Grand Egyptian Museum
Giza, Egypt
After two decades of construction, the largest museum dedicated to a single civilisation reaches its full opening — 100,000+ artefacts including the complete Tutankhamun collection.
ArtLovers · 2026
New museums
opening in 2026.
The cultural calendar we've been waiting for. Here are the museum, gallery and art-space openings that will reshape the world's cultural map this year.
Some have been twenty years in the making; others arrive almost by surprise. We keep this list alive — if you know an opening that belongs here, tell us.
KAFD Museum of Contemporary Art
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's flagship contemporary art institution opens inside the King Abdullah Financial District — a major signal of the kingdom's cultural turn.
V&A East Museum
London, United Kingdom
The V&A's ambitious East Bank chapter — a new museum at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park that turns the V&A inside out and lets you watch conservators at work.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA Cheongju)
Cheongju, South Korea
A new wing dedicated to Korea's rapidly expanding contemporary scene, with dedicated archives for performance and time-based media.
Powerhouse Parramatta
Sydney, Australia
Australia's largest cultural infrastructure project in a generation — a riverside museum of applied arts, science and design.
New National Gallery of Greenland
Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland's first dedicated national gallery — a low-slung Arctic building designed around the country's contemporary Inuit art collection.
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