Today I come with a list of the 30 most important museums in the world , Classified according to the awards they have received and the importance of their works.
Do you like science, culture or art? One of the best ways to enjoy them is by going to museums and luckily there are thousands in the world.
You do not have to go to all, you can know which ones are worth going to save you time and money.
1- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
This museum is not number one by choice. I have based it on a list drawn up according to the opinions of TripAdvisor readers, and it appears as the best rated of all.
Known popularly as the Met, it has been awarded the 2015 prize of the Trabeller's Choice Museums and is visited every year by no less than 5 million people.
Now, what will you find there? Well, a little bit of everything. From artistic paintings to Roman, Greek and Egyptian pieces, not to mention samples of Asian, African and even oceanic cultures.
2- The Louvre, Paris
Probably the best known museum in the world, and one of the oldest (it has more than two centuries of life). The Louvre houses a total of 300,000 works, almost nothing.
On the other hand, its incredible structure is quite striking. Its famous glass pyramid is the flagship image, which is known all over the world.
Its culmen work is the Gioconda Of Leonardo Da Vinci, reason why a great part of its public goes to visit it. Even so, we can find other types of artistic objects such as Greek sculptures.
3- Musée d'Orsay, Paris
You may not have heard much about him. Its incredible structure is situated on the banks of the river Seine and is striking because of its look of train station in the purest Victorian style.
The Musée d'Orsay is considered to be the most important impressionist museum in the world and houses works by either Van Gogh, Renoir or Monet. Its time span ranges from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I.
4- British Museum, London
One of the two most important museums of the English capital and also more ancient (it was inaugurated in the year 1753). A total of eight million permanent works decorate their corridors.
Among its jewels we find different mummies, Rosetta stone or even a statue of Easter Island.
5- Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
If you live in Spain, you will know better. The National Museum of the Prado houses some of the greatest pictorial works of the world. It has about 27,000 pieces varying according to the type of temporary exhibition they are promoting. As for the influx of public, receives a total of 2.5 million visits a year.
Velázquez, Goya or El Greco are just some of the authors that you can find in their aisles.
6- National Heritage Museum and Winter Palace, St. Petersburg
Imposing palace complex reconverted to museum that used to be the residence of the old Russian emperors. It has 250 years of history and is formed by five buildings that are situated in front of the Nevá River. The best known of them is called the Winter Palace.
In total, it has the surprising figure of three million exhibited works, interspersed with different historical treasures like sculptures or different archaeological remains.
7- National Gallery, London
Direct competition with the British Museum, the National Gallery of London is located in Trafalgar Square and was inaugurated in 1824. It has about six million visitors and more than 2,300 pictorial works. Here you can find the famous painting of the Van Gogh Sunflowers.
As an anecdote, her entire collection was transferred to Wales during World War II to avoid damage if the opposing side decided to bomb the city.
8- Vasa Museum, Stockholm
Unconventional museum where there are, being also the most visited of Scandinavia. Its interior will leave you totally surprised since in it you will find a warship of the XVII century.
98% of the boat contains its original structure, being in a perfect state of preservation (you will be able to observe first hand the clothes, coins and other original utensils of the time). Now, its dimensions are so great that it is nicknamed as the Titanic of the seventeenth century.
9- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The largest pictorial museum in Holland. It is housed in a 19th-century Gothic building with a series of Renaissance and Baroque gardens.
As expected, it gathers most of the works of the great painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Among them, you will find Vermeer or Van Gogh.
10- National Museum of History, New York
One of the most famous museums in the world with more than 5 million year visitors. If you have seen Night in the museum Of Ben Stiller, you are most likely familiar with him.
In its interior it harbors 32 million specimens, something that forces them to realize the expositions by parts and never at the same time.
11- The Academy Gallery, Florence
The most important museum you can find in Florence and one of the first painting schools in Europe. Its large number of sculptures and paintings by authors such as Botticelli or Ghirlandaio will leave you in awe.
It is well known by all that the jewel of the crown is Michelangelo's David, one of the best pieces ever created in the history of art.
12- Vatican Museums, Rome
Located in the heart of Rome, the Vatican Museums are the largest treasure of the Church with six million annual visitors.
The set has different blocks divided according to the theme of the works and treasures they host.
Pictures, objects, sculptures and even the rooms themselves are part of the museum. All this without forgetting the incredible gardens that surround them.
13- The Acropolis Museum, Athens
If you have decided to go to Athens and have visited the Acropolis, you can not miss this indispensable museum. Opened in 2009, it is focused on everything that surrounds this emblematic area of the Greek capital.
In it, you will be able to find around 4,000 works in an area of 14.000 meters, in which it emphasizes especially the set of the figures of gods that adorned the part of the portico of the Parthenon.
14- Terra-Cotta Army Museum, Xi'an
One of the most famous museums in the world. An incredible life-size collection of the army of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang.
If you go to this incredible museum, you will find 7,000 figures, both animals and humans.
These were accidentally found in the twentieth century by farmers trying to dig into the ground a well of water.
15- Guggenheim, Bilbao
One of the best known museums in Spain. Designed by the well-known architect Frank Gehry, his main function is to house contemporary works.
Its opening to the public was made on October 18, 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
Among its prizes, it has the European Museum of the Year award according to the European Photo of Museums.
16- Art Institute, Chicago
Among the best of all America. All his works of art are of exquisite value, among which you will find a great variety of styles, although a little more focused on the impressionism and American post-impressionism.
You can also find works by El Greco or José de Ribera with other European artists.
17- Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum, Madrid
Former General Hospital of Madrid designed by José de Hermosilla, the National Museum of Reina Sofía Art Center, houses works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Opened in 1992, it has an average of 3 million visitors per year.
Inside you can find the famous painting of El Guernica by Pablo Picasso.
18- Capitoline Museum, Rome
Probably the most famous museum in all of Rome. For starters you will find a multitude of sculptures from a great diversity of authors.
The most remarkable and most interesting, touristically speaking, is the famous wolf of Romulus and Remus.
Other attractions are written signed and written by some of the most important personalities in history such as Napoleon Bonaparte or Karl Marx.
19- Getty Center, Los Angeles
Museum of art located in Los Angeles that is characteristic for its bewildering exterior architecture. Its gardens, together with imposing views, make the works of Van Gogh, Monet or Cézanne much more enjoyable.
The Getty Center has an intelligent lighting system that adjusts depending on the time of day.
20- National Museum of the Second World War, New Orleans
Museum dedicated to tell how was World War II from the American point of view.
Inaugurated on 6 June 2000 and on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the Normandy landing, it was founded by Stephen Ambrose.
Inside you can find from warplanes to weapons and clothing of American soldiers.
Also D-Day takes on special importance in this museum, where you can soak up information on the crucial and bloody battle on the banks of France.
21- National Art Gallery, Washington
Opened in 1999, this striking museum consists of two perfectly differentiated areas: the first houses paintings from the 14th and 18th centuries, while in the other you can see modern art.
Likewise, you will find a multitude of academic and research works in places that will sometimes be outdoors.
22-Ricardo Brennand Institute, Recife
With a typical Tudor structure, the Ricardo Brennand Institute has an armory collection of 3,000 objects, among which you will find pieces of European and Brazilian origin.
The swords and armors that you will find here are totally imposing, since some of them were in their day in possession of great conquerors of the Americas.
23- Galleria Borghese, Rome
The Borghese family names this museum. The reason is that the belongings of those who enjoyed in the seventeenth century reside in this palace cardinal.
The main attraction, besides its beautiful location, are four rooms dedicated exclusively to works of the famous sculptor Bernini. Along with them, you can also enjoy other sculptures dating from the 17th and 18th centuries
24- National Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space, Washington
The largest exhibition of aircraft in the world at something 14,000 square meters.
From the first prototypes of the Wright brothers, to the Charles Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis or the Comamand Module Apollo 11 Columbia.
25- Inhotim, Brumadinho
500,000 hectares of botanical gardens in southwestern Brazil that hosts a multitude of contemporary works of art.
This museum, first opened to the public in 2006, was built by billionaire Bernardo Paz, who decided to give a radical change to his country house.
26- Gold Museum, Bogota
As its name indicates, what you will find there will be a collection of pieces from the pre-Hispanic period (500 BC - 1500) of gold, in addition to some other object made with emeralds and other precious stones.
What are you going to see? From bracelets and necklaces to armor and masks, passing through some other iconic representation of gods or kings.
27- Egyptian Museum of Cairo, Cairo
The largest Egyptian museum in the world. Inside you can find thousands of artifacts, mummies or prints open to the public uninterruptedly since 1902.
There are more than 136,000 objects belonging to the different dynasties of Egyptian civilization.
If you want to see the mummies of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt you can not miss this museum on your visit to Cairo!
28- Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Palace that belonged in the renaissance to the Uffizi family, one of the most powerful of all of Italy. Today, this is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Florence.
Its inauguration as a museum dates from the year 1765, since as a palace, it has existed since the middle of the 16th century.
29- Tokyo National Museum
Oldest and largest museum in all of Japan. Its rooms are dedicated exclusively to Japanese history, with more than 110 objects including some classified as Cultural Property of Importance.
It has 1.4 million visits per year and was inaugurated more than a century ago in the year 1872.
30- National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Established in the middle of the Chapultepec Forest, the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico has innumerable pieces typical of cultures resident in America such as the Maya or Aztec.
Its exhibition extends in time until century XVI, when the Spaniards consolidated the conquest of the continent.
What other museums do you think need to be on this list?