OUTSTANDING MUSEUMS
Added on: 27th Sep 2015
CZECH NATIONAL MUSEUM – PRAGUE,
CZECH REPUBLIC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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