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
deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, Richmond, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, 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
East Coast
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
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Southern States
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Bentonville AK
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