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Mexico · Regional

Museo Amparo

Museo Amparo in Puebla's historic centre covers pre-Hispanic to contemporary Mexican art, with colonial painting and a strong photography programme in a restored colonial building, plus regular talks and tours.

PaidPaintingOfficial
museoamparo.comSpanish / English

Mexico · Regional

MARCO

MARCO in downtown Monterrey, housed in a former courthouse, focuses on Latin American contemporary painting, photography, and installation, and hosts talks, film screenings, and education programmes.

PaidPaintingOfficial
marco.org.mxSpanish / English

Argentina · Regional

Castagnino+macro

Castagnino+macro in Rosario combines Argentine modern painting and sculpture across a park museum and a converted riverside market, with frequent temporary shows and a public programme.

FreePaintingOfficial
castagninomacro.orgSpanish

Argentina · Regional

Museo Emilio Caraffa

Museo Emilio Caraffa in Córdoba uses nine galleries to stage Argentine contemporary painting, photography, installation, and local art history, with talks, workshops, and an active education programme.

FreePaintingOfficial
museocaraffa.org.arSpanish

Argentina · Regional

MUNTREF

MUNTREF, the museum network of Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, focuses on Argentine contemporary art, photography, and migration memory across several venues.

FreePaintingOfficial
museos.untref.edu.arSpanish

Chile · Regional

Museo de Artes Visuales MAVI UC

MAVI UC in Santiago's Lastarria district focuses on Chilean contemporary painting, sculpture, prints, and photography, is part of the Catholic University, and runs talks, workshops, and a conservation laboratory.

FreePaintingOfficial
mavi.uc.clSpanish / English

Chile · Regional

Museo Regional de Magallanes

Museo Regional de Magallanes in Punta Arenas, housed in the Braun Menéndez palace, holds Patagonian Indigenous objects, regional painting, and decorative arts, and preserves the palace period interiors.

FreePaintingOfficial
museodemagallanes.gob.clSpanish

Chile · Regional

Museo Baburizza

Museo Baburizza in Valparaíso, in the Palacio Baburizza above the Pacific, holds 19th- and 20th-century European and Chilean painting and harbour-city history, and preserves the palace interiors and harbour views.

PaidPaintingOfficial
museobaburizza.clSpanish / English

Colombia · Regional

Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín

Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, in the Ciudad del Río complex, focuses on Colombian contemporary painting, photography, video, and experimental architecture, with talks, film screenings, and education programmes.

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elmamm.orgSpanish / English

Colombia · Regional

Museo La Tertulia

Museo La Tertulia in Cali is a key art institution in south-western Colombia, with modern painting, prints, photography, and a film archive, plus a cinema, sculpture park, and education spaces.

PaidPaintingOfficial
museolatertulia.orgSpanish

Colombia · National

Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia

Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia in Bogotá, part of the Banco de la República, holds Colombian modern painting, sculpture, and prints, with free permanent displays.

FreePaintingOfficial
banrepcultural.orgSpanish

Peru · Regional

Museo de Arte de San Marcos

Museo de Arte de San Marcos in Lima, in the historic university building at Parque Universitario, holds Peruvian painting, prints, and photography from the colonial era to the twentieth century.

FreePaintingOfficial
centrocultural.unmsm.edu.peSpanish

Peru · Regional

Museo Regional de Ica

Museo Regional de Ica holds Paracas, Nasca, Wari, and Inca ceramics and textiles alongside colonial painting in the city of Ica, with objects from the republican era.

PaidPaintingOfficial
museos.cultura.peSpanish

Peru · Regional

Museo Inka

Museo Inka in Cusco, run by the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad, holds Inca and pre-Inca textiles, ceramics, metalwork, and wooden objects, displayed in a colonial mansion near the main square.

PaidCraft & TextileOfficial
museoinka.unsaac.edu.peSpanish

Australia · Regional

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart combines colonial painting, decorative arts, and natural history collections in one complex, offering a compact introduction to the island's culture.

FreePaintingOfficial
tmag.tas.gov.auEnglish

Australia · Regional

Museum of Old and New Art

MONA on Hobart's Moorilla peninsula shows a private contemporary art collection, with installations, sound works, and antiquities in expansive subterranean galleries; entry is ticketed for visitors.

PaidPaintingOfficial
mona.net.auEnglish

Australia · Regional

The Potter Museum of Art

The Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne cares for more than 18,000 works in the university collection and reopened in 2025 with a focus on Australian art.

FreePaintingOfficial
potter-museum.unimelb.edu.auEnglish

Australia · Regional

Chau Chak Wing Museum

The Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney unites archaeology, natural history, and the university art collection, with free displays spanning Mediterranean antiquities and First Nations cultures.

FreeSculptureOfficial
sydney.edu.auEnglish

Australia · Regional

UQ Art Museum

The University of Queensland Art Museum in Brisbane focuses on contemporary Australian and Asia-Pacific art, with free exhibitions tied to campus research and public programs.

FreePaintingOfficial
art-museum.uq.edu.auEnglish

New Zealand · Regional

Te Manawa

Te Manawa in Palmerston North combines an art gallery, museum, and science centre under one roof, showing Māori taonga, local social history, and rotating visual art exhibitions.

FreePaintingOfficial
temanawa.co.nzEnglish

New Zealand · Regional

The Dowse Art Museum

The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt is known for applied art and design, with more than 3,500 objects including jewellery, ceramics, and textiles; admission is free.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
dowse.org.nzEnglish

Egypt · National

Museum of Modern Egyptian Art

The Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, inside the Cairo Opera House complex, holds 20th-century Egyptian painting and sculpture arranged by generation, a concise introduction to the country's modern art.

PaidPaintingOfficial
moc.gov.egArabic / English

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