemporary art museums list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Contemporary art museums based in the United States1,626
- Contemporary art museums based in Germany419
- Contemporary art museums based in France343
- Contemporary art museums based in the United Kingdom268
- Contemporary art museums based in Italy199
- Contemporary art museums based in Canada167
- Contemporary art museums based in the Netherlands138
- Contemporary art museums based in Spain133
- Contemporary art museums based in Australia116
- Contemporary art museums based in Belgium98
- Contemporary art museums based in Switzerland92
- Contemporary art museums based in Brazil69
- Contemporary art museums based in India48
- Contemporary art museums based in Sweden47
- Contemporary art museums based in Türkiye45
- Contemporary art museums based in Austria37
- Contemporary art museums based in Norway28
- Contemporary art museums based in New Zealand27
Cities
- Contemporary art museums based in New York, United States159
- Contemporary art museums based in Los Angeles, United States56
- Contemporary art museums based in Chicago, United States48
- Contemporary art museums based in San Francisco, United States34
- Contemporary art museums based in Miami, United States25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names contemporary art museums, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many contemporary art museums are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,026 contemporary art museums worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Museum Of Modern ART, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most contemporary art museums?
The United States leads with 1,626 companies, followed by Germany (419) and France (343). Every contemporary art museums list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most contemporary art museums?
New York leads with 159 headquartered companies, followed by London (121) and Paris (113).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 16,494 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,026 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.