Art forms

Painting

Oil, mural, ink, drawing, and works on paper.

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India · National

Victoria Memorial Hall

Kolkata's Victoria Memorial Hall holds colonial-era painting, prints, and documents, and its white marble building is itself an exhibit, with gallery and ticket information online.

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victoriamemorial-cal.orgEnglish / Bengali / HI

India · Regional

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum

Mumbai's oldest museum in Byculla, formerly the Victoria and Albert Museum, focuses on nineteenth-century decorative arts, clay models, and the city's history.

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bdlmuseum.orgEnglish / MR / HI

India · Regional

Bihar Museum

Patna's Bihar Museum presents antiquities from the Mauryan to Mughal periods, including the Didarganj Yakshi, with gallery guides and visitor information online.

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biharmuseum.orgEnglish / HI

India · Regional

Mehrangarh Museum

Inside Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort, this museum holds Rajput miniature painting, arms, textiles, and court objects, with gallery guides and conservation project notes online.

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mehrangarh.orgEnglish / HI

Indonesia · Regional

Museum Affandi

A private museum in Yogyakarta designed by Indonesian expressionist Affandi, showing his paintings and sketches alongside family collections in a distinctive curved building he built himself.

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affandi.orgIndonesian / English

Indonesia · Regional

Museum Ullen Sentalu

A Javanese culture museum in Kaliurang, set in forest on the slopes of Mount Merapi, displaying batik, paintings, photographs, and royal genealogy from Yogyakarta and Surakarta courts.

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ullensentalu.comIndonesian / English

Vietnam · Regional

Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities

Inside Hue's imperial city, this museum displays Nguyen dynasty ceramics, metalwork, court dress, painting, and furniture, managed by the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in the Long An palace.

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hueworldheritage.org.vnVietnamese / English

Malaysia · Regional

Penang State Museum

In George Town, Penang's state museum occupies a former school building and covers the island's history, communities, dress, and archival photographs, with rotating local exhibitions.

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penangmuseum.gov.myMalay / English

Israel · Regional

Mishkan Museum of Art

The Mishkan Museum of Art in Kibbutz Ein Harod holds Israeli and Jewish art in a converted barn, with changing exhibitions drawn from its own collection.

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museumeinharod.org.ilHebrew / English

Canada · Regional

Royal Ontario Museum

Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum spans natural history and world cultures, with galleries for Indigenous Canadian, East Asian, and European decorative arts alongside touring exhibitions and hands-on family galleries.

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rom.on.caEnglish / French

Canada · Regional

Glenbow

Glenbow in Calgary collects Alberta history and western Canadian art, including Indigenous belongings, painting, photography, decorative arts, and extensive archives documenting prairie settlement and ranching.

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glenbow.orgEnglish

Brazil · Regional

Museu Oscar Niemeyer

Museu Oscar Niemeyer in Curitiba is known for its eye-shaped building and holds Brazilian modern art, photography, design, and architectural drawings, with frequent temporary shows.

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museuoscarniemeyer.org.brPortuguese / English

Brazil · Regional

Museu de Arte da Bahia

Museu de Arte da Bahia in Salvador, the state's oldest museum, holds colonial Brazilian painting, religious sculpture, furniture, and Asian ceramics in a historic mansion, and runs education programmes.

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ba.gov.brPortuguese

Brazil · Regional

Museu de Arte do Rio

Museu de Arte do Rio, on Praça Mauá, examines Brazilian art and social history through painting, photography, and urban archives from the colonial era to today.

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museudeartedorio.org.brPortuguese / English

Brazil · Regional

Fundação Iberê Camargo

Fundação Iberê Camargo in Porto Alegre, designed by Álvaro Siza, holds the Rio Grande do Sul painter's paintings and prints and hosts contemporary exhibitions in a concrete building that is a landmark of southern Brazilian architecture.

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iberecamargo.org.brPortuguese

Mexico · National

Museo de Arte Moderno

Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City's Chapultepec Park holds twentieth-century Mexican painting and sculpture, including Frida Kahlo, Siqueiros, and the Ruptura generation, with temporary shows and a strong education programme.

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mam.inba.gob.mxSpanish / English

Mexico · National

Palacio de Bellas Artes

Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City is a national arts venue known for murals, architecture, and performance, with major works by Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros.

PaidPaintingOfficial
museopalaciodebellasartes.inba.gob.mxSpanish / English

Mexico · National

Museo Soumaya

Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, run by the Carlos Slim Foundation, holds Rodin, Dalí, European old masters, and Mexican colonial to contemporary art across two venues.

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museosoumaya.orgSpanish / English

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