ART MUSEUMS IN EUROPE (SOUTH)
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

LouvreThe 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

OrsayThe 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...

PompidouThe 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 MuseumNational Archaeological Museum, Athens - One of the most important archaeological museums in the world, exhibiting a 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

VaticanThe Vatican Museums, Vatican City - Houses the inmense Art collection of the Catholic Church. Here you'll find works 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"

UffiziThe 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

PradoEl 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, BilbaoGuggenheim Museum, Bilbao - A good collection of contemporary Art, housed in a building by Frank Gehry. The most famous piece is "Puppy", a 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, BaselBeyeler 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


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