Paris, France Located on the Right Bank of the Seine, the historic Louvre Palace in Paris, France contains the world’s most visited museum- le Musée du Louvre, which displays the world’s most famous painting- the Mona Lisa, as well as 35,000 works of art and over 380,000 objects. This palace originated as a fortress built […]
London, UK The British Museum has a collection of over seven million objects from all continents and periods of human history. Established in 1753 by King George II using the collection given to the nation by Sir Hans Sloane, the museum grew and expanded in the 18th and 19th centuries with the contributions of ambassadors […]
Washington, D.C., USA The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. consists of an East and West building and an outdoor sculpture garden, which occupies a 6.1-acre property. The museum was created in 1936 with the donations of Andre W. Mellon, whose art collection became the foundation of a gallery that soon attracted hundreds […]
London, UK Since 2000, this museum has housed Britain’s international modern art collection in a converted power station, a heritage that is apparent in the 35-meter by 152-meter turbine hall that functions as a grand entrance and display for large sculptures. While its specialty is post-1980 modern art, Tate Modern’s collection includes every major contemporary […]
New York, USA Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in Central Park in New York City and contains more than two million works of art from five thousand years of human history in its permanent collection. This extensive collection is divided into nineteen curatorial departments, including Greek and Roman art, medieval […]