Museum Architecture Designs: Buildings + Architects
Major architectural projects from around the world. Modern built environment info and images
post updated 19 October 2026
We choose key examples of Museum Architecture. We cover completed buildings and new building designs across the world.
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Museum Architecture Designs
Museum Buildings – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
Feb 3, 2020
Asian Art Museum in Seattle Building Expansion, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Design: LMN Architects
design rendering courtesy of LMN Architects
Feb 25, 2020
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Architects: Olson Kundig
photograph : Ben Roberts
Completion of the 105,000 sqft Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington campus.
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29 Jan 2009
Chichester District Museum, England, UK
Design: Keith Williams Architects
Chichester District Council’s ambition for the project centred on the replacement of its existing museum then located in a small 18th Century building, with a much larger building that would more effectively display the breadth of its collection, whilst providing full access to all.
6 Jan 2009
Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum, UAE
Design: Jean Nouvel
This building is due to become one of the world’ hottest cultural landmarks: the Louvre Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island. This universal museum, which started on site in May 2009 is due to be completed in 2013.
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3 Dec 2007
Chengdu Museum Building, Southern China
Design: Sutherland Hussey Architects
The New City Museum will be the most important cultural building in Chengdu and needs to assert itself on the Tian Fu Square against a backdrop of ever-increasing commercial development. As part of our overall masterplan for the square we propose an agreed datum corresponding to the adjacent Mayor’s building be established for three sides of the square, whilst along the southern edge, commercial developments are allowed to go significantly higher.
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Museum Architecture Designs, alphabetical:
Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
Design: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Altes Museum Berlin
American Air Museum, Duxford, England, UK
Design: Foster + Partners
American Air Museum
Anne Frank House Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Design: Benthem Crouwel
Anne Frank museum Building Extension
Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy
Design: Richard Meier Architects
Ara Pacis Augustae
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England, UK
Design: Rick Mather Architects
Ashmolean Museum extension
Augustinermuseum, Freiburg, Germany
Design: Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten
Augustinermuseum
Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, Spain
Design: Frank Gehry Architect
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Bread Museum, Brazil
Design: Brasil Arquitetura
British Museum Building Extension, London, England, UK
Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
photo : Joas Souza
British Museum Building Extension
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, New York City, NY, USA
Design: Rafael Vinoly Architects
Brooklyn Childrens Museum, New York
Burns Museum, Scotland
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Burns Museum
Burrell Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
Design: Barry Gasson with Brit Andresen Architect
Burrell Museum Building
Catalonia National Art Museum, Catalunya, north east Spain
Design: Enric Català & Pedro Cendoya
Catalonia National Art Museum, Barcelona
Charleroi Photography Museum, Belgium
Design: l’Escaut Architecture
Charleroi Museum Extension
Chichester District Museum, England, UK
Design: Keith Williams Architects
Chichester District Museum
Chichu Art Museum, Japan
Architect: Tadao Ando
Chichu Art Museum
Contemporary Jewish Museum, S.F., USA
Design: Studio Libeskind
Jewish Museum San Francisco
Danish Jewish Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design: Daniel Libeskind Architects
Jewish Museum Copenhagen
Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum, London, England, UK
Design: C. F. Møller Architects
photograph : Torben Eskerod
Darwin Centre
Design Museum, London, UK
Design: Conran Roche
Shad Thames Buildings
Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Design: Oswald Mathias Ungers
German Architecture Museum
Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany
Refurbishment Architects: Bofinger, Helge & Partner
German Film Museum
Drents Museum Assen, The Netherlands
Design: Designed by Erick van Egeraat
Drents Museum Assen
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Design: George Basevi
Fitzwilliam Museum Building
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
German museum building
Geffrye Museum Redevelopment, London, England, UK
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
Geffrye Museum
David Chipperfield was announced as the winner of the design competition in 2009. A Heritage Lottery Fund application was made in the same year.
German Film Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Design: ATELIER BRÜCKNER
German Film Museum Building
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Design: Richard Meier & Partners
Getty Center Building
Glasgow Transport Museum, Scotland, UK
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Glasgow Transport Museum
GRAM – Art Museum, Michigan, USA
Design: wHY architecture
GRAM Michigan
Grand Museum of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
Design: Heneghan Peng Architects
Grand Museum of Egypt
Guggenheim New York, New York, USA
1959
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect
Hans Arp Museum, Rolandseck, Germany
Design: Richard Meier Architects
Hans Arp Museum
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, West Midlands, England
Design: Pringle Richards Sharratt
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
Hergé museum, Belgium
Design: Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Herge Museum
Hoki Museum, Chiba, Japan
Design: Nikken Sekkei
Hoki Museum Building
An amazing cantilever is one of the highlights of this luxurious Japanese building.
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, England, UK
Daniel Libeskind Architects
Imperial War Museum Manchester
Jeongok Prehistory Museum, Korea
X-TU
Jeongok Prehistory Museum
Jewish Museum building, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Libeskind Architect
Jewish Museum Berlin
Kalmar Museum of Art, Sweden
Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
Kalmar Museum of Art
Kazerne Dossin Museum, Belgium
Claus en Kaan Architecten
Mechelen museum
Koninklijk Museum, Belgium
Claus en Kaan Architecten
KMSKA, Antwerp
Köppersmöhle Museum : Grothe Collection, Duisburg, Germany
1999
Herzog de Meuron Architects
Köppersmöhle Museum
Lee Ufan Museum, Japan
Architect: Tadao Ando
Lee Ufan Museum
Lenbachhaus Museum – Extension + Restoration, Munich, Germany
Design: Foster + Partners
Lenbachhaus Museum
Liangzhu Culture Museum, China
David Chipperfield Architects
Liangzhu Culture Museum
Liebieghaus Museum Alter Plastik, Frankfurt, Germany
Architect: Kanold
Liebieghaus Museum
Lille Metropole museum, France
Manuelle Gautrand
Lille Metropole museum
Lille Museum of Modern Art – Pavilion, France
Design: 2hD Architects
Lille Museum of Modern Art Building
Recently extended, this building reopened its doors in 2010 with the help of this welcoming pavilion. The pavilion site lies next to the subtle original brick buildings of the museum, within its extensive sculpture gardens, and overlooks the surrounding country park.
Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Marbach, Germany
David Chipperfield Architects
Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach
London Science Museum, England, UK
Design: Wilkinson Eyre
London Science Museum
Lowry Centre, Salford, England, UK
JSMW&A Ltd; MW&PL then B+BAL
Lowry Centre Building
Maritime Museum Lingang, southern China
Design: von Gerkan, Marg und Partner; SIAD
Melbourne Museum, Victoria, Australia
Design: Denton Corker Marshall
Melbourne Museum
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg state, Germany
Design: UN Studio Architects
Mercedes Museum Stuttgart
Militärhistorisches Museum, Dresden, Germany
Design: Daniel Libeskind Architect
Dresden Military History Museum
Moesgård Museum, Århus, Jutland, western Denmark
Design: Henning Larsen Architects
Moesgård Museum
The munch museum, Oslo, southern Norway
Design: HerrerosArquitectos
Munch Museum : Architecture Contest win
Murcia Museum, Murcia, southern Spain
Design: S&Aa
Murcia Museum
Müritzeum, Germany
Design: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Müritzeum
Museo del Acero, Monterrey, Mexico
Design: Grimshaw Architects
Museo Soumaya, Mexico
Design: FREE | Fernando Romero EnterprisE
Museo Soumaya
Museum ABC, Madrid, Spain
Design: Aranguren & Gallegos Arquitectos
Madrid Museum
Museum for Realistic Art, Gorssel, The Netherlands
Design: Hans van Heeswijk Architects
Museum for Realistic Art
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt
Frankfurt Post Museum
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Hesse, western Germany
Architect: Richard Meier
Frankfurt Museum Building
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Design: Hans Hollein Architect
Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art
Museum Giersch, Frankfurt
Museum Giersch
Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Design: UNStudio Architects
Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen
Museum Insel Hombroich
Design: Erwin Heerich
Museum Insel Hombroich
Museum Liaunig, Carinthia, Austria
Design: querkraft
Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus/Suha
Museum of Bond Vehicles and Espionage, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Design: Gensler architects
Bond Museum Building
Museum of Conflict Tripoli, Libya, north Africa
Design: Metropolitan Workshop
Museum of Conflict Tripoli
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, southwestern China
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art Planning
Museum of Garden History Redevelopment, London, England, UK
Design: Dow Jones Architects
Museum of Garden History Redevelopment
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
I M Pei
Museum of Islamic Art Building
Museum of Liverpool, northwest England, UK
3XN
Museum of Liverpool Building
Museum of London, England, UK
Renewal: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Museum of London Building
Museum of Middle East Modern Art, UAE
UNStudio
MOMEMA Building
Museum of Modern Art – MoMA, New York City, NY, USA
Yoshio Taniguchi with KPF Architecture
MoMA New York + MoMA Extension
Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Design: Benson + Forsyth Architects
Museum of Scotland Extension on the Edinburgh Architecture website
Museum of Troy, Çanakkale, Turkey
Design: RTA-Office with DOME Partners
Museum of Troy
Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, southwestern Sweden
Brisac Gonzalez Architects
Swedish Museum building
Museum Veenhuizen, The Netherlands
Design: Atelier Kempe Thill
Museum Veenhuizen
Musée du Louvre, Paris, northern France
Design: various architects
Louvre Paris + Louvre Pyramid Building
The Nam June Paik, Yongin, South Korea
Design: Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture
Nam June Paik Museum
Nanjing Museum of Art & Architecture, China
Design: Steven Holl Architects
Nanjing Museum Design
The new museum is sited at the gateway to the Contemporary International Practical Exhibition of Architecture in the lush green landscape of the Pearl Spring near Nanjing, China. The museum design explores the shifting viewpoints, layers of space, and expanses of mist and water, which characterize the deep alternating spatial mysteries of early Chinese painting.
National Automobile Museum Turin renovation + extension, Italy
Design: Cino Zucchi Architetti with RecchiEngineering and Proger
National Maritime Museum Extension, London, England, UK
Design: C. F. Møller Architects
National Maritime Museum
Nationaal Militair Museum, The Netherlands
Design: Claus En Kaan Architecten
Nationaal Militair Museum
National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington DC, USA
Design: Freelon Adjaye Bond Smith Group
African American Museum : Designs
The architect’s approach has been to establish both a meaningful relationship to the unique site as well as a strong conceptual resonance with America’s deep and longstanding African heritage. Situated on the Washington Monument grounds the museum design maintains a subtle profile in the landscape – more than half is below ground – with five storeys above.
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Design: Steven Holl Architects
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Extension
Nerman Contemporary Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA
Design: Kyu Sung Woo Architects
Nerman Contemporary Art Museum
Neues Museum Redevelopment, Berlin, Germany
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
Neues Museum Building, Berlin
Nevada Museum of Art Building, USA
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New Acropolis Museum Athens, Athens, Greece
Design: Bernard Tschumi Architect
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY, USA
SANAA architects
New Museum of Contemporary Art, N.Y.
New Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
BIG + Rojkind Arquitectos
New Tamayo Museum
Newseum Washington DC Building, USA
Polshek Partnership with Ralph Appelbaum
Nuragic Art Museum, Cagliari, Sardinia
Zaha Hadid Architects
Nuragic Museum, Cagliari
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Henning Larsen Architects
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Ordrupgaard Art Museum – Wing, Copenhagen, Denmark
Zaha Hadid Architects
Ordrupgaard Copenhagen
Palau de Mar, Barcelona, Catalunya, north east Spain
Rogent, Architect
Catalan History Museum Building
Peace Peres House, Jaffa, Israel
Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Architects
Peace Peres House Jaffa
PermMuseumXXI competition, Perm, Ural Mountains, Russia
Perm Museum Competition Design
Petter Dass Museum, Norway
Snøhetta Architects
Petter Dass Museum Building
Qixing District Museum Design, China
de Architekten Cie.
Qixing District Urban Planning Museum
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, north west Germany
Atelier Brückner
Renaissance ROM Extension, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Studio Libeskind
Royal Ontario Museum Building
Rodin Museum, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Brasil Arquitetura
Rodin Museum Building
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Northern California, US
Design: Mario Botta / HOK
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis City, Missouri, USA
Design: David Chipperfield
Saint Louis Art Museum Building Design
Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Design: HOK Architects
Salvador Dali Museum
San Telmo Museum, Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque country, northeast Spain
Design: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
San Telmo Museum
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Design: LMN Architects
photography : Tim Griffith
Seattle Asian Art Museum Building Reopening
Shenzhen Museum Design, southeast China
Design: EMERGENT
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art
Shetland Museum and Archives, Scotland
Design: BDP Architects
Shetland Museum Building
Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Slovenia
Design: Groleger Arhitekti
Slovene Ethnographic Museum Building
Smithsonian Museum – Courtyard, USA
Design: Foster & Partners
Smithsonian Institute Building
Soane Museum, London, England, UK
Design: Sir John Soane Architect
Soane Museum Building
Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Lithuania
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Guggenheim Museum Vilnius Design
Stedelijk Museum Building, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Design: BenthemCrouwel Architects
Amsterdam Museum Building
Suntory Museum of Art, Japan
Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates
Suntory Museum of Art
Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne, Switzerland
Design: Gigon/Guyer Architekten
Swiss Museum of Transport Building
Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Te Papa Museum Wellington Building
Teshima Art Museum, Japan
Design: Ryue Nishizawa + Rei Naito
Teshima Art Museum
Utah Museum of Natural History, Utah, USA
Design: Polshek Partnership
Utah Museum Design
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Design: Gerrit Rietveld
Van Gogh Museum buildings
Van Gogh Museum – Wing, Amsterdam
Design: Kisho Kurokawa
Van Gogh Museum Building
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, UK
Design: various architects
Victoria & Albert Museum
Waterloo History Museum, Ottawa, Canada
Design: Moriyama & Teshima Architects with TWFP
Waterloo History Museum
Whitney Museum, New York, USA
Date built: 1966
Design: Marcel Breuer Architect
Whitney Museum
World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum, Yakutsk, Sakha-Yakutia, Siberia
Date built: 2007-
Design: Leeser Architecture
Yakutsk museum building
More Contemporary Museum Buildings online soon.
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