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SOME OF THE MOST VISITED MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD

Added on: 10th Nov 2015

 

RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

(2.5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Rijksmuseum

Located at the Museum Square in Amsterdam, the Rijksmuseum

is a museum dedicated to arts and history of Netherlands. The total

collection of the museum includes one million items spanning the

period from 1200 until now but only about 8 thousand of them can be

accessed by the public at any given time.

 

 

NATIONAL FOLK MUSEUM OF KOREA, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

(2.7 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

National Folk Museum of Korea

Established by the US Government in 1945, the National Folk Museum

of Korea boasts an impressive collection of objects illustrating the

history and traditions of Korean people. Situated in Seoul, the museum

is divided into 3 main exhibition halls.

 

 

STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

(2.9 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

State Hermitage Museum

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 3 million items including

works by author such as Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Velázquez,

Michelangelo and Goya.

 

 

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK CITY, USA

(3.1 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Museum of Modern Art

Considered the most influential museum of modern art in the world,

the Museum of Modern Art is located in Manhattan, New York City.

With extensive collections of paintings, books, sculptures, photography,

architectonical pieces etc., the museum receives over 3 million

visitors every year.

 

 

REINA SOFIA, MADRID, SPAIN

(3.2 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Reina Sofia

Officially known as The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía,

the Reina Sofia Museum is the largest and most visited museum of Spain.

Found in Madrid, it is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. The museum boasts

of a particularly excellent collection of works by Pablo Picasso and

Salvador Dalí.

 

 

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

(3.2 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Victoria and Albert Museum

Named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Victoria and

Albert Museum in London is the world’s largest museum of decorative

arts and design. Spanning over 5,000 years of art history, the museum

houses a permanent collection of 4.5 million objects.

 

 

SCIENCE MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

(3.4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

The Science Museum

Founded in 1857, the Science Museum is another renowned museum

located in London. Holding a collection of over 300,000 items, the

Science Museum is the fifth most visited museum in the United Kingdom

with more than 3.4 million visitors annually.

 

 

MUSÉE D´ORSAY, PARIS, FRANCE

(3.5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Musée d´Orsay

Originally built as a railway station, the museum houses the largest

collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in

the world, by painters including Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne,

Gauguin and Van Gogh. With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is

the third most visited museum in France.

 

 

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

(3.5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

National Museum of Korea

Established in 1945, the National Museum of Korea is the most important

museum in Korea and a major tourist attraction of Seoul as well as the

whole country. Dedicated to Korean history and art, it houses a

collection of more than 310,000 unique items.

 


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