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OUTSTANDING MUSEUMS

Added on: 27th Sep 2015

 

CZECH NATIONAL MUSEUM – PRAGUE,

CZECH REPUBLIC

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Established in 1818, it is one of the oldest and largest museums in

Central Europe. At present the museum houses almost 14 million

items from the area of natural history, arts, music and librarianship.

The exhibits are located in tens of separated buildings.

 

 

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM – TORONTO, CANADA

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Founded in 1912, Royal Ontario Museum is one of the largest museums

in North America, attracting over one million visitors every year.

It houses exhibits of world culture and natural history. With more than

six million items and forty galleries, the museum’s diverse collections

are part of the reason for its international reputation.

 

 

RIJKSMUSEUM – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

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The Rijksmuseum is a Netherlands national museum dedicated to

arts and history. The museum displays 8,000 items from their

total collection of 1 million objects from the years 1200–2000, among

which are some masterpieces by authors such as Rembrandt,

Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer.

 

 

MUSEUM OF HANOI – HANOI, VIETNAM

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Occupying a total area of over 5 hectares, the museum displays artefacts

from Hanoi’s 1000 year history and the history, culture, heritage and

architecture of Vietnam. The building´s unconventional shape represents

an overall design of an inverted pyramid.

 

 

MUSEO DEL PRADO – MADRID, SPAIN

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Established in 1819, Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national

art museum. It features one of the world’s finest collections of

European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 19th century.

Works of authors such as El Greco, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens or

Hieronymus Bosch are some of the highlights of the collection.

 

 

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CAMBODIA – PHNOM PENH,

CAMBODIA

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Situated in the country´s capital of Phnom Penh, it is Cambodia’s

largest museum of cultural history and the country’s leading historical

and archaeological museum. The museum houses one of the world’s

largest collections of Khmer art, including sculptural, ceramics,

bronzes, and ethnographic objects.

 

 

DENVER ART MUSEUM – DENVER, COLORADO, USA

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Founded in 1983, the museum is known for its collection of American

Indian art, and other collections of more than 68,000 diverse works

from across the centuries and the world. The unusual design of the

museum was inspired by the nearby Rocky Mountains.

 

 

STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM – MOSCOW, RUSSIA

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Located next to the Red Square in Moscow, this museum houses

exhibitions ranging from relics of prehistoric tribes that lived on the

territory of today’s Russia to priceless artworks. The total number

of objects in the museum’s collection comes to millions.

 


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