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

Albertina, Vienna - This old Museum houses one of the best collections of drawings and prints in the world, including some of the most important drawings by Dürer

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna - Exhibits a very good collection of European paintings from the last four centuries, including Klimt's "The Kiss"

Leopold Museum, Vienna - An impressive collection of modern Austrian Art, including the world's largest collection of works by Egon Schiele

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels - Arguably Belgium's greatest Art Museum, houses a good collection of Flemish paintings and Jacques Louis David's famous "Death of Marat"

Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Antwerp - A complete collection of Flemish old masters paintings, including works by Van Eyck, Patinir and Van der Weyden

S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art, Gent - The best collection of contemporary Art in Belgium, with important works of Karel Appel and Valerio Adami

Národní Galerie (National Gallery of Art), Prague - Czech national Art museum, with an important collection of Western painting, including Albretch Dürer's "The Feast of the Rosary"

Naprstek Museum, Prague - Part of the Prague National Musuem, it houses an interesting collection of American, Asian and Tribal Art

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen - Arguably the most famous Art Museum in Denmark, this gallery houses and important collection of Impressionist Art, and Rodin's "The Thinker"

Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen - A contemporary building by Danish architect Soren Robert Lund, exhibits works by modern Danish and International artists

Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen - Denmark's National Art Museum, exhibiting works by old and modern masters, such as Mantegna, Rembrandt, Picasso and Nolde

Kiasma Museum of contemporary Art, Helsinki - Open in 1998, it's Finland's National Museum of contemporary Art, housed in a stunning building by Steven Holl

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

The Museé d'Orsay, Paris - Without doubt the best museum of impressionist and 19th century French painting in the world. Features masterworks from Monet, van Gogh, Renoir, Degas...

The Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - France's national museum for modern and contemporary Art, housed in an important contemporary building by Rogers and Renzo Piano

Musée Rodin, Paris - Open in 1919 in Hôtel Biron, houses the world's most complete collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin, including "The Kiss" and "The Thinker"

Musée Picasso, Paris - The world's greatest collection of works by Pablo Picasso, also exhibits important paintings by Cézanne, Degas and Rousseau, and some pieces of primitive Art

Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris - Houses a small but important collection of Impressionist works (mostly by Claude Monet) and a good selection of illuminated manuscripts

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris - Located in the Place de la Concorde, exhibits an important collection of Impressionist works, including several examples of Monet's series of "Nympheas"

Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris - This historical building at the Boulevard Haussmann houses a fine collection of Western paintings, including Paolo Ucello's "Saint George and the Dragon"

Guimet collection, Paris - Widely regarded as one of the most important collections of Asian Art outside Asia, this famous Museum was transferred to Paris in 1885

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

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence - An interesting collection of European painting, including a very good selection of works by Paul Cézanne

Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux, Le Havre - Considered one of the best collections of Impressionist Art in France, with works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Sisley or Delacroix

Musée Fabre, Montpellier - Founded in 1825, this recently renovated museum houses an important collection of European painting, with works by Poussin, David, Rubens, Delacroix or Bazille

Gemaldegalerie, Berlin - Perhaps the best collection of European painting in Germany, exhibiting works from the 13th to the 20th century. Works by Dürer, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Raphael...

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

Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin - This important building by Mies van der Rohe houses an important collection of modern and contemporary Art

Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden - More than 700 old masters paintings - including works by Titian, Botticelli, Rembrandt and Raphael- collected by the Electors of Saxony

Kunsthalle, Hamburg - This Museum exhibits one of the best collections of 19th century Art in the world, including a great collection of paintings by Caspar David Friedrich

Alte Pinakothek, Munich - The most important Art collection in Bavaria, includes works by Dürer, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Poussin and Velázquez, among others

Städel, Frankfurt - Exhibits a large group of European paintings (van Eyck's "Lucca Madonna" or Vermeer's "The geographer") and more than 500 sculptures

National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin - Exhibits an important collection of European paintings, including Velázquez's "The supper at Emaus" and the famous "The taking of Christ" by Caravaggio

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin - This Museum of contemporary Art is housed in a 17th century building, and concentrates in works by living artists

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz - Opened in 2000, this museum houses a good collection of modern and contemporary Art, and some works from the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein

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

Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam - The best collection of works by the Dutch painter in the world, including several self-portraits

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam - Houses the national collection of modern and contemporary Art, with works by Mondrian, Appel and Malevich, among others

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam - It is the main art museum in Rotterdam, with works by Brueghel, Hyeronimus Bosch ("The pedlar") and Salvador Dalí ("The face of War")

Groningen Museum, Groningen - This polemical building by Coop Himmelblau houses the most innovative Art collection in Netherlands, and one of the most exciting museums in Europe

National Gallery of Norway, Oslo - The National Gallery of Art in Norway exhibits a good collection of 19th and 20th century Art, including Munch's "Madonna"

National Museum, Warsaw - Exhibits a good collection of European paintings, with works by Botticelli, Rubens, Rembrandt and Cranach, among others

Czartoryski Museum, Krakow - Houses a small but very interesting collection of different artworks, being its centerpiece the fabulous "Lady with an Ermine" by Leonardo da Vinci

Pushkin Museum, Moscow - The best collection of European Art in Moscow, its most famous works are those from its collection of Impressionism, including Monet, Cézanne, Degas or van Gogh

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow - Houses an important collection of modern and contemporary Russian Art, with works by Kandinsky or Malevich, among others

Museum of Modern Art, Moscow - This recent Museum (opened in 1999) exhibits works by modern and contemporary artists, including Picasso, Lèger and Malevich

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

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm - Sweden's greatest museum, with an extensive collection of European paintings and drawings, includin Rembrandt's "The conspiracy of Claudius Civilis"

Moderna Museet, Stockholm - State Museum for modern and contemporary Art, exhibiting works by Picasso, Dalí and Calder, among others

Beyeler Foundation, Basel - This small but rich museum exhibits the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, with works by van Gogh, Monet, Cézanne, Picasso, Bacon and Warhol, among others

Kunstmuseum, Basel - Houses an important collection of Dutch and Flemish old masters paintings, and a good collection of impressionist and modern paintings

Foundation E.G. Bührle, Zürich - Exhibits a very good collection of impressionist and modern paintings (van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin...) and a small group of old masters paintings

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

ENGLAND

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.

The National Gallery, London - houses one of the world's finest collection of European painting. It is arguably the most complete collection of European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries

The Tate Modern, London - arguably the most important collection of modern and contemporary Art in Europe. It houses pivotal works of artists such as Lichstentein, Pollock or Bacon

The Tate Britain, London - Houses the most complete collection of British Art, including hundreds of works by Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London - World's largest Museum of decorative Arts, also exhibiting a group of old masters paintings, with works by Botticelli and Rembrandt

National Portrait Gallery, London - Houses a collection of portraits of historical British people. Artists represented includes William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds and Hans Holbein the younger

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London - Build by John Soane, exhibits one of the finest collections of old masters paintings in Europe, including Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens and Poussin

Wallace Collection, London - An historical 19th century building housing a very good collection of European paintings (Rembrandt, Titian, Velázquez) and porcelain objects

Courtauld Institute Galleries, London - One of the best collections of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings in the world, with masterworks by Manet, Cézanne, Rousseau, Monet...

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

Kenwood House, Hampstead, London - This important 17th century building exhibits a small but interesting selection of old masters paintings, including Rembrandt's "Self-portrait"

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

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham - A very important collection of European paintings, with works by Poussin, Turner, Monet, van Gogh and Picasso, among others

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge - The Art collection of the Cambridge University is one of the most important in England, with works by Martini, Titian, Monet and Moore, among others

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool - Houses a large and important group of European paintings from 14th to 20th centuries, including works by Holbein, Renoir and Bacon

Tate Liverpool - Established in 1988, it's one of the most important collections of contemporary Art in the U.K., including an important triptych by Francis Bacon

Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester - Houses an important collection of European paintings, with works by Hobbema, van Ruysdael, Gainsborough and Gauguin, among others

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

SCOTLAND

National Gallery of Scotland, Edimburg - The most important Art Museum in Scotland, with an important collection of European painting, including the "Madonna of the roses" by Sandro Botticelli

Gallery of modern Art (GOMA), Glasgow - The most important Museum in Glasgow houses temporary exhibitions and workshops in a 18th century building

WALES

National Museum, Cardiff - Established in 1912, this museum exhibits a good collection of old masters paintings (including Poussin's "Burial of Phocion) and tapestries