NORTH EUROPE

The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna - One of the premier museums in the world. It houses an important collection of antiquities, and an outstanding collection of European painting

The Louvre Museum, Paris - Arguably the world's most famous Museum. Take an online tour through its wonderful collection of antiquities and European painting, including Leonardo's Gioconda

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris - This new museum (opened in 2006) is France's national museum to African, American, Oceanian and Asian Art

Neues Museum, Berlin - One of the most important collections of Art and antiquities in Europe, its most important piece is the bust of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Netherlands National Museum. As you can expect, it houses the world's most important collection of Dutch painting, including its star piece, Rembrandt's The Nightwatch

The Hermitage Museum, Saint Petesburg - (or Ermitage) is the most important Museum in Russia and also the largest Art collection in the world. More than 3,000,000 million of artworks, from the stone age to the post-impressionism

Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kiev - Houses the largest collection of Art in Ukraine, with a collection of Egyptian and Classical antiquities, and a group of old masters paintings

The British Museum, London - England's greatest museum -and one of the best in the world- of Ancient Arts and antiquities, with an excellent collection of Art from Ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages

Sir John Soane's Museum, London - A fantastic 19th century building housing one of the most original and interesting museums in London, with antiquities and old masters paintings

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham - Houses an important collection of antiquities, fine Art (Botticelli, Renoir, Turner) and jewellery

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford - Believed to be the first university museum, this great museum exhibits a large selection of antiquities and fine art, in a 17th century building

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SOUTH EUROPE

Archaeological Museum, Zagreb - Contains thousands of pieces from many cultures, including Egyptian sculptures, Etruscan artifacts and the famous "Zagreb Mummy"

Mimara Museum, Zagreb - A quite complete Museum of Art, with works from the Prehistoric period to contemporary Art. Exhibits works by Velázquez, Raffaello and Renoir, among others

The Louvre Museum, Paris - Arguably the world's most famous Museum. Take an online tour through its wonderful collection of antiquities and European painting, including -of course- Leonardo's Gioconda

National Archaeological Museum, Athens - One of the most important archaeological museums in the world, exhibiting an outstanding collection of works from many archaeological sites around Athens

New Acropolis Museum, Athens - This recent Museum (established in 2008) exhibits artifacts related to the Acropolis Hill in a large building by Bernard Tschumi

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest - This large museum houses an interesting collection of Egyptian antiquities, classical sculptures and European paintings, including Raphael, Velázquez and Goya

The Vatican Museums, Vatican City - Houses the inmense Art collection of the Catholic Church. Here you'll find some of the most important works of Art of the History, such as the Sistine Chapel or Raphael's The School of Athens

Galleria Borghese, Rome - Houses a very interesting collection of antiquities and Italian paintings and sculptures, including an outstanding group of works by Bernini

Capitoline Museums, Rome - A group of Art and archaeological Museums in Rome, with a large collection of antiquities and Italian sculptures, including Bernini's "Medusa"

National Archaeological Museum, Naples - A very important collection of classical antiquities, including works from the archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Museo Egizio, Turin - Widely considered as one of the most important collections of Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt, this Museum exhibits the Temple of Tuthmosi III

National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade - Founded in 1844, it is Serbia's greatest museum, exhibiting more than 400,000 objects from different cultures and periods

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon - Exhibits the Art collection of Portuguese philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian, with a good collection of antiquities and European paintings

Museo arqueológico (Archaeological Museum), Madrid - The most important collection of Ancient Art in Spain, including the "Dama de Elche", an important Iberian figure of a woman

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara - Exhibits an impressive collection of Near Eastern and Greek antiquities from the Paleolithic to the first millenium

Arcaeological Museum, Istanbul - A 19th century building comprising three museums: the Archaeological Museum, the Museum of Ancient Orient and the Museum of Islamic Art

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NORTH AMERICA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Arguably America's greatest museum. Its spectacular collection is especially strong in American painting and Egyptian Antiquities.

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York - Houses an extensive collection of Art, specially strong in Egyptian antiquities and European paintings

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is one of the oldest and most respected Art institutions of North America, with an outstanding collection of Western Art. It has a sister museum in Japan, the Nagoya Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia - One of the greatest Museums in North America, with a great collection of European Art. The building appeared in a famous scene in the film "Rocky"

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore - Houses a quite complete collection of Art, including Egyptian artifacts and old masters paintings

The Art Institute of Chicago houses one of the most outstanding Art collections of the United States, featuring masterpieces such as Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit - One of the greatest Museums in North America, with a great collection of European Art, including van Eyck, Rembrandt, Delacroix and a self-portrait by van Gogh

Dallas Art Museum, Dallas - Exhibits a good collection of Asian Art, Egyptian Art and European painting, including works by van Gogh, Gauguin and Monet

The Getty Center in Malibu is arguably the world's wealthiest Museum, with an important collection of European antiquities, paintings, and manuscripts. Works exhibited includes van Gogh's Irises or Titian's Alfonso d'Avalos

Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena - Houses a collection of Art from the Egyptian culture to the Impressionist and modern Art, including works by Degas or van Gogh

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AFRICA

The Cairo Museum, Cairo - By far the most complete collection of Egyptian Art in the world. Its most famous artworks are the objects from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in 1922

Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo - This Museum in Historic Cairo houses a collection of more than 100,000 artworks, continously increased thanks to new excavations in Egypt

Luxor Museum, Luxor - Located in Ancient Thebes, this Museum exhibits a very important collection of Ancient artifacts, including grave goods from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Graeco - Roman Museum, Alexandria - Created in 1892, this Museum exhibits a large collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts, including a group of mummies

National Museum of Sudan, Khartoum - One of the most important Museums in Africa, shows the rich Sudanese heritage, including a bust of Queen Hatshepsut

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ASIA

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdag - Houses an outstanding collection of Mid Eastern Art, including a fantastic group of Assyrian sculptures. Its collection was partially looted during the Iraq War in 2003

National Museum of Iran, Teheran - Iran's National Museum exhibits a large collection of Persian artifacts, including a large group of Achaemenid sculptures