As of 2026-10-12, Art Gallery of Ontario tops the list with 592 employees.
- #1 Art Gallery of Ontario — 592 employees
art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Art Gallery of Ontario is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located on Dundas Street West in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, the museum complex takes up 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft) of physical space, making it one of the largest art museums in North America and the second-largest art museum in Toronto, after the Royal Ontario Museum. In addition to exhibition spaces, the museum also houses an artist-in-residence office and studio, dining facilities,... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Galleria dell'Accademia — 537 employees
art museum in Florence, Italy
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze is an art museum in Florence, in Tuscany in central Italy. It houses the Michelangelo sculpture David and other sculptures by Michelangelo, and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600. It is smaller and more specialised than the Uffizi, the main art museum in Florence. It adjoins the Accademia di Belle Arti or academy of fine arts of Florence, but despite the name has no other connection with it. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design — 436 employees
National Museum in Oslo
The National Museum is a museum in Oslo, Norway which holds the Norwegian state's public collection of art, architecture, and design objects. The collection totals over 400,000 works, amongst them the first copy of Edvard Munch's The Scream from 1893. The museum is state-owned and managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Israel Museum — 425 employees
national museum of the state of Israel in Jerusalem
The Israel Museum is an art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, adjacent to the Bible Lands Museum, the National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel, the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Royal Academy of Arts — 334 employees
art institution in London, England, United Kingdom
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly, London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the fine arts through exhibitions, education and debate. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 National Library of Wales — 255 employees
Welsh archive and research library
The National Library of Wales is the national legal deposit library of Wales and a Welsh Government sponsored body, located in Aberystwyth. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million books and periodicals, and the largest collections of archives, portraits, maps, and photographic images in Wales. The Library is also home to the national collection of Welsh manuscripts, the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, and the most comprehensive collection of paintings and... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 National Gallery Singapore — 240 employees
public institution and national museum in Singapore
The National Gallery Singapore is a public art museum and national museum located in the Civic District of Singapore. It houses a collection of Singaporean and Southeast Asian art spanning the 19th century to the present, with more than 9,000 artworks. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Uffizi Gallery — 234 employees
palace and art museum in Florence, Italy
The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best-known in the world. It holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 The Wilson — 219 employees
museum in Cheltenham, United Kingdom
The Wilson, formerly known as Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was opened in 1899. It offers free admission, and has a programme of special exhibitions. It was renamed The Wilson in honour of polar explorer Edward Wilson, a son of Cheltenham, in 2013 after the building was extended. The gallery and museum is managed by The Cheltenham Trust. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec — 217 employees
art museum in Quebec City, Canada
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is located in National Battlefields Park and is a complex of four buildings. Three of them were purpose-built for the museum and one was originally a provincial prison. Read more on Wikipedia.
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