The World’s 100 Best Museums · 2026
The Best Museums in Oceania
2 of the 100 museums in The World’s 100 Best Museums 2026 are in Oceania, in 2 countries. The highest placed is MONA in Hobart, Australia, at number 44 in the world.
MONA
MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, lies beside the river at Berriedale near Hobart in Tasmania. Most of it is underground. The galleries are dark and have no wall labels, a phone app gives the information, and some works are explicit. Most visitors arrive by ferry from Hobart and climb about 99 steps from the jetty.
Te Papa
Te Papa is New Zealand's national museum, on the Wellington waterfront. Its floors cover Māori culture, natural history, war and art, and the Gallipoli exhibition shows larger-than-life figures made by Wētā Workshop. It is free for residents of New Zealand; visitors from overseas pay.
Museums
Best by region
- The NordicsLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtHumlebæk, DenmarkN° 3
- EuropeMuseo del PradoMadrid, SpainN° 2
- AsiaBihar MuseumPatna, IndiaN° 9
- The Middle EastŞanlıurfa Archaeology MuseumŞanlıurfa, TurkeyN° 6
- North AmericaMuseo Nacional de AntropologíaMexico City, MexicoN° 1
- Latin AmericaInstituto Ricardo BrennandRecife, BrazilN° 18
- AfricaBardo National MuseumTunis, TunisiaN° 57
- OceaniaMONAHobart, AustraliaN° 44