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Paris is often called the cultural center of Europe, because the greatest museums of the world are concentrated here, such as the Rodin Museum, the Louvre, the Pablo Picasso Museum. However, this is not all that Paris can surprise its guests with. Here you can visit rather unusual, strange museums for a simple layman, for example, the Museum of Erotic Art, the Guimet Museum of Oriental Arts, the Army Museum. Each of them carries its own history and is the greatest world cultural and historical heritage.
So, the top 6 most striking and famous art museums in Paris and all of France include:
❶ The Louvre, which occupies an honorable first place and is one of the brightest business cards of Paris. In this largest museum in the world, located in the palace of King Philip-August, from ancient times to the 19th century, a unique collection of masterpieces of world art was collected bit by bit. The area of the museum is actually divided into three parts - galleries: "Sully", "Denon" and "Richelieu", each of which contains amazing exhibits. The oldest antique exhibits and the greatest collection of original French paintings are presented in the Sully Gallery. Italian paintings and great works of masters from the Etruscan and Greek periods are collected in the Denon Gallery. The Richelieu Gallery presents the latest works of Oriental and European art and is complemented by interesting French sculpture. To visit the Louvre, you need to set aside a few days to carefully familiarize yourself with the magnificent works of the greatest masters.
❷ The Jacquemart-André Museum, which is rightfully the second pearl of Paris. Here, in the former residence of the married couple Jacquemart-André, there is a large collection of the most striking and famous works, presented by Flemish, French and Italian masters of the Renaissance. The greatest masterpieces of Botticelli, Donatello, Rembrandt, Canavelli, Crivelli, Thomas Louchet, François Boucher, Hubert Robert and other outstanding masters still inspire many modern painters, connoisseurs of art and ordinary tourists.
❸ The Pablo Picasso Museum, dedicated to the Spanish master who created his masterpieces in the 19th century. The great master, recognized as the best and most "expensive" painter in the world, left behind magnificent creations: paintings, sculptures, engravings, collages, drawings, ceramic objects that were collected in one place - the Sale mansion. All periods of Picasso's work, collected in a huge collection, create a colorful composition that leaves an indelible impression.
❹ Musée d'Orsay, which contains a unique collection of some kind of impressionism and post-impressionism. On three levels of the museum, founded in the building of the former railway station, you can see the works of such masters as Claude Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Van Gogh and others. The collection is complemented by works of art created in the period from 1848 to 1914: sculptures, unique photographs , bright objects of architecture.
❺ The Museum of Montparnasse, which was founded in the former premises of the workshop of Maria Vasilyeva. Here is a collection of works by Edgar Stoebel and Maria Vasilyeva herself (a Russian artist). Currently (since the end of September 2013) the museum is temporarily closed by order of the mayor's office.
❻ The Salvador Dali Museum, the largest collection of works by this greatest Spanish artist, director, sculptor and writer. Here, in addition to 300 creations of the master, you can also hear his recordings: the voice of the creator accompanies visitors to the museum during the tour.
Text: Valery Shangaev
St. Petersburg, Palace Square, Hermitage. The Hermitage building itself is a magnificent architectural monument, and the collection of paintings gathered in it are masterpieces of world art. The museum has priceless artistic treasures created by many generations of unsurpassed masters, from the late Middle Ages to the present day. The Hermitage exhibits delightful examples of elegant Western European painting, works of artists from Flanders and Holland, magnificent in their genuine sincerity, and sensually exciting canvases of the early Italian Renaissance.
An art gallery with paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet, Matisse is just the beginning of the list of masters whose works are presented in this amazing museum. It is very difficult to describe in words the impressions of visiting the Hermitage. A thoughtful and enthusiastic connoisseur of beauty will not have enough time to walk around the entire complex, consisting of 6 buildings, and enjoy all the exhibits.
Using the services of a guide, each tourist can purposefully visit those halls in which the most attractive canvases are located.
No less unique is the famous Palace of Versailles in Paris. The creation of the famous art gallery began under the French king Louis Philippe. It was by his decree that the Palace of Versailles was filled with magnificent examples of portraiture. Thanks to the art gallery founded by this king, today everyone can see beautiful portraits of those who are inextricably linked with French history. Images of kings and their favorites, queens of France and famous military leaders - the whole color of the French nobility is captured on the canvases of the great masters.
Speaking of France, it is impossible to remain silent about the visiting card of this country - the Louvre. Undoubtedly, this is the most eminent European museum, which has incorporated incredible treasures created over the centuries. The Louvre is the main attraction of the French, their pride. The combination of several styles in the architecture of the Louvre gives it an extraordinary romantic mystery. After all, the construction of the Louvre began with the construction of a defensive fortress, and much later, Renaissance architects completed the construction of the royal apartments, turning the fortress into a palace ensemble.
About two and a half thousand paintings are collected in the famous British National Gallery, which the British are no less proud of than the French - the Louvre. And they are rightfully proud. Located in the center of London on Trafalgar Square, the British Gallery has a collection of Western European paintings dating from the 13th century to the present day. Here are the canvases of the great German and Dutch masters, famous painters of England and France. All works are very conveniently exhibited in chronological order.
Madrid, one of the most beautiful European cities, also has its own "pearl". It is the Prado National Museum, located in an unusually beautiful building designed by Juan de Villanueva back in 1785. Today's collection includes more than 7,600 paintings and 8,000 drawings. This museum has the most complete, completely unique collection of works by the great Spanish masters. Here are the famous works of Francisco Goya, El Greco and Diego Velázquez. The Prado Museum is famous for its collection of the famous Dutchman Hieronymus Bosch. Museum staff very carefully and carefully carry out restoration work, which makes it possible to regularly replenish the vast collection of the Prado National Museum.
Text: Anna Kolisnichenko
The cost of tickets to museums in Europe varies greatly. There are both expensive and very cheap museums. As it turned out, there are museums that you can visit for free. The 14 most expensive and cheapest museums in Europe were identified. The list includes 7 most expensive museums, 5 cheap ones and 2 museums that can be visited for free.
Zurich and Amsterdam distinguished themselves by the high cost of tickets. So the Museum Buehrle in Zurich was in the lead, the visitor has to pay 20 euros when visiting. The museum is notable for its large collection of works by Emil Georg Bürl. But the works of art of the German artist are not complete, the museum has about 200 works by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists of France. The famous "Waters" by Claude Monet and "Self-portrait" by Van Gogh are located in the Museum Buehrle.
The famous Vatican Museum was included in the rating. The ticket price for a tourist is 15 euros, but every last Sunday of the month, the museum can be visited for free. On Sundays, there are huge queues, but this does not stop tourists. The Vatican Museum consists of 1,400 rooms, including the Vatican Pinakothek, which presents 50,000 exhibits. The museum has a large number of paintings by masters of painting of the 11th-19th centuries. Including Raphael Santi and the incomparable Leonardo da Vinci.
Also, the researchers recognized the Hermitage on the Amstel as one of the most expensive. The museum is located in Amsterdam and is a branch of the Hermitage. As with the Vatican Museum, the entrance fee for visitors is 15 euros. The museum often hosts various exhibitions, often related to Russia.
The Vincent van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum are also recognized as the most expensive. The Van Gogh Museum has the largest collection of paintings and drawings by the master. Moreover, the collection contains pictures drawn by Vincent as a child. The property of the Rijksmuseum are the canvases of the Dutch painting of the golden age. He is famous for paintings by Rembrandt, Ruisdael, Vermeer, Hoch. The pearl of the collection is "Night Watch". You can visit these museums by paying from 12.5 to 14 euros.
Paying about 15 euros, you can get into the Zurich Kunsthaus. His collection of paintings is considered the largest in Switzerland. It mainly presents paintings by Swiss artists before the 20th century. From the paintings of European masters of painting, you can see Edvard Munch.
The researchers did not bypass the multi-level Center Pompidou, located in Paris. It houses the National Museum and presents such authors as Modigliani, Matisse, Pollock, Dali, Brandt, Kandinsky. Entering the cultural center, the visitor will part with 12 euros, but in addition to the painting museum, he will also be able to visit the library, the Design Center, cinema halls and more.
According to the results of a mini-study, there are many inexpensive but famous museums in Europe. Entrance for tourists to these vaults is from 8 to 10 euros. The Louvre is recognized as the best in this category. It also included the Madrid Prado, the Hermitage, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
But whatever the price of visiting museums, the most profitable were and remain museums, where admission is free. The researchers noted two such museums, both located in London. These are the most famous museums Tate Modern and the British Museum. The Tate Modern presents a large amount of "fresh" art, as well as the work of classics - Pierre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, Jackson Polloco and many other authors. The British Museum is famous for ancient Roman and Greek relics, but in addition to them, contains works by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.
Text: Yana Pelevina
Hundreds of thousands of tourists come to Amsterdam every year to visit exhibitions and museums. Along with museums such as the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House, the city has many unusual exhibits. We will talk about the ten most unique of them in our article.
❶ Hemp Museum. This is the most popular cannabis museum in the world. Its owner, Ben Dronkers, has collected many items related to this plant. Here you can see a large collection of pipes for smoking. In the working greenhouse, visitors can see what growing hemp looks like. The shop at the museum sells the seeds of the plant.
❷ Tattoo Museum. In 2011, a museum dedicated to tattoos was opened in Amsterdam. The exposition tells about the history of drawing on the body in different countries. The collection includes different regions: Africa, Asia, America, Oceania. Here you can also learn about the meaning of tattoos for representatives of various subcultures and professions: sailors, prisoners, soldiers, thieves, bikers. Tattoo admirers hold meetings and seminars in the club at the museum.
❸ Cat Museum. This museum was created by the Dutchman William Meyer, who decided in this way to preserve the memory of his cat Tom. The museum displays books, posters, paintings and sculptures related to cats. The exposition occupies two floors of a three-story building, on the third floor of which the owner lives.
❹ Museum of Torture. In order to better recreate the frightening atmosphere of medieval justice, the museum's rooms are dimly lit and painted in dark tones. Here you can see the devices that were used for torture in different countries.
❺ Vrolik Museum. This museum has a collection of abnormal embryos, skulls and bones, making it a popular place for medical students. The scientist Gerardus Vrolik began to collect such a collection in the 18th century, and the museum bears his name.
❻ Sex Museum. Each room of this museum is dedicated to individuals whose sexual side of life is of interest. These are the Marquis de Sade, Oscar Wilde, the Marquis de Pompadour, Rudolf Valentino, Mata Hari and others. The atmosphere in the museum is very pleasant - visitors have the opportunity to enjoy the exposition with good music.
❼ Museum of the Dead. This museum will tell about the attitude towards death in different times, the funeral traditions of different religions, and unusual funerals.
❽ Museum of Erotica. Three floors of the building are dedicated to all kinds of erotic trivia and souvenirs. Here you can see Snow White and dwarfs in explicit poses, paintings depicting erotic scenes and purchase various contraceptives.
❾ Floating house-museum. This attraction demonstrates how you can turn a barge into a comfortable place to live. Since 1914, the ship was used for the transport of goods, later it was converted. There are 4 cabins, kitchen, living room, bathroom and children's play area. The barge does not stand still, but runs around Amsterdam, stopping at places popular among tourists.
❿ Fluorescent Museum. This is the only museum of its kind in the world, opened in 1999. On the ground floor of the museum there is an art gallery where you can buy glow-in-the-dark paintings. There is also a collection of luminous minerals brought from different countries, and sculptures made from them.
Text: Lidia Volkova
The Rijksmuseum is a national art museum located on the Museum Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is one of the main attractions of the city. It was founded in The Hague in 1800, but by order of the Dutch King Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon I Bonaparte's brother) in 1808 it was moved to Amsterdam. The museum exhibits 8 thousand objects of art and history, among them the famous paintings by Jan Vermeer, Frans Hals, Rembrandt and his students. The main place in the exposition is given to one of the most famous paintings in the world - Rembrandt's Night Watch. It also contains a small Asian collection.
The New York Museum of Modern Art is an art museum founded in 1929. Located in Mid Manhattan in New York City. Many people consider the museum's collection to be the world's finest collection of contemporary Western art - the museum has over 150,000 individual pieces, as well as 22,000 films, 4 million photographs, 300,000 copies of books and periodicals, and 70,000 artist files. The collection includes works without which it is impossible to imagine the art of the 20th century - "Starry Night" by Van Gogh, "Dance" by Henri Matisse, "Girls of Avignon" by Picasso, "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali, "Bird in Space" by Constantin Brancusi. This is one of the main attractions of New York, which receives 2.67 million visitors annually.
The Smithsonian Institution is a complex of museums and research centers located primarily in Washington, DC, USA. It was founded in 1846 by the will of the English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson, who bequeathed his fortune to "increase and disseminate knowledge." The Smithsonian Institution includes 19 museums, a zoological park, and 9 research centers that contain more than 140 million items (artwork, artifacts, and specimens).
On the seventh line in the list of the best museums in the world is the Museum of Natural History. It is one of three major museums located in South Kensington, London. Its collection includes more than 70 million exhibits, sorted into 5 main sections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. He is best known for his collections of dinosaur skeletons, in particular the famous Diplodocus skeleton (26 meters long) in the central hall, as well as an interesting mechanical model of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
The Prado is an art museum and art gallery located in Madrid, the capital of Spain. With over 1.8 million visitors a year, the museum is one of the most visited tourist sites in Madrid. It was founded in 1819. Its collection currently includes about 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 4,800 prints, and about 8,000 other works of art and historical documents. Here is one of the best and most complete collections in the world of paintings by European masters of the XVI-XIX period, such as Bosch, Velasquez, Goya, Murillo, Zurbaran, El Greco and others.
The Uffizi Gallery is an internationally renowned art gallery located in Florence near Piazza della Signoria, Italy. This is one of the oldest museums in Europe, as well as one of the largest and most important museums of European fine art. Here are hundreds of masterpieces by such masters as Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giorgione, Titian, Fra Filippo Lippi and many others. The collection is dominated by paintings from the Italian and Flemish schools. There is also a gallery of self-portraits of famous artists (1600 works) and ancient sculptures.
The State Hermitage is one of the world's largest art and cultural-historical museums, located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1764 by Catherine II the Great and opened to the public in 1852. The total area of the museum is 127,478 m². The collections occupy a large complex of six historical buildings located along the Palace Embankment. The Hermitage stores more than 2.7 million works of art from different eras, countries and peoples, representing the world culture of several millennia. It also contains the largest collection of paintings in the world. About 4 million people visit the museum every year.
The British Museum is the main historical and archaeological museum of Great Britain, located in Bloomsbury, London. It was founded in 1753 from the collection of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloan and opened to the public on January 15, 1759. Its permanent collection includes about 8 million items that document the cultural history of mankind from ancient times to the present day, including numerous drawings, engravings, medals, coins and books from various eras. The extensive ethnographic collections of the British Museum contain monuments from Africa, America, Oceania, etc. The most famous exhibits are: Egyptian mummies, sculptures from the Athenian Parthenon, the Rosetta Stone, the Portland vase, the treasures of Sutton Hoo and many others.
The Louvre is an art museum, the main attraction of the city, located in the very center of Paris on the right bank of the Seine. It is one of the largest and most visited museums in the world (9.26 million visitors in 2014). It was opened on August 10, 1793. It is a complex of buildings with a total area of 60,600 square meters, which showcases 35,000 works of art from ancient times to the middle of the 19th century. All exhibits are divided into eight categories Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Islamic Art, Sculpture, Painting, Crafts, Drawing and Graphics. In total, the Louvre collection contains about 300,000 exhibits.
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Today, there are about one hundred thousand museums all over the world, and this figure is not accurate, since new ones are periodically opened and already created ones are being developed. In every corner of the world, even in the smallest settlements, there are local history or other museums dedicated to a particular topic. Everyone knows the largest museums in the world: some contain the maximum number of exhibits, while others amaze with their scope and area.
Major art museums
If we take European fine art, then one of the largest collections is collected in Uffizi galleries in Italy. The gallery is located in the Florentine Palace of the times of 1560 and consists of paintings by the most famous creators of the world: Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Lippi and Botticelli.
No less famous is one of the largest museums of fine arts -. The beginning of the founding of the museum falls at the end of the 18th century, when it was decided to make the royal collection the property and heritage of culture, to give everyone the opportunity to look at it. The most complete collections of works by Bosch, Goya, El Greco and Velazquez are stored there.
Among the largest museums, it is worth noting Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin in Moscow. There are priceless collections of works by French impressionists, collections of Western European painting.
The largest art museums in the world
The most famous among the largest art is considered to be Hermitage. A museum complex of five buildings, where exhibits from the Stone Age to the 20th century are located. Initially, it was only a private collection of Catherine II, consisting of works by Dutch and Flemish artists.
One of the largest art museums is Subway in New York. Its founders were several businessmen who revered art and knew a lot about it. Initially, three private collections formed the basis, then the exposition began to grow rapidly. To date, the main support for the museum is provided by sponsors, the state practically does not take part in development. Surprisingly, you can get into one of the largest museums in the world for a nominal fee, even just asking for a ticket at the ticket office window without money.
Among the largest museums in the world, both in terms of the number of exhibits and the area occupied, their places of honor are occupied by Gugong in China and Cairo Egyptian Museum. Gugun is a huge architectural and museum complex, which is about three times the size of the Moscow Kremlin. Each of the museums has its own special history and is worthy of the attention of tourists.
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A unique opportunity to travel through time and space is provided by museums, which contain exhibits of various national cultures created by the hands of both modern masters and famous ancestors. The topic of the article is the most famous and great museums in the world that you should visit.
general review
What criteria are taken as a basis?
- One of the most important is attendance. The leader is the French Louvre, whose record is approaching 10 million people. In second place is the British Museum (about 8 million). The Metropolitan Museum (USA) and the Vatican Museum are respectively third and fourth in the rankings. Each of them exceeded the attendance threshold of 6 million.
- Footprint. The leader here is again the Louvre, although officially it is assigned the third position (160 thousand square meters). Formally, it is ahead of, for example, the Art Museum of Japan (Tokyo), but the exhibition area of the Louvre is the most impressive (58 thousand square meters).
- The greatest museums in the world are determined by the number of exhibits and their historical value.
- Another criterion is the choice of travelers. The Traveller's Choice competition is held annually, which has the "Museums of the World" nomination. In 2016, the Metropolitan Museum of Art topped the rating, and the top ten included the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage (third position) and the very young September 11 Museum (USA), opened in 2013. Its expositions are dedicated to the tragic events in New York.
Greatest Louvre (France)
Before becoming a museum, the Louvre was a fortress, and then the residence of the kings of France. Its expositions were presented to the public in 1793, during the Great Bourgeois Revolution. The unique collection was formed by King Francis I and constantly replenished. Its treasuries today contain more than 300,000 exhibits, 35,000 of which are on display for visitors at the same time: from Egyptian and Phoenician antiquities to modern sculptures and jewelry.
The most valuable works of art are the statues of Venus de Milo and Nike of Samothrace, Delacroix and the great Rembrandt. Art lovers come to see the masterpiece of the outstanding Renaissance master Leonard da Vinci - "Mona Lisa". In 1911, the painting was stolen by an Italian from Perugia, but returned 27 months later after lengthy negotiations with Italy. All the greatest museums in the world ensure the preservation of paintings. "Mona Lisa" is the only exhibit that is not insured by the state, because it is considered priceless.
Today, the museum, located on Rue Rivoli in the center of Paris, includes the Old and New Louvre. In 1989, the American Yong Ming Pei implemented a project to unite the Louvre into a single complex. A special entrance was built in the form of a glass pyramid, which made it possible to triple the number of visitors.
British Museum (London)
The date of its foundation (1753) is impressive. The beginning of the collection was laid by the doctor Hans Sloan, a collector of ancient manuscripts, books, plants and medals. Today it is the largest historical and archaeological repository in Great Britain, where about 13 million exhibits are collected. They are placed in 100 galleries on a territorial and chronological basis. The pearls of the exposition are the marbles of the Parthenon, attributed to the Greek sculptor Phidias, who made it possible to decipher the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, a piece of the beard of the Great Sphinx from Giza. The world's greatest museums have formed rich collections by robbing colonial countries.
In the 19th century, the old building was demolished, and in its place, the architect Robert Smike built a unique neoclassical building. Located in the Bloomsbury area, in the 20th century it underwent redevelopment (Foster's project), acquiring a modern look. A feature of the museum is the creation on its basis in 1972 of a separate structure - the British Library.
Vatican Museums - a single complex
It is generally accepted that the complex occupies the largest area. The impression is formed due to the high density of exhibits per unit area. The entire Vatican is located on just half a square kilometer, while the museum's fund is 50 thousand paintings, sculptures and jewelry. All the greatest museums in the world (photos are presented in the article) have unique features.
The main shrine of this is the Sistine Chapel, where since the 15th century it has been painted with frescoes by the great Michelangelo, it is the crown of the creation of human hands. To get there, you need to go through dozens of museum halls, enjoying the magnificence of Catholic churches, tombs and paintings by Raphael and other artists.
The small state itself can be viewed as a single museum of architectural monuments, the construction of which began in the 14th century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA)
The New York Museum ranks first among Traveller's Choice laureates, although it was founded in a later period - in 1870. It began with private collections donated to the state and exhibited in the premises of the dance school. At the turn of the century, the main building was built by the architect Hyde , and a little later - the side wings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, representing a number of buildings of different times.They are connected by stairs and passages, storing 3 million works of art.Here is the largest collection created by the Costume Institute.
Not all of the world's greatest museums, which are described in the article, can boast of holding large-scale events, such as the annual Met Gala charity ball with the participation of world stars. In 2016, the Costume Institute celebrated its 70th anniversary.
National Prado Museum
The painting of the great Spaniards is presented in Madrid. The National Museum was founded in 1785 and has collected large-scale collections of paintings by Goya, Velasquez, Zurbaran and El Greco. There are also works by great Italian and Flemish masters, samples of ancient coins, jewelry and porcelain. Since 1819, the museum has been housed in the current classicist building (architect Villanueva) and is open to visitors. On an area of 58 thousand square meters. meters exhibited 1300 works, and the rest (more than 20 thousand) are stored in storerooms.
The world's greatest museums often have branches. The contemporary art of the Prado is presented in Villahermosa Palace. A feature of the Spanish museum is the restrained elegance of the buildings, in contrast to the Louvre and the Hermitage, which we will dwell on below.
Hermitage (St. Petersburg)
The name is translated from French as a secluded place, but today it is one of the most visited in the world. Founded by Catherine at the end of the 18th century, the museum has the title of the best in 2014. Under Nicholas I, the collection became so large that the doors of the Imperial Palace opened to the public. Today, 3 million works of art delight the eye of visitors, telling a story from the Stone Age. Of particular interest are the Diamond and Gold Storerooms of the Hermitage, where an additional ticket is required.
The great Russian museums are located in buildings of cultural and historical significance for the country. The Hermitage consists of five buildings spread out on the banks of the Neva (Palace Embankment). Luxurious Winter Palace in baroque style by architect B. Rastrelli is the decoration of St. Petersburg and the greatest historical monument.
Would you like to see a 12-meter tyrannosaurus rex skeleton? And what about the beautiful paintings by such great masters as Van Gogh, Salvador Dali and Leonardo da Vinci? All these collections of artefacts and objects of art help to tell the story of the life of this planet. This story is truly breathtaking, full of drama, wonder, beauty and mystery. Therefore, it is not surprising that so many people visit museums! Below are the twenty five most visited museums in the world.
25. Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2.5 million visitors annually)
The State Museum, the Rijksmuseum, located on Museum Square in Amsterdam, is a museum dedicated to the art and history of the Netherlands. The entire collection of the museum has a million items covering the time period from 1200 to the present. However, visitors can only view 8,000 items at a time.
24. National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea (2.7 million visitors annually) 
The National Folk Museum of Korea, founded by the US government in 1945, boasts an impressive collection of objects illustrating the history and traditions of the Korean people. The museum, located in Seoul, is divided into three main exhibition halls.
23. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (2.9 million visitors annually)
The State Hermitage, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great, is one of the largest and oldest museums in the world. Its collections, of which only a small part is on public display, include over three million items, including works by such masters as Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Velázquez, Michelangelo and Goya.
22. New York Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (3.1 million visitors annually)
The New York Museum of Modern Art, located in Manhattan, New York, is considered the most influential contemporary art museum in the world. The museum has extensive collections of paintings, books, sculptures, photographs, architectural masterpieces and so on. It is visited by over 3 million people annually.
21. Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, Spain (3.2 million visitors annually) 
National Museum The Reina Sofia Center for the Arts, officially known as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, is the largest and most visited museum in Spain. It is located in Madrid and is dedicated mostly to Spanish art. In particular, the museum boasts an amazing collection of works by Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali.
20. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (3.2 million visitors annually)
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design. The museum covers over 5,000 years of art history. It houses a permanent collection of 4.5 million items.
19. Science Museum, London, UK (3.4 million visitors annually)
The Science Museum, founded in 1857, is another famous museum located in London. The Science Museum has a collection of over 300,000 items and is the fifth most visited museum in the UK. It is visited by over 3.4 million people annually.
18. Orsay Museum (Musée d´Orsay), Paris, France (3.5 million visitors annually)
The Musee d'Orsay, originally built as a railway station, houses the largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world. Among them are works by artists such as Monet (Monet), Manet (Manet), Degas (Degas), Renoir (Renoir), Cézanne (Cézanne), Gauguin (Gauguin) and Van Gogh. It is the third most visited in France with over 3.5 million visitors a year.
17. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea (3.5 million visitors annually)
The National Museum of Korea, established in 1945, is the most important museum in Korea and a major attraction in Seoul as well as the entire country. Dedicated to Korean history and art, this museum has a collection of over 310,000 unique items.
16. Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France (3.7 million visitors annually) 
The French State Museum of Modern Art, which is part of the cultural center Georges Pompidou (Centre Pompidou), is a museum of contemporary French art. This museum has a collection of more than 100,000 works by 6400 artists, as well as the second largest collection of modern art in the world, after the Museum of Modern Art in New York (Museum of Modern Art in New York).
15. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA (3.9 million visitors annually) 
The National Gallery of Art, located in Washington DC, has a huge collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, medals, and decorative arts. The museum is open to the public and admission is free. Here is the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas.
14. National Museum of American History, Washington DC, USA (4 million visitors annually) 
The National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution, collects, preserves, and exhibits numerous types of US heritage. It is visited by 4 million visitors annually. It is the fourth most visited museum in the country.
13. Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, China (4.2 million visitors annually)
The Shanghai Museum of Science and Technology, located in Shanghai, is a major museum offering its visitors 13 major exhibitions and 4 science theaters. It covers an area of almost 100,000 square meters and is the second largest museum in China.
12. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (5 million visitors annually) 
The American Museum of Natural History, located on the Upper West Side (Upper West Side) in Manhattan, New York, has huge collections containing more than 32 million specimens of plants, human remains, animals, fossils, rocks and more. It consists of 27 interconnected buildings and is one of the largest museums in the world.
11. Natural History Museum, London, UK (5.4 million visitors annually)
The Natural History Museum in London is the fourth most visited museum in the UK with 80 million specimens from the fields of botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. This museum, founded in 1881, is particularly famous for its display of dinosaur skeletons.
10. National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (5.4 million visitors annually)
The Taipei Imperial Palace Museum, originally founded as the Imperial Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City in 1925, is now the most important national museum in Taiwan. Covering over 10,000 years of Chinese history, this museum has a permanent collection of 700,000 ancient Chinese artefacts and art.
9. Tate Modern, London, UK (5.8 million visitors annually)
Tate Modern, located in the London Borough of Southwark, is the UK's national gallery for international contemporary art. The gallery's showrooms span seven floors, attracting almost 5.8 million visitors a year, making it the third most visited museum in the UK and the ninth most visited in the world.
8. Vatican Museums, Vatican (5.9 million visitors annually)
The Vatican Museums, founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century, boast huge collections of works and artefacts collected over the centuries by the Roman Catholic Church. The collections include some of the most celebrated classical sculptures as well as fine art from the Renaissance.
7. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (6.1 million visitors annually)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870, has a permanent collection of over 2 million works divided into seventeen curatorial departments. With an area of approximately 190,000 square meters, it is the largest museum in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
6. "London National Gallery" (National Gallery), London, UK (6.4 million visitors annually)
London's National Gallery, located in Trafalgar Square in the heart of London, is an art museum with a collection of over 2,300 paintings ranging from the mid-13th century to the 1900s. The gallery boasts works of art painted by some of the most famous artists, including Leonardo da Vinci and Van Gogh.
5. National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, USA (6.7 million visitors annually) 
The National Air and Space Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution, boasts the largest collection of historic aircraft and aircraft in the world. This museum, founded in 1946, is visited annually by 6.7 million users. In 2014 it became the fifth most visited museum in the world.
4. "British Museum" (British Museum), London, UK (6.7 million visitors annually)
The British Museum, founded in 1753, is dedicated to human history and culture. Its permanent collection of about 8 million pieces is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. As the most visited museum in the UK, this museum displays and documents the history of human culture from its inception to the present day.
3. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA (7.3 million visitors annually) 
The National Museum of Natural History is the most visited museum in the United States. It has an amazing collection of 126 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, rocks, meteorites, human artifacts and other objects. It is open 364 days a year and is free to visit. 185 professional natural history scientists work here.
2. National Museum of China, Beijing, China (7.5 million visitors annually)
The National Museum of China, dedicated to its art and history, is only 12 years old, but this museum has already managed to collect a collection of more than 1 million items. It is the second most visited museum in the world with 28 new exhibition halls. In 2013, this museum was visited by 7.5 million people.
