Your local art gallery may be cool, but it has nothing on these innovative art museums. This cluster is chock-full of the most incredible and craziest art museums from around the world. Picasso would be proud.
These innovative art museums cater to all types of art fans, from street to contemporary and everything in between. Show your appreciation for the arts in the easiest way possible by clicking through this cluster today.
27 Innovative Art Museums
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Art Gallery Homes
The Kona Residence by Belzberg Architects has a 3D Opening Piece
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Perforated Galleries
The Lille Metropole Museum is a Sponge for Brilliant Art
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Iconic Museum Makeovers
Plans Revealed for Upgrade of London's Tate Modern
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Edmonton-Inspired Galleries
The Art Gallery of Alberta by Randall Stout Architects
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Cobweb Architecture
The Villamoda Galleries Frame Hotel Weaves into the WAN Awards 2009
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LEGO Art Galleries
‘Art Craziest Nation' Exhibition Pokes Fun at Snooty Galleries
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Diabolically Decorated Galleries
Damon Dash to Open the Dash Gallery in New York City
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Underwater Art Galleries
Sub-Aquatic Statues by Jason de Caires Taylor Amuse Divers
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Vacant Lot Art Galleries
LentSpace Transforms Manhattan's Empty Lots Into Places for Artspiration
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Street Art Museums
The Ephemeral Museum in Lisbon
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Otherworldly Art Museums
Waterflux Alpine Ice Research Station Looks Extraterrestrial
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Pleated Metal Architecture
The Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum by Zaha Hadid
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Public Transit Galleries
The Art on Track Exhibit is a Mobile Art Experience
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Toilet Art Museums
Website Features Commodes from Iconic Art Galleries
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Franchised Art Galleries?
Louvre Museum to Franchise in Abu Dhabi Amid French Protest
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Pub Grub Art Galleries
Pizzeria Pub and Grill in New Jersey Is Tromp L'Oeil Tour De Force
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Hair Salons as Art Galleries
Salon Moxie Showcases Art Exhibits
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Green Art Galleries
Pasadena's Descanso Gardens to Add Sturt Haaga Gallery of Art
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Automotive Art Galleries
Art Car Boot Fair
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Tunneled Art Museums
The Museum Liaunig Takes Artistry Underground
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Mobile Art Galleries
Luz Azul Converts a Food Truck to Bring His Pop Art to the Open Road
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Alfresco Art Galleries
The Japanese Hakone Open Air Museum is a Spectacular Outdoor Paradise
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Art Exhibits in Castles
Historic European Castle Grounds Become Contemporary Art Galleries
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Underground Art Galleries
The Platform at Degrave Street Subway Station
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Video Game Galleries
The Volkswagen Autostadt Factory Was Inspired by Gamers
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Pocket Art Galleries
iPhone ‘Love Art' App Puts 250 Classics in the Palm of your Hand
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Geometric Brick Homes
The '45 Faber Park' by Ong & Ong Architects has a Modular Design
Psychedelic Home Exteriors
Graffiti Artists Channel Bad Acid Trips to Attack Scottish Castle
Extravagant Naturalistic Homes
The 'South Harbor Resort' by Suppose Design Office is Gorgeously Li
Industrialized Green Homes
The Open Air Sculpture House by Marek Rytych Architekt
Floating Eco Homes
Houseboat on the Eilbekkanal by Rost Niderehe Architects is on Water
Defaced Illustrations
The Ali Jabbar 'Simple Public Figure' Project Omits Facial Features
34 LEGO History Lessons
Toy Sculptures Teach Social Awareness, Pop Culture and Architecture
Geometric Hillside Homes
The 'Bowen Mountain House' by CplusC Architecture is Spectacular
Boxy Open Concept Homes
The Morumbi Residence by Drucker Arquitetura is Geometric and Spacious
Museum Nudetography
Juergen Teller's Clothes-Free ‘Paradis' Photos at the Louvre
29 Suprisingly Cool LEGO Figurines
Huge LEGO Ships
Japanese Warship 'Yamato' Took More than 6 Years to Build
94 Enticing Museum Innovations
History Collections, from Toilet Art to Skate Parks
Upside Down Houses
Avant Garde Architecture for the World's Most Daring and Eccentric
Greenhouse Homes
Hiroshi Iguchi's 'Camouflage House' is in Sync With Nature
16 Pieces of Futuristic Architecture
Optical Illusion Sportsvertising
Mammoth Mountain Ski Uses Bill(snow)boarding For Attention
3D Triangle Architecture
DIY Reykjavik Pavilion by Shift Architects Questions Iceland's Futu
23 Modern Pavilions
from Flower Petal Buildings to Rain Harvesting Architecture
Grille Gallery Ad-Ons
The Whitney Museum Addition is Complexly Concrete
Futuristic Greenchitecture
Burnham Eco Pavilions by Zaha Hadid and UNStudio
Art From Library Discards
Jonathan Callan Builds Sculptures Out of Folded Books
Recycled CD Architecture
Atelier Feichang Jianzhu Combines Green and Music Scenes
26 Zaha Hadid Innovations
From Desert Skyscrapers to Space Age Fashion
See-Through Homes
The Plastic House from Architecture Republic Dares Passersby to Throw Stones
Folded Buildings
Rio de Janiero's Museum of Image and Sound Looks Layered
Glowing Digital Rooms
Sam Songailo's 'Media Center Installation' Seems to be Computer-Inspired
Thunderstorm Architecture
Tornado-Like 'Helix' Building Blows Them Away in Abu Dhabi
Cliffside Architecture
Peru's Lefevre House Lives on the Edge of Desert & Ocean
Lace-Pattern Architecture
The XTEN 'Sapphire Gallery' Accommodates Fairy Tale Art
Living Rooftops
Green Roof Designs Bring Sustainability to Architecture
Pseudo Gaga-Graphy
David Slater Captures the Daringly Stylish in New Gallery
Brothel Art Exhibits
The Concrete 21st Century Bordello Exhibit Gives Viewers Firsthand Experience
Capturing Temporary Art
Michelle Ladin is Documenting the Street Art of Williamsburg
Latticed Public Architecture
Redesigned Queens Museum of Art Boasts Web-Like Structure
Papercut Architecture
Polish Pavilion at Expo 2010 Channels Cultural Tradition
Trippy Typography Art
Greg Lamarche's Pieces at Show and Tell Gallery In Toronto
Desert Skyscraper Hotels
The Stone Towers in Cairo, Egypt by Zaha Hadid Are a Cool Oasis
Book Stack Architecture
Zaha Hadid Creates Offset Design for Edifici Campus in Barcelona
Angular Wind-Resistant Homes
The Sloped Triangle House by Katsutoshi Sasaki & Associates
18 Uber-Modern Museums
From Tidal Wave Architecture to Egg-Shaped Museums
Naked Mannequin Shockvertising
The 'Sidewalk Catwalk Exhibit' in NYC Wants to Keep it Local
Sweet Street Art
Maria Imaginario's Gooey Lisbon Graffiti
Academic Architecture
The Marvelous New Cooper Union Building in New York City
Sustainable Recycled Cities
The Container City in Mexico is Made Entirely from Shipping Containers
Green Olympic Architecture
Vancouver Convention Centre Has Living Roof, Seawater Heating
Flowing River Architecture
Cairo Expo City by Zaha Hadid Was Inspired by Egypt's Nile
Toys as Business Cards
Custom Made Miniature LEGO Figurines To Represent You
Japanese Art Retrospectives
Takashi Murakami Honored at the Guggenheim Museum
Jenga-Inspired Beach Homes
'House on Fire Island' by Studio 27 Architecture is Simply Stunning
Forest-Hidden Flats
The Camouflage House Blends in With Nature
Multitasking Retail Spaces
The Achilles Project is Restaurant, Art Gallery and Boutique
Forest Canopy Forts
The BubbleTree is a Great Way to Spend Time With Nature
Lattice-Like Interiors
The Delhi Art Gallery's Reconfigurable and Flexible Walls
Underwater Art Galleries
Sub-Aquatic Statues by Jason de Caires Taylor Amuse Divers
Metal Mesh Architecture
Marcelo Alvarenga Creates Metallic Knit Storefront for Coven
Giant Courtyard Architecture
Zaha Hadid's Chaoyangmen Beijing SOHO III Project
Vacant Lot Art Galleries
LentSpace Transforms Manhattan's Empty Lots Into Places for Artspiration
Fanned Architecture
Brendan Smithers' ‘Memory' Sculpture for Afrika Burn Art Festival
Crochet Grand Pianos
Joana Vasconcelos Creates Intricate Macrame Folk Art
Terrifying Tributes
Michael Jackson Baby at the Marianne Boesky Gallery's John Waters Show
Canadian Indie Fashion
The Independent Designers Outlet in Toronto Carries 8 Labels
Strange Mexican Malls
Fabrica La Aurora is a Warehouse of Unusual Oddities
Drive-In Museums
China's Automobile Museum Never Makes You Get Out of the Car
Creative People Watching
the Artorialust "Hot Girls at Art Openings" Shows Cultured Beauty
Rose Petal Curvitecture
The Flower-Like Jesolo Magica by Zaha Hadid Studio
Viral YouTube Exhibits
The Guggenheim 'YouTube Play' Project Explores Digital Media
Shuttered Volcano Architecture
The Taichung Convention Center Ecorupts in Taiwan
Surrealist Exhibitions – The Art Gallery of Ontario Shows the Influence of the Movement
The Art Gallery of Ontario Shows the Influence of the Movement
Up- Cycled Gallery Spaces
The CABIN/ET Art Gallery Turns Old Container Eco- Friendly
Modern Art Collages
Danny Rolph's Automatic Shoes Exhibit at Poppy Sebire Gallery
Biomorphic Art Exhibits
Ernesto Neto Turns Art Galleries into Immersive Interactive Installations
Latticed Paper Art
Hunter Stabler's Intricate Cutouts Are Absolutely Immaculate
Lego Jesus
‘Christus' Statue Made Of 30,000 Toy Blocks Unveiled for Swedish Easter
DIY Art Publishing
Blogs are the New Art Gallery for Cutting Edge Artists
Clothes Hoarder Exhibits
The Christian Boltanski 'Personnes' Installation
Latticed Restaurants
Tori-Tori Restaurant by Rojkind Arquitectos & Esrawe Studio in Mexico
13-Foot LEGO Hangers
Huge Collection Of LEGO Battlestar Galactica Models
Urban Awareness Gardens
Landgrab City in Hong Kong Teaches Lessons in Sustainability
Street Art Museums
The Ephemeral Museum in Lisbon
Street Art Tech Stunts
HP Touchsmart Graffiti Wall Features Art from Turbo of Turkey
Rock Formation Hotels
Tanzania's ‘House of Peace' Project Mimics Mother Nature
Latticed Libraries
University of Helsinki City Campus Library by Anttinen Oiva Architects is Swank
Public Transit Galleries
The Art on Track Exhibit is a Mobile Art Experience
Bouncing Ball Halls
The 'Full of Love and Full of Wonder' Gallery by Nike Savvas
Luminescent Collaboration Art
The MADE Creative Art Space is Perfect for Exploring New Mediums
LEGO Space Shuttles
65,000-Brick LEGO Build is Absolutely Insane
Vertical Lake-Like Structures
Urban Art Projects & Ned Kahn Build a Kinetic Wall
Comic Collage Art
Greg Gossel's Artworks for the Show & Tell Gallery
Sinuous Ribbon Museums
Winding Layers of Steel Craft the Design Museum Holon
Oddtography Exhibits
Vice Magazine Takes Over Lennox Contemporary Gallery
Street Art Interventions
D.Billy Uses Art to Humorously Interact With the Streets
Bright Blue Doors
Lisbon Street Art Features Indigo Paint and Portuguese Poetry
Latticed Architecture
The Eco Triangle Garden House by Tham & Videgard Hansson
Cheese Grater Architecture
The 'O House' by Philippe Stubbei is a Celebration of Circles
Tip-of-the-Tongue Photography
'Fools on the Hill' is One More Amazing Gallery by Alva Bernadine
Collaborative Mobile Art
Poolga Designs Are Like an Art Gallery For Your iPhone
Egg Cup Architecture
Check Out the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City by Lar & Fernando Romero
Conversational Street Art
Dave the Chimp's Unusually Sociable Graffiti Ethos
Pub Grub Art Galleries
Pizzeria Pub and Grill in New Jersey Is Tromp L'Oeil Tour De Force
Stunned Street Art
Alsacherie's Unusual Poster Children at the KKO Festival
Fibrosity Monstrosities
The 'Fibrous Tower' Studies Exoskeleton Tower Typologies
Pipe Branch Architecture
Suppose Design Office Turns the Diesel Denim Gallery to a Nature Factory
Papercraft Architecture
Davide del Giudice & Andrea Craziano's ‘Spaceframe'
Green Art Galleries
Pasadena's Descanso Gardens to Add Sturt Haaga Gallery of Art
Literary Invasion Street Art
Luzinterruptus Brings Literature Versus Traffic to New York Streets
Warhol Nostalgia Exhibitions
Stephen Shore's Factory Flashbacks at Gallery 303
Gopher Taxidermy Museums
The Gopher Hole Celebrates Well-Dressed Rodents
Fluid Psychedelic Sculptures
Jacci Den Hartog at the Rosamund Felsen Gallery
Fishnet Buildings
Zaha Hadid's Dorobanti Tower is Set to Wow in 2013
Whimsical Walkways
The Pasarela del Postiguet Bridge Brings a Modern Edge to an Old City
Religious Relic-Inspired Art
Studio Job Presents 'The Birth' at a Cigar Factory-Turned-Gallery
Organic Outdoor Shelters
Bleu Nature Fuses Object, Nature and Time In Your Garden
Exhibitions for Youth Artists
Pure Evil Gallery Gives Graffiti Artist PANIK a Creative Break
Crescendo Superstructures
The Energetic Zaha Hadid Maxxi Museum in Rome
Alien Scavenger Hunts
The 'Space Invader Walk' Has Participants Making a Giant Invader
Mixed-Media Street Art
Zach Johnsen's 'The Wanderers' Blends Psychedelic Cartooning and Graffiti
Art Wrapped Architecture
'Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation' on Side of Hong Kong Museum
Meat Museum
Brad Coram Collects Canned Animals as Tasty Travel Souvenirs
Alfresco Art Galleries
The Japanese Hakone Open Air Museum is a Spectacular Outdoor Paradise
Giant Playmobil-Inspired Jockeys
Tomokazu Matsuyama's Solo Show at Joshua Liner Gallery
Graffiti Pop Art
Steve Powers at the Show & Tell Gallery In Toronto
Writers as Zoo Exhibits
Frank Mickadeit Spends Three Days in the Santa Ana Zoo
Present-Day Parthenons
The New Acropolis Museum is Located in Athens
Graffiti For Education
London College of Communication Wants You To Draw
Video Game Galleries
The Volkswagen Autostadt Factory Was Inspired by Gamers
DIY LEGO Lamps
Hideous Lampshade Made of Melted Melange of Toy Bricks
LEGO Inaugurations
LEGO Obama Waves Good Bye to George Bush in Front of White House
Museums Meet Fashion
Hussein Chalayan Retrospective: 'From Fashion And Back'
Cutout Light Structures
The Space Lab Pavilion is a Brightly-Lit Shelter
Outdoor Observatory Furniture
Skystation Seat is a Relaxing Look at Nature's Beauty
Multi-Colored Canes
Dominic Wilcox Creates Thread Walking Sticks for Christmas Gallery
Cut-Out Leafitecture
Villa Saitan by Eastern Design Offce
Double Decker Decor
CCA Art Bus Brings Culture to Commuters
Oversized Iron Animation
50 Foot Pinocchio Statue Becomes Museum Landmark
Gridded Glass Structures
The New XXX Building by BNB Archtects and B06 Architects