Museums have been engaging with blockchain-based art for longer than many people realize. As early as 2015, some institutions were already acquiring artworks with cryptocurrency. While recent attention has shifted toward AI, museums have quietly continued to experiment with NFTs, on-chain works, blockchain-based commissions, digital souvenirs, and new forms of public engagement.

What remains difficult is not finding isolated examples, but reading the history clearly. Press coverage is often incomplete, confusing, or shaped around misleading claims of being the "first." In many cases, there is little public record at all, or none that is easy to trace, compare, or revisit over time. Some of the sources below are broken links as even the media platforms shut down (but kept as reference URLs).

This evolving list was created as a working reference to make that landscape more legible. It brings together traditional art institutions that have engaged with blockchain-based art in concrete ways and places those initiatives in context. Some institutions appear here for a single experiment. Others reflect a deeper, ongoing engagement.

With the support of resources published by WAC LAB, the Web3 for Arts and Culture lab I had the honor to work with alongside We Are Museums founder, Diane Drubay, this list also draws on my own archive research and the 100 collectors network who was kind enough to assist.

If you see something incorrect or missing, don't get mad, just email me at fanny@100collectors.art. This is a working document.

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References:

• WAC LAB list of use cases for museums here
• Many projects below have been realized within the WAC LAB fellowship & incubator
• My presentation decks on the history of NFTs before, in 2021 and after
• Research and interviews

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The alphabetical directory:

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Los Angeles, CA, USA | academymuseum.org

• 2021: Launched a limited-edition NFT version of its Pillar Award, created by the Haas Brothers, to raise funds for museum access, education, and programming. Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv

Lviv, Ukraine | nml.com.ua/en

• 2022: Commissioned digital artworks to be sold as NFTs to raise funds for conservation. Source: Jing Culture & Crypto

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Aquarium de Paris

Paris, France | aquariumdeparis.com

• 2022: Launched a collection of 1,234 scientifically accurate NFTs, each tied to benefits such as unlimited free access to the aquarium. Source: Metaseum

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ArtScience Museum

Singapore | marinabaysands.com/museum.html

• 2023: Presented "Notes From the Ether," an exhibition bringing together artists working across blockchain and artificial intelligence.

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Belvedere Museum

Vienna, Austria | belvedere.at

• 2022: Fractionalized Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" into 10,000 NFTs with arteQ. Source: The Kiss

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British Museum

London, England | britishmuseum.org

• 2021: Released NFT-based digital collectibles tied to works by Hokusai through LaCollection. Source: LaCollection Hokusai
• 2022: Released NFT replicas of J.M.W. Turner watercolors with LaCollection. Source: LaCollection Turner
• 2022: Released NFT replicas of drawings by Piranesi with LaCollection. Source: LaCollection Piranesi

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Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Buffalo, NY, USA | buffaloakg.org

• 2022: Commissioned and acquired works by 13 digital artists through the online exhibition and sale "Peer to Peer." Source: Buffalo AKG
• 2022: Presented "Peer to Peer" with Feral File. Source: Feral File
• 2024: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #9994. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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Buffalo History Museum

Buffalo, NY, USA | buffalohistory.org

• 2021: Began accepting cryptocurrency donations. Source: Crypto Courtyard

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Ca' la Ghironda Modern Art Museum

Bologna, Italy  |ghironda.it

• 2021: Presented "Beyond the Void," placing a work by Hackatao in dialogue with Lucio Fontana. Source: Hackatao

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Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea

Rivoli, Italy |castellodirivoli.org

• 2023: Acquired Beeple's "FTX Board Meeting, Day #5676 11.13.2022 (2023)" through a donation by the artist. Source: Artnet

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Centre Pompidou

Paris, France | centrepompidou.fr

• 2023: Received a donation of 18 digital artworks by 13 artists (including Fred Forest, Larva Labs, Jill Magid, Robness, John F. Simon Jr., Jonas Lund, Sarah Meyohas, Rafael Rozendaal, and others), which were exhibited and acquired for France's national modern art collection. Jointly initiated with the French Ministry of Culture. Source: The Art Newspaper

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Château de Chantilly

Chantilly, France | chateaudechantilly.fr/en

• 2023: Launched a digital souvenir in NFT form with Keru. Source: Le Journal de l'Oise

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Château de Chambord

Chambord, France | chambord.org

• Not launched: Explored a blockchain-based preservation initiative with DANAE and Broken Egg, designed to support restoration through digital fractions linked to Chambord.

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CODA Museum

Apeldoorn, The Netherlands | coda-apeldoorn.nl

• 2023: Presented "50 Years of Computer Art."

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Bentonville, AR, USA | crystalbridges.org

• 2023–2024: Exhibited Beeple's "Human One."
• 2024: Developed an Interactive Wood Studio in the Metaverse with Broken Egg, extending the experience of wood-based art into an interactive 3D environment for in-gallery and online audiences. Source: MuseumNxt

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Deutsches Museum

Munich, Germany | deutsches-museum.de

• Hosted a mixed-reality painting and NFT creation experience with XR Bavaria, objkt.com, and Studio Vrij, including digital souvenirs for audiences.

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EPFL Pavilions

Lausanne, Switzerland | epfl-pavilions.ch

• 2022: Acquired Atom #1590 by Eve Sussman, the first NFT to join EPFL's art collection. Source: EPFL Pavilions

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Fondation Vasarely

Aix-en-Provence, France | fondationvasarely.org

• 2022: Launched NFTs to support renovation and operations. Source: Fondation Vasarely

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Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi

Florence, Italy | palazzostrozzi.org

• 2022: Presented Refik Anadol's "Machine Hallucinations – Renaissance Dreams," a large-scale AI data sculpture and NFT displayed on a nearly 30-foot LED wall in the museum's atrium, as part of the exhibition "Let's Get Digital!" Source: Gagosian Quarterly

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Fotografiska

Stockholm, Sweden | fotografiska.com

• 2025: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #9688. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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Francisco Carolinum Linz

Linz, Austria | ooekultur.at

• 2021: Hosted "PROOF OF ART – A brief history of NFTs." Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2021: Acquired Guido Kucsko's NFT as a legal self-experiment around adding an NFT to a museum collection. Source: Schönherr
• 2021: "KLIMT goes CRYPTO" presented in the museum's virtual branch in Cryptovoxels. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2021: Parov Stelar's "I'll be OK soon" included a selection of NFTs shown alongside "Proof of Art." Source: OÖ Kultur PDF
• 2022: Presented "VISIONARY," honoring Herbert W. Franke. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2022: Herbert W. Franke's exhibition accompanied by his first NFT drop on Quantum. Source: OÖ Kultur PDF
• 2022: Hosted Jonas Lund's "Studio Visit. How to Make Art in the Age of Algorithms." Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2022: Hosted "Art NFT Linz," an exhibition and talks program around digital art and NFTs. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2022: Presented "The Non-Fungible Body," tied to performance art archived on the blockchain. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2022: Presented "TeleNFT" through the museum's digital branch. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2022: Presented Gretchen Andrew's "Trust Boundary presented as NFT Glitch GIFs" through the digital branch. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2023: Presented "Artificial Intuition" in the DFC digital branch. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2024–2025: Presented "ART OF PUNK" physically and in its digital branch in Voxels. Source: OÖ Kultur PDF
• 2024: The Justin Aversano exhibition extended into the digital museum in Voxels. Source: OÖ Kultur PDF
• 2025: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #4584. Source: Squiggle Foundation
• 2025–2026: "Synthetic Identities" presented NFT-based Memory Objects by Flynn and NFT works by Claudia Hart minted across Tezos, Ethereum, and Bitcoin. Source: OÖ Kultur

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Grand Palais Immersif

Paris, France | grandpalais-immersif.fr

• 2022: Offered a digital souvenir NFT tied to the exhibition. Source: Grand Palais Immersif
• 2023: Invited visitors to collect part of the Mucha exhibition as a digital souvenir. Source: Grand Palais Immersif

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Guggenheim Museum

New York, NY, USA | guggenheim.org

• 2016: Launched its own cryptocurrency and marketplace, the cåi, for the online exhibition "Åzone Future Market" and related physical installation. Source: Hyperallergic

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Hamburger Kunsthalle

Hamburg, Germany | hamburger-kunsthalle.de

• 2021: Included Manuel Rossner's donated work "How did we get here?" in the exhibition "Out of Space." Source: Hamburger Kunsthalle

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Hammer Museum

Los Angeles, CA, USA |hammer.ucla.edu

• 2017: Presented Simon Denny's blockchain-related sculptural installation in "Hammer Projects: Simon Denny." Source: Hammer Museum

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Haus der Kunst

Munich, Germany | hausderkunst.de

• 2023: At ECHOES 2023, visitors received a printed card containing an NFT created by Sarah Friend. Source: Haus der Kunst

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HEK – House of Electronic Arts

Basel, Switzerland | hek.ch

• 2022: Acquired "The D1ck #0770" and "The D1ck #5056" by UBERMORGEN. Source: HEK
• 2023: Presented "Exploring the Decentralized Web – Art on the Blockchain." Source: HEK PDF
• 2023: Launched tokenized membership and a DAO-based "Friends of HEK." Source: Friends of HEK

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The Hip Hop Museum (Universal Hip Hop Museum)

Bronx, NY, USA | thhm.org

• 2021: Partnered with NEAR Protocol on the "Hip Hop Heads" NFT series tied to hip hop history and cultural preservation. Source: AfroTech
• 2023: Iconic x Universal Hip Hop Museum drop around the CYDI NFT collection. Source: Iconic Moments

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House of Lobkowicz / Lobkowicz Collections

Prague, Czech Republic | lobkowicz.cz

• 2021: Commissioned Jan Kovářík, Matthew Stone, and Obvious to create NFTs supporting restoration. Source: Lobkowicz NFTs
• 2021: Launched Non-Fungible Castle. Source: Non-Fungible Castle
• 2022: Expanded its blockchain-based restoration model through Non-Fungible Castle and related commissions. Source: Lobkowicz Digital Explorations

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Hirshhorn Museum (Smithsonian)

Washington, D.C., USA | hirshhorn.si.edu

• 2021: Sponsored and presented an influential panel discussion with artists, curators, and digital entrepreneurs on whether NFTs were "a fad, or the future of art" — one of the first major museum programs on the topic.

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ICA Miami

Miami, FL, USA | icamiami.org

• 2021: Acquired CryptoPunk #5293 through a gift by trustee Eduardo Burillo — one of the first NFT acquisitions by a US museum. Source: ICA Miami
• 2022: Launched its own NFT platform and released an auction of works by Cory Van Lew in physical and digital forms. Source: Jing Culture & Crypto
• 2022: Acquired CryptoPunk #305 through a gift by Yuga Labs. Source: ICA Miami
• 2024: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #3650. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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Kröller-Müller Museum

Otterlo, The Netherlands | krollermuller.nl

• 2022–2023: Presented "Analogous to Léger," featuring works by Harm van den Dorpel and Jan Robert Leegte. Source: Kröller-Müller Museum

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Kunsthalle Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland |kunsthallezurich.ch

• 2022: "DYOR" exhibition curated by Nina Roehrs, focused on artists, projects, and platforms that have shaped the crypto art scene. Source: Kunsthalle Zürich

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LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles, CA, USA | lacma.org

• 2021: Received John Gerrard's "Petrol National."
• 2022: The Art and Tech Lab acquired the virtual exhibition "ECHOES" by EPOCH Gallery, minted on the Algorand blockchain. Source: EPOCH Gallery
• 2022: Launched the Art Acquisition Fund for Digital Art by Women Artists, acquiring NFTs by Krista Kim and Shantell Martin (with Paris Hilton's support). Source: LACMA
• 2023: Received Cozomo de' Medici's donation of 22 blockchain-based artworks, including works by Justin Aversano, Dmitri Cherniak, Claire Silver, and others. The Board subsequently approved 15 additional acquisitions, bringing the total to 37 NFTs. Source: LACMA press PDF
• 2023: Launched "Remembrance of Things Future" with Cactoid Labs. Source: Cactoid Labs
• 2024: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #9999. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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LAS Art Foundation

Berlin, Germany | las-art.foundation

• 2022: Live minting of TRUE NAME NFT during the solo show "Life after BOB" by Ian Cheng. Source: WAC LAB

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Leopold Museum

Vienna, Austria | leopoldmuseum.org

• 2022: Released NFTs tied to works from its Egon Schiele holdings, with collector benefits such as tours and curator-led experiences. Source: Leopold Museum

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Ludwig Museum

Budapest, Hungary |ludwigmuseum.hu/en

• 2021: Acquired a network visualization minted as an NFT for the exhibition "BarabásiLab: Hidden Patterns. The Language of Network Thinking." Source: Ludwig Museum

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M+ Museum

Hong Kong | mplus.org.hk

• 2022–2023: Exhibited Beeple's "Human One."

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MAK Vienna

Vienna, Austria | mak.at

• 2015: Acquired Harm van den Dorpel's "Event Listeners" using Bitcoin — one of the earliest known institutional blockchain-based acquisitions. Source: ARTnews

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MEET Digital Culture Center

Milan, Italy | meetcenter.it

• 2023: Hosted the DADA Retrospective — a living perspective of the DADA.art collective's past, present, and future, bringing its blockchain-based collaborative art to a physical institution for the first time. Source: DADA.art
• 2026: Presenting "Liquid Strata", solo exhibition by Entangled Others. Source: MEET

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Moco Museum

Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Barcelona, Spain (now also London, UK) | mocomuseum.com

• 2021: Presented "the New FuTure," one of Europe's first dedicated museum NFT exhibitions, in both Amsterdam and Barcelona, in collaboration with collector 33NFT. Featured works by Beeple, Andrés Reisinger, Mad Dog Jones, FEWOCiOUS, Pak, and others. Attracted over 550,000 combined visitors. Source: Moco Museum
• 2022: Released its own NFT (limited edition of 410, designed by Six N. Five) and launched the Mocoverse platform, with a portion of proceeds going to refugee charity Movement on the Ground. Source: Moco Museum
• 2022 onwards: Dedicated 20% of exhibition space to digital and NFT art on an ongoing basis.
• 2024: Exhibited FC Barcelona's first two NFTs — "In a Way, Immortal" and "Empowerment" — in the exhibition "Masterpiece: A digital tribute to Johan Cruyff and Alexia Putellas." Source: FC Barcelona

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MoMA – Museum of Modern Art

New York, NY, USA | moma.org

• 2022: Presented Refik Anadol's "Unsupervised." Source: MoMA
• 2022: Commissioned Refik Anadol's "Unsupervised" and sold related NFTs through Feral File. Source: Feral File
• 2023: Acquired Refik Anadol's "Unsupervised" and Ian Cheng's "3FACE." Source: MoMA
• 2023: Launched "MoMA Postcard," a collaborative blockchain chain-letter project on Tezos. Source: MoMA
• 2024: Presented Rafael Rozendaal. Source:MoMA
• 2025: Presented Sasha Stiles. Source: MoMA
• 2025: Acquired Chromie Squiggles #9681, #6887, #2022, #8107, #4436, #1047, #292, and #5465. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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Monnaie de Paris

Paris, France | monnaiedeparis.fr

• 2023: Presented Robert Alice's "BABEL," exhibited and sold as NFTs. Source: Monnaie de Paris

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Museum Folkwang

Essen, Germany |museum-folkwang.de

• 2023: Presented Rafaël Rozendaal's solo exhibition "Color, Code, Communication."

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Museum of Art + Light (MoA+L)

Manhattan, KS, USA | artlightmuseum.org

• 2024: Opened with a blockchain-based art exhibition and a strong digital-art focus. Every digital artwork in the collection exists on the blockchain, with Iconic helping establish a museum wallet. Source: Museum of Art + Light
• 2024: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #9945. Source: Squiggle Foundation
• 2025: Partnered with Iconic on the Permanent Collection Series and related releases. Source: Iconic Moments x MoA+L

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Boston, MA, USA | mfa.org

• 2022: Launched NFTs of rarely exhibited Impressionist pastels with LaCollection. Source: MFA Boston
• 2023: Continued its NFT collection with works by Monet, Degas, and Millet. Source: MFA Boston

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Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka | mmca-srilanka.org

• 2023: Built a learning platform with WAC Lab including a reward NFT system. Source: LMD

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Museum of the Moving Image

Queens, New York, NY, USA | movingimage.org

• 2024: Visitors could claim one NFT edition of Auriea Harvey's "Echo: Core." Source: MoMI
• 2024: Visitors could collect one NFT edition of Sabato Visconti's "Easel Engine." Source: MoMI
• 2024: Partnered with Art Blocks to exhibit LoVid's "Tide Predictor." Source: MoMI

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Museum Ulm

Ulm, Germany | museumulm.de

• Developed nextmuseum.io, a project exploring swarm curation and a community-led DAO structure for collaborative exhibition-making and museum activity.

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Musée d'Orsay

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Paris, France | musee-orsay.fr

• 2023: Launched the Digital Souvenir for "Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise," positioned as both a souvenir and a benefits-based membership layer. Source: Decrypt
• Presented "AGORIA {Le Code d'Orsay}," blending digital art, blockchain technology, and the museum space.

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Musée Granet

Aix-en-Provence, France | museegranet-aixenprovence.fr

• 2023: Commissioned and acquired eight digital artworks inspired by the collection for "Sphère code cylindre." Source: Musée Granet

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Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández

Buenos Aires, Argentina | buenosaires.gob.ar

• 2023: Developed a live-minting and NFT education project around the poem "Martín Fierro" by José Hernández, with fxhash and HASHTAG alongside Mexican artist Helio Santos. Source: Instagram

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Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Madrid, Spain | museothyssen.org

• 2023: Minted an exclusive collection of Van Gogh NFTs and provided exclusive benefits to collectors through an Olyverse collaboration. Source: Museo Thyssen

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Muzeul Național de Artă Timișoara

Timișoara, Romania | mnart.museum

• 2023: NFT exhibition organized at the University of Timișoara in collaboration with the national art museum. Source: Timișoara 2023

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National Art Museum of Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine | namu.ua

• 2021: Announced an NFT collection based on classical Ukrainian art as part of an effort to expand its global reach and digital experimentation. Source: Ukrinform

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National Gallery Singapore

Singapore | nationalgallery.sg

• 2022: Displayed an NFT vending machine prototype through its Art x Tech lab, letting visitors redeem free NFT artworks by a Singaporean artist. Source: The Straits Times

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National Museums Liverpool

Liverpool, United Kingdom | liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

• 2018–2021: Partnered with researcher Frances Liddell (University of Manchester) on "Crypto Connections: Exploring the Personal," a research project minting selected artifacts as NFTs given to participants who stated a personal connection to them — exploring blockchain's implications for museum ownership and authority. Source: Jing Culture & Crypto

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Norman Rockwell Museum

Stockbridge, MA, USA | nrm.org

• 2023: Launched "Studio Sessions: The Norman Rockwell Collection" with Iconic, the Rockwell family, and IMG, issuing limited print and matching digital NFT editions from the archives. Source: Iconic Moments

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Nxt Museum

Amsterdam, The Netherlands | nxtmuseum.com

• 2022: Hosted live minting and limited-edition NFT drops during Amsterdam Dance Event with VerticalCryptoArt. Source: Nxt Museum
• 2023: Invited audiences of the UFO exhibition to collect POAP badges. Source: Jing Culture & Crypto
• 2023: During "Realtime," invited viewers of Amelia Winger-Bearskin's work to collect a POAP. Source: POAP
• 2023–2024: Visitors of the RANDOM INTERNATIONAL exhibition could collect a POAP. Source: POAP
• 2025: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #5069. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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New Museum

New York, NY, USA | newmuseum.org

• 2014: The first-ever NFT (Quantum, by Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash) was created at the New Museum's Seven on Seven conference.
• 2021: "Speculative Values: Between the Institution and the NFT" — a program of events and dialogues with artists, curators, and collectors on what cultural institutions can become when organized around network principles.

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OK Linz / Francisco Carolinum

Linz, Austria | ooekultur.at

• 2022: Hosted "PIXELS" by CryptoWiener, connecting physical exhibition space to mirrored metaverse environments through QR access and live transmission. Source: OÖ Kultur
• 2021: Operated a purely virtual location in Cryptovoxels with changing exhibitions of digital art. Source: OÖ Kultur

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Opéra de Paris

Paris, France | operadeparis.fr

• 2023: Launched its first NFT collection, "Émergence, ballet algorithmique," created by Obvious to support artistic creation at the institution. Source: Opéra de Paris
• 2024: Launched a second NFT collection, Coddess Variations by Hermine Bourdin in collaboration with Operator. Source: Opera de Paris

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Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center

East Hampton, NY, USA | pkhouse.org

• 2023: Iconic launched "The Jackson Pollock Studio Collection," a series of limited-edition prints and digital artifacts tied to the Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center. Source: Iconic Moments x Pollock

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Pop and Contemporary Art Museum (PoCo)

Tallinn, Estonia | poco.art

• 2026: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggle #4812. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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Rockbund Art Museum

Shanghai, China | rockbundartmuseum.org

• 2021: Commissioned Cai Guo-Qiang's "Transient Eternity—101 Ignitions of Gunpowder Paintings" as an NFT fundraiser for museum development and digital art research programs. Source: TRLab

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Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)

Antwerp, Belgium | kmska.be

• 2022: Crowdfunded the purchase of James Ensor's "Carnaval de Binche" through a tokenized co-ownership model. Source: KMSKA

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Serpentine Galleries

London, United Kingdom | serpentinegalleries.org

• 2018 onwards: Established the Blockchain Lab (DAOWO — Decentralised Autonomous Organisation With Others), led by Ruth Catlow and Penny Rafferty, in partnership with Furtherfield and the Goethe Institut London. Hosted the first Artworld DAO think tank in 2019. Source: Serpentine Galleries
• 2022: Published Future Art Ecosystems 3 (FAE3), a strategic briefing on Web3 and decentralised technologies for the cultural sector, featuring Harm van den Dorpel, Sarah Friend, and others. Source: Serpentine Arts Technologies
• 2023: Collaborated with artist Gabriel Massan on "Third World: The Bottom Dimension," a game-based commission with exhibition tokens minted on Tezos (objkt.com), allowing visitors to mint a free NFT of their in-game captures. Source: Serpentine Galleries
• 2026: Ongoing Blockchain Lab R&D with Goethe Institut London (workshop sessions March 2026). Source: Serpentine Galleries

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SFMOMA

San Francisco, CA, USA | sfmoma.org

• 2023: Acquired its first NFT through a donation by Lynn Hershman Leeson ("Final Transformation #2," a clip from her 1997 film "Conceiving Ada"). Source: The Art Newspaper
• 2026: Retrospective of Alejandro Cartagena and acquisition of two NFT-based artworks from his Carpoolers series SFMOMA

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Shanghai Museum

Shanghai, China | shanghaimuseum.net

• 2022: Launched its own NFT platform presenting digital replicas from the collection on Shangbo Chain. Source: Jing Culture & Crypto

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Skövde Art Museum

Skövde, Sweden | kulturiskovde.se

• 2018: Commissioned Julian Oliver's "HARVEST," a work using wind energy to mine cryptocurrency in support of climate research — an early institutional experiment linking blockchain to environmental themes. Source: Julian Oliver

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State Hermitage Museum

St. Petersburg, Russia | hermitagemuseum.org

• 2018: Exhibited Kevin Abosch's work in the group show "Innovation as Artistic Technique." Source: The Independent
• 2021: Minted NFTs based on works by Leonardo, Monet, and Van Gogh to raise funds, in collaboration with Binance. Source: ARTnews
• 2021: Hosted the exhibition "Ethereal Aether" in the museum and in the metaverse. Source: NFT Evening

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Swiss National Museum

Zurich, Switzerland | nationalmuseum.ch

• Not launched: Explored a blockchain-based proof of concept for the preservation, storage, and accessibility of born-digital objects through a decentralized catalog.

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Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Tel Aviv, Israel | tamuseum.org.il

• 2022: Presented the exhibition "NFT > One of a kind," with support from DANAE. Source: Tel Aviv Museum of Art

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Tate

London, United Kingdom | tate.org.uk

• 2021–2022: Co-organized (with IKT) the webinar "The Role of NFTs in Cultural Institutions" featuring Frances Liddell, Diane Drubay, and others.
• 2024: Tate Modern cited among institutions presenting AI and blockchain art at scale.

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Toledo Museum of Art

Toledo, Ohio, USA | toledomuseum.org

• Distributed a free "proof of experience" to visitors of Sankofa Carnival.
• Developed a white-label platform with POAP Studio to engage its community across Web3 and in-person experiences.
• Built a blockchain-based art collection.
• 2024: Acquired Yatreda Art Collective's "Abyssinian Queen" NFT, with the Ethiopian-Kenyan-US collective serving as Digital Artist in Residence. Purchases were made in cryptocurrency, with the public ledger making the transaction fully transparent. Source: The Art Newspaper
• 2025: Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggles #1458 and #7884. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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Tretyakov Gallery

Moscow, Russia | tretyakovgallery.ru

• 2018: Launched a mobile app with "patronage digital tokens" to support restoration — an early institutional experiment with blockchain-based cultural patronage. Source: The Art Newspaper

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UCCA Center for Contemporary Art

Beijing, China | ucca.org.cn/en

• 2021: Presented "Virtual Niche" at UCCA Lab, featuring NFT artists including Beeple, Robert Alice, Mario Klingemann, and Robbie Barrat. Source: Artnet

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Uffizi Galleries

Florence, Italy | uffizi.it

• 2021: Sold NFTs based on masterpieces from the collection, including Michelangelo's Doni Tondo, through Cinello. (Note: in July 2022, Italy's Ministry of Culture subsequently issued guidance requesting public institutions to pause NFT reproductions pending clearer regulation.) Source: The Art Newspaper

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White House Historical Association

Washington, D.C., USA | whitehousehistory.org

• 2022: Commissioned Linda Dounia Rebeiz to reinterpret Alma Thomas's "Resurrection" and sell the work as NFTs. Source: White House Historical Association

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Whitney Museum of American Art

New York, NY, USA | whitney.org

• 2019: Presented Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's "Public Key / Private Key," an early museum example of blockchain-based conceptual art and shared ownership logic. Source: Whitney Museum
• 2019: Received Eve Sussman's "89 Seconds Atomized." Source: Eve Sussman
• Ongoing: Artport regularly acquires and exhibits blockchain-based artwork.

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The Whitworth

Manchester, England | whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

• 2021: Minted and sold an NFT based on William Blake's "The Ancient of Days" on an eco-friendly Tezos marketplace, raising £30,000 for local community organizations. Source: The Art Newspaper
• 2023: Included the Blake NFT in the exhibition "Economics: the Blockbuster."

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Worcester Art Museum

Worcester, MA, USA | worcesterart.org

• 2023: Acquired three alignDRAW artworks by Elman Mansimov, presented by Fellowship.

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Wrocław Contemporary Museum

Wrocław, Poland | muzeumwspolczesne.pl/en

• 2023–2024: Presented "CallArt3 The Virtual Window," which included an on-chain artwork by Ana-Maria Caballero and Ivona Tau. Source: Exhibition Catalogue

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ZKM Center for Art and Media

Karlsruhe, Germany | zkm.de

• 2017: Presented "Open Codes." Source: ZKM
• 2017: Acquired NFTs, including an early CryptoPunk, four years before the Beeple sale — one of the earliest institutional NFT acquisitions on record. Source: ZKM
• 2021: Presented "Crypto Art. It's Not About Money." Source: ZKM
• 2022: Received a donation tied to the Herbert W. Franke tribute fundraiser. Source: ZKM
• Squiggle acquisition. Holds Chromie Squiggles #72, #100, #108, and #123. Source: Squiggle Foundation

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Zeppelin Museum

Friedrichshafen, Germany | zeppelin-museum.de

• 2023–2024: Presented "Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain." Source: Zeppelin Museum

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