List of museums of Asian art


This is a list of museums with major collections of Asian art.
NameCountryCityCollection sizeNotes-
Ackland Art MuseumUnited StatesChapel Hill, North Carolina-
American Museum of Natural HistoryUnited StatesNew York, New York60,000-
Art Gallery of New South WalesAustraliaSydney, New South Wales-
Art Gallery of South AustraliaAustraliaAdelaide, South Australia-
Art Institute of ChicagoUnited StatesChicago, Illinois35,000-
Arthur M. Sackler MuseumUnited StatesCambridge, Massachusetts16,000-
Asia and Pacific MuseumPolandWarsaw-
Asian Art Museum of San FranciscoUnited StatesSan Francisco, California18,000-
Asian Civilisations MuseumSingapore-
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic ArtUnited StatesMemphis, Tennessee1,000-
Birmingham Museum of ArtUnited StatesBirmingham, Alabama4,000-
British MuseumUnited KingdomLondon55,000-
Brooklyn MuseumUnited StatesBrooklyn, New York20,000-
Chinese Museum (Fontainebleau)FranceFontainebleau-
Cleveland Museum of ArtUnited StatesCleveland, OhioChina, Japan, Korea-
Crow Museum of Asian ArtUnited StatesDallas, Texas4,000-
Field Museum of Natural HistoryUnited StatesChicago, Illinois50,000-
Freer Gallery of Art / Arthur M. Sackler GalleryUnited StatesWashington, District of Columbia40,000-
Georges Labit MuseumFranceToulouse-
Honolulu Museum of ArtUnited StatesHonolulu, Hawaii40,000-
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan ArtUnited StatesNew York, New York-
Linden MuseumGermanyStuttgart-
Los Angeles County Museum of ArtUnited StatesLos Angeles, California-
Metropolitan Museum of ArtUnited StatesNew York, New York60,000-
Minneapolis Institute of ArtUnited StatesMinneapolis, Minnesota-
Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsCanadaMontreal, Quebec-
Musée CernuschiFranceParis-
Musée d'EnneryFranceParisChina, Japan-
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques ChiracFranceParis58,000-
Musée GuimetFranceParis50,000
Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental ArtItalyGenoa-
ItalyParma-
Museo d'Arte Orientale Ca PesaroItalyVenice-
Museum der VölkerAustriaSchwaz-
Museum Five ContinentsGermanyMunich-
Museum für Asiatische KunstGermanyBerlin20,000-
Museum of Asian ArtGermanyBerlin-
Museum of East Asian Art (Cologne)GermanyCologne-
Museum of Ethnology, ViennaAustriaVienna-
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonUnited StatesBoston, Massachusetts100,000-
Museum of Oriental Art (Turin)ItalyTurin-
Museums of the Far EastBelgiumBrussels-
National Gallery of AustraliaAustraliaCanberra-
National Gallery of CanadaCanadaOttawa, OntarioIndia-
National Museum of ChinaChinaBeijing1,050,000China-
National Museum of KoreaSouth KoreaSeoul150,000Korea-
National Museum of Oriental ArtItalyRome-
National Palace MuseumTaiwanTaipei700,000China-
Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtUnited StatesKansas City, Missouri10,450-
Palace MuseumChinaBeijing1,800,000China-
Peabody Essex MuseumUnited StatesSalem, Massachusetts-
Penn MuseumUnited StatesPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaChina, Japan-
Rhode Island School of Design MuseumUnited StatesProvidence, Rhode IslandIndia, Japan-
Royal Ontario MuseumCanadaToronto, OntarioChina, Japan, Korea-
Rubin Museum of ArtUnited StatesNew York, New YorkHimalayas-
Seattle Asian Art MuseumUnited StatesSeattle, Washington-
Shanghai MuseumChinaShanghai120,000China-
Tikotin Museum of Japanese ArtIsraelHaifa-
Tokyo National MuseumJapanTokyo120,000Japan-
Victoria & Albert MuseumUnited KingdomLondon130,000-
Vancouver Art GalleryCanadaVancouver, British Columbia-

Some collecting institutions combine their ethnographic, cultural, and artistic materials together in their total holdings. Such is the case of the British Museum, for example. It would be nearly impossible to distinguish between these types of objects in developing a quantitative, as opposed to qualitative, ranking of this kind.