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Top 25 Design museums based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 591 design museums headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 7,796 professional contacts across them, including 3,397 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers design museums headquartered in the United States, 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.
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 design museums based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 249 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FCA is a full-service architectural and design firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Shepley Bulfinch is a nationally recognized architecture and design firm with a legacy of innovation spanning over 150 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 198 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Internationally recognized as a design leader, G&A is on a pioneering mission to synthesize the physical and digital worlds in a way no other firm can.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 183 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Art Guild designs and creates compelling, immersive experiences that stir audience passions and drive action.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Imagine is a global leader in immersive storytelling and experiential design, creating visitor experiences that entertain, educate, and inspire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 151 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nearly a half century ago, we pioneered a new approach to learning in public.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Roto is the largest design-build firm in North America servicing the museum & attractions market, focusing on interactive experiences, immersive technologies, and visual…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 135 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Design and Production Incorporated (D&P) provides exhibit project management, fabrication & installation, and media services to museums, educational institutions, visitor centers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) champions contemporary artists, designers, and artisans across creative fields.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “THG Creative is one of the leading international creators of breakthrough one-of-a-kind experiences, blending imagination, design and technology in ways that engage, excite and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1987, CetraRuddy is an award-winning international architecture, planning and interior design firm driven by design excellence and the creating of one-of-a-kind…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a community of practice, Mahlum makes places that promote healing, wellness, learning and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Mint Museum is North Carolina’s first art museum dedicated to international art and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Advent creates experiences that move people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Experiential Media Group (E/M Group) is the leading provider of museum-quality exhibitions throughout the world and the recognized leader in developing and displaying unique…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LifeFormations is a leading design and fabrication studio creating memorable visitor spaces that feature architectural elements, animatronics, themed environments and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Palm Springs Art Museum has a wide-reaching and growing permanent collection of over objects rooted in modern and contemporary art, architecture, and design that has developed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, the Art Museum is internationally known for its distinguished design and LEED® Gold certified status.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GWWO Architects is an award-winning architectural practice focused on client service and design excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “kubik maltbie is a company that produces extraordinary experiences for museums, visitor centers and specialty projects all around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Selldorf Architects is a 65-person architectural design practice founded by Annabelle Selldorf in New York City in 1988.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At EDE, we've been helping clients bring exhibit ideas to life since 1979.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DRAW Collective provides meaningful architecture and design for educational, health & wellness, and community places that matter.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Luci designs experiences for museums and brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We design moments people remember.” 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: design 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 design museums.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of design museums, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name design 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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Design museums based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 591 companies.
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 design 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “design 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 design 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 design museums, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 3,397 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.
Design museums by metro
- Design museums in New York92
- Design museums in Los Angeles35
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 design 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 design museums are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 591 design museums headquartered in the United States 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?
FCA, headquartered in Philadelphia, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most design museums?
New York leads with 92 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (35) and Seattle (16).
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 3,397 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 591 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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About this data
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.