How many art museums are there in the United States?

1,013 art museums file a Form 990 with the IRS in the United States.

Art Museums

Art Museums nonprofits in the U.S.

Q: What else are Art Exhibitions called?

Also known as Art Galleries, Contemporary Art Museums, Decorative Art Museums, Ethnic Art Museums, Folk Art Museums, Modern Art Museums, and Textile Museums.

Organizations that acquire, preserve and exhibit collections of objects including fine art, decorative art, folk/ethnic art and textiles that are collected primarily for their aesthetic qualities and their importance as representatives of a particular artistic tradition or style. 1,013 art museums file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $5.5 billion in revenue and hold $44 billion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called Art Galleries, Contemporary Art Museums, Decorative Art Museums, Ethnic Art Museums, Folk Art Museums, Modern Art Museums, Textile Museums.

The largest are The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Museum Of Modern Art, and National Gallery Of Art.

Organizations

1,013

Total revenue

$5.5B

Total assets

$44.1B

Largest art museums

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Top 100 by revenue · 1,013 art museums nationwide

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Organization	State	Revenue	Assets
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art New York	NY	$907.4M	$6.4B
Museum Of Modern Art New York	NY	$324.7M	$2.7B
National Gallery Of Art Landover	MD	$315.5M	$1.9B
The Museum Of Fine Arts Houston Houston	TX	$226.8M	$2.4B
C Christo And Jeanne-Claude Foundation New York	NY	$160.4M	$158.7M
Museum Of Fine Arts Boston	MA	$157.7M	$1.6B
Museum Associates Los Angeles	CA	$156.1M	$1.8B
Crystal Bridges-Museum Of American Art Inc Bentonville	AR	$131.2M	$2.1B
Cleveland Museum Of Art Cleveland	OH	$129.1M	$1.4B
Whitney Museum Of American Art New York	NY	$116.7M	$1.1B
The Detroit Institute Of Arts Detroit	MI	$100.8M	$742.5M
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation New York	NY	$88.2M	$230.2M
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Philadelphia	PA	$81.1M	$1.2B
The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc Winterthur	DE	$69.3M	$469.7M
The Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences Brooklyn	NY	$68.3M	$400.2M
San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art San Francisco	CA	$65.1M	$842.0M
K Kallir Family Foundation New York	NY	$62.7M	$51.1M
Sterling & Francine Clark Art Inst Williamstown	MA	$59.4M	$760.7M
The Nelson Gallery Foundation Kansas City	MO	$55.6M	$611.5M
Indianapolis Museum Of Art Inc Indianapolis	IN	$50.7M	$542.3M
Minneapolis Society Of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute Of Arts Minneapolis	MN	$49.8M	$439.7M
T The Broad Art Foundation Los Angeles	CA	$47.3M	$786.3M
Dallas Museum Of Art Dallas	TX	$45.9M	$412.2M
Denver Art Museum Inc Denver	CO	$42.0M	$185.7M
Worcester Art Museum Worcester	MA	$39.9M	$198.5M
Seattle Art Museum Seattle	WA	$38.9M	$403.5M
Jorge M Perez Art Museum Of Miami Dade County Inc Miami	FL	$38.4M	$196.8M
The Toledo Museum Of Art Toledo	OH	$38.0M	$451.8M
Menil Foundation Inc Houston	TX	$36.4M	$527.7M
Asian Art Museum Foundation Of San Francisco San Francisco	CA	$35.3M	$236.3M
Norton Museum Of Art Inc West Palm Bch	FL	$34.5M	$276.5M
The Barnes Foundation Philadelphia	PA	$33.7M	$247.7M
Armand Hammer Museum Of Art And Cultural Center Inc Los Angeles	CA	$31.9M	$298.2M
Portland Art Museum Portland	OR	$31.3M	$258.5M
The Museum Of Contemporary Art Los Angeles	CA	$29.6M	$222.2M
The Broad Los Angeles	CA	$27.8M	$538.0M
B Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Buffalo	NY	$26.6M	$360.9M
Baltimore Museum Of Art Inc Baltimore	MD	$26.5M	$222.7M
New Museum Of Contemporary Art New York	NY	$25.7M	$143.3M
Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago	IL	$25.0M	$213.3M
Joslyn Art Museum Omaha	NE	$23.8M	$140.6M
Cincinnati Museum Association Cincinnati	OH	$23.7M	$325.5M
Amon Carter Museum Of Western Art Fort Worth	TX	$23.5M	$95.1M
Tampa Museum Of Art Inc Tampa	FL	$22.8M	$37.5M
Salvador Dali Museum Inc St Petersburg	FL	$22.4M	$125.2M
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc Boston	MA	$22.3M	$382.3M
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc Milwaukee	WI	$21.6M	$164.8M
Neue Galerie New York New York	NY	$21.3M	$116.0M
Cheekwood Botanical Garden And Museum Of Art Nashville	TN	$20.7M	$73.3M
The Institute Of Contemporary Art Inc Boston	MA	$20.4M	$146.1M
Isamu Noguchi Foundation And Garden Museum Long Is City	NY	$19.4M	$82.7M
Nevada Museum Of Art Inc Reno	NV	$18.4M	$92.5M
James Museum Of Western Art St Petersburg	FL	$17.7M	$96.2M
J B Speed Art Museum Louisville	KY	$17.1M	$143.5M
San Antonio Museum Of Art San Antonio	TX	$16.9M	$89.8M
The Chrysler Museum Incorporated Norfolk	VA	$16.5M	$140.0M
San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego	CA	$15.8M	$85.7M
Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego La Jolla	CA	$15.3M	$138.9M
T The Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas	TX	$15.2M	$4.4M
Institute Of Contemporary Art Miami Inc Miami	FL	$14.8M	$59.5M
Storm King Art Center New Windsor	NY	$14.7M	$90.5M
Parrish Art Museum Inc Water Mill	NY	$14.7M	$46.4M
Mint Museum Of Art Inc Charlotte	NC	$14.6M	$102.7M
Portland Museum Of Art Portland	ME	$14.6M	$96.1M
Columbus Museum Of Art Columbus	OH	$14.0M	$91.5M
The Phillips Collection Washington	DC	$13.7M	$131.8M
P Particle Foundation Reno	NV	$13.4M	$13.3M
Norton Simon Museum Of Art At Pasadena Pasadena	CA	$12.9M	$152.3M
V Virginia Museum Of Animal Art Charlottesvle	VA	$12.7M	$24.2M
Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix	AZ	$12.5M	$8.9M
Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico Inc San Juan	PR	$12.4M	$41.0M
Doris Duke Foundation For Islamic Art Honolulu	HI	$12.3M	$40.6M
Honolulu Museum Of Art Honolulu	HI	$12.3M	$122.1M
Fellowship For The Performing Arts Inc New York	NY	$12.2M	$29.7M
Crocker Art Museum Association Sacramento	CA	$12.2M	$37.9M
The Philbrook Museum Of Art Inc Tulsa	OK	$12.1M	$92.7M
T The John Huntington Art And Polytechnic Trust Cleveland	OH	$11.6M	$145.0M
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art Santa Barbara	CA	$11.3M	$133.5M
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Santa Fe	NM	$10.9M	$137.9M
Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Island City	NY	$10.6M	$9.5M
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Of Art Hartford	CT	$10.6M	$134.8M
Mcnay Art Museum San Antonio	TX	$10.0M	$100.8M
New Orleans Museum Of Art New Orleans	LA	$10.0M	$105.8M
Telfair Museum Of Art Inc Savannah	GA	$9.8M	$62.4M
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc Des Moines	IA	$9.4M	$175.7M
Poster House Inc New York	NY	$9.1M	$18.8M
Woodmere Art Museum Inc Philadelphia	PA	$9.1M	$43.7M
Museum Of Arts And Design New York	NY	$8.8M	$93.5M
The Contemporary Austin Museum Inc Austin	TX	$8.6M	$39.1M
Akron Art Museum Akron	OH	$8.1M	$69.8M
Ica La Los Angeles	CA	$8.0M	$13.1M
Orange County Museum Of Art Costa Mesa	CA	$7.8M	$119.6M
Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation Los Angeles	CA	$7.8M	$109.7M
Oklahoma City Museum Of Art Oklahoma City	OK	$7.7M	$48.9M
Dixon Gallery And Gardens Memphis	TN	$7.5M	$10.5M
International Center Of Photography New York	NY	$7.5M	$60.5M
National Ornamental Metal Museum Inc Memphis	TN	$7.3M	$31.4M
Deette Holden Cummer Museum Foundation Inc Jacksonville	FL	$7.2M	$70.0M
The Columbus Museum Inc Columbus	GA	$7.0M	$69.3M
Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc Great Falls	MT	$6.9M	$31.2M

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & Business Master File. A 990 shows how an organization is run and funded — not its real-world outcomes. Figures are presented without evaluation; we do not rate, score, or rank organizations. · philanthropy.org