SOME OF THE MOST VISITED MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD
Added on: 10th Nov 2015
RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
(2.5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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