The Toledo Museum of Art has claimed the top spot in the 2026 USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards, marking its second consecutive year as the nation’s best art museum.
Public voters determined the final rankings from a list of institutions nominated by a panel of experts, according to USA Today.
The museum’s 37-acre campus in Toledo, Ohio, houses over 30,000 pieces of art displayed across more than 40 galleries. The collection includes key paintings by masters El Greco, Frans Hals and Claude Monet. A sculpture garden features works by Alexander Calder and Deborah Butterfield. The Toledo museum has maintained free public admission since its founding in 1901, the outlet noted…