The Museo del Prado (Madrid) is ranked first. Numbers 2 to 5 are the Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence) and the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam). Each entry links to the museum's famous paintings and exhibited artists.
Ranking criteria: the museum's standing, the fame of its best-known paintings, the number of its works in our catalogue and the readership of its page. Visitor figures are not used.
100 museums, 23 countries, 95,384 catalogued works. Country with the most museums: United States of America (18).
Famous paintings and artists by museum
- Famous paintings in the Museo del Prado · Famous artists in the Museo del Prado
- Famous paintings in the Hermitage Museum · Famous artists in the Hermitage Museum
- Famous paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art · Famous artists in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Famous paintings in the Galleria degli Uffizi · Famous artists in the Galleria degli Uffizi
- Famous paintings in the Rijksmuseum · Famous artists in the Rijksmuseum
- Famous paintings in the Kunsthistorisches Museum · Famous artists in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Famous paintings in the National Gallery · Famous artists in the National Gallery
- Famous paintings in the Musée d'Orsay · Famous artists in the Musée d'Orsay
- Famous paintings in the Louvre · Famous artists in the Louvre
- Famous paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art · Famous artists in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
