MAGNIFICENT MUSEUMS

SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA

Located on Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side neighbourhood of

Manhattan, this museum is the permanent home of a renowned

and continuously expanding collection of Impressionist,

Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art. In 2013,

almost 1.2 million people visited the museum, which makes it one

of the most popular exhibition sites in New York City.

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – VIENNA, AUSTRIA

With over 30 million objects, this Austrian museum is one of the

largest in Europe. It also serves as a working place for about 60

staff scientists. Their main fields of research covers a wide range of

topics from the origins of our Solar system and the evolution of

animals and plants to human evolution, as well as prehistoric

traditions and customs.

VATICAN MUSEUMS – VATICAN CITY, ROME, ITALY

Vatican Museums display works from the immense collection built up

by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries including

some of the most renowned classical sculptures and most important

masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. In 2013, they were

visited by 5.5 million people, which makes it the 5th most

visited art museum in the world.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE

TAICHUNG, TAIWAN

Founded in 1986, the museum is divided into six parts housing the

Space IMAX Theatre, Science Centre, Life Science Hall, Human Cultures Hall,

Global Environment Hall, and Botanical Garden. With over 3 million visitors

annually, it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Taiwan.

ACROPOLIS MUSEUM – ATHENS, GREECE

Founded in 2003 on the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine

Athens, this museum focuses on the findings of the archaeological

site of the Acropolis of Athens. Set only 300 yards away from the

famous temple of Parthenon, its exhibits host nearly 4,000 objects.

NATIONAL FOLK MUSEUM OF KOREA

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

Established in 1945 by the U.S. Government, the museum in Seoul

features replicas of historical objects to illustrate the history of

traditional life of the Korean people. It has three main exhibition halls,

with almost 100,000 Artifacts.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM – BILBAO, SPAIN

Designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, this

museum of modern art is one of the most admired works of

contemporary architecture. It notably houses large-scale,

site-specific works and installations by contemporary artists.

HERMITAGE MUSEUM – SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great, Hermitage is one of the

largest and oldest museums in the world. Its collections, of which

only a small part is on permanent display, comprise over three million

items including the largest collection of paintings in the world.

It features works by author such as Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh,

Velázquez, Michelangelo or Goya.

OSCAR NIEMEYER MUSEUM – CURITIBA, BRAZIL

Inaugurated in 2002, this super-modern museum focuses on visual arts,

architecture and design. It is also known as the Museum of the Eye,

due to the distinctive design of the building.