BULGARY
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia - Houses a good selection of European paintings, including works by Renoir and Chagall, in addition to Asian, African and contemporary Art
CROATIA
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
FRANCE
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
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
GREECE
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
HUNGARY
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
ITALY
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"
Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome - One of the most important private buildings in Italy, houses and important collection of Art, including Velázquez's "Portrait of Inocencio X"
The Uffizi, Florence - The most important collection of Italian Renaissance painting. In this excellent website you can works such as Botticelli's Venus or Giotto's Ognisanti Madonna.
Palazzo Pitti, Florence - An impressive Renaissance palace exhibiting a large collection of Italian old masters paintings and porcelain and silver artifacts
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano - Houses a small but highly important collection of Italian painting, including Raphael's famous "The marriage of the Virgin" and Mantegna's "Dead Christ"
Castello Sforzesco, Milano - This historical 15th century building, once owned by Francesco Sforza, exhibits works by Leonardo, Michelangelo and Mantegna, among others
Museo di Capodimonti, Naples - A large palace housing a collection of paintings from the 13th to the 18th century (Raphael, Titian, Martini) as well as 18th century furniture
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
LIECHTENSTEIN
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
PORTUGAL
National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon - Houses a great collection of Portuguese painting, and also exhibits works by Dürer, Bosch, Velázquez and Raphael, among others
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon - Exhibits the Art collection of Portuguese philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian, with a good collection of antiquities and European paintings
ROMANIA
National Museum of Art, Bucarest - Houses the greatest collection of Romanian Art in the world (including works by Brancusi) along with a good selection of European paintings
SERBIA
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
Museum of contemporary Art, Belgrade - Established in 1958, this gallery exhibits more than 30,000 contemporary works, mostly by Serbian artists
SPAIN
El Museo del Prado, Madrid - (Prado Museum) is Spain's most important museum, featuring the best collection of Spanish painting in the world. Unfortunately, its website is not so complete.
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid - Spain's national Museum of modern and contemporary Art, well known for exhibiting Picasso's masterpiece, "Guernica"
Thyssen Museum, Madrid - houses one of the finest private collection of Western painting ever collected, from Duccio da Buonisegna to the German Expressionist
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
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona - houses a very complete collection of Spanish and Catalonian painting, also some important European paintings
Museo de Arte contemporáneo de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona - a quite recent collection of contemporary Art exhibited in a famous building by Richard Meier
Fundació Miró, Barcelona - the best collection of works by Joan Miró in the world, also housing interesting exhibitions of contemporary Art
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao - A good collection of contemporary Art, housed in a polemical building by Frank Gehry. The most famous piece is "Puppy", a giant sculpture of a dog by Jeff Koons
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia - An interesting collection of contemporary Art, including important sculptures by Chillida and Julio González
Museo de Bellas Artes, Sevilla - a very good collection of Spanish old masters paintings, with nice paintings by Velázquez and Ribera
Museo Picasso, Malaga - One of the most important collections of works by Pablo Picasso in the world, housed in his birthplace, Málaga
SWITZERLAND
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
TURKEY
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