We always have a museum visit included on every itinerary during our travels. Visiting a museum or two is one of our favorite things to do while exploring a new city, and today, we're sharing a list of our favorite modern art museums around the world, starting with the United States. 

Be sure to bookmark this page and add it to your Pinterest travel board; we'll be updating it regularly with new museums as we continue to travel and discover new sites worth exploring.

West Coast

SF MOMA, San Francisco, CA

deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA

Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, Richmond, CA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

The Broad, Los Angeles, CA

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA

The Henry, Seattle, WA

 

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Middle States

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

Ogden Contemporary Arts, Ogden, UT

BAM, Boise, ID

WAM, Wichita, KS

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

 

noguchi museum brooklyn

East Coast

MOMA PS1, Queens, NY

The Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan, NY

Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan, NY

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, NY

The Noguchi Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Parish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY

Dia Beacon, Beacon NY

Storm King, New Windsor, NY

Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME

Southern States

Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Bentonville AK

Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX

Menil Collection, Houston, TX

High Museum, Atlanta, GA 

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Laurie Furber