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SOME OF THE MOST VISITED MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD

Added on: 27th Jan 2016

 

MUSÉE NATIONAL D´ART MODERNE, PARIS, FRANCE

(3.7 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Musée National d´Art Moderne,

 

 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON D.C., USA

(3.9 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

National Gallery of Art

Located in Washington D.C., the National Gallery of Art houses

a large collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs,

sculptures, medals, and decorative arts. Open to the public and free

of charge, it holds the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci

 in the Americas.

 

 

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY,

WASHINGTON D.C., USA

(4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

National Museum of American History

Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of American

History collects, preserves and displays numerous types of the

heritage of the United States. With 4 million visitors annually, it is

the fourth most visited museum in the country.

 

 

SHANGHAI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM,

SHANGHAI, CHINA

(4.2 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

Situated in Shanghai, the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

is a large museum offering its visitors 13 main permanent exhibitions

and 4 science theatres. Occupying a floor area of almost 100,000

square metres (1 million sq. ft.), it is the second largest

museum in China.

 

 

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY,

NEW YORK CITY, USA

(5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

American Museum of Natural History

Found in the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC, the American

Museum of Natural History holds enormous collections containing

over 32 million specimens of plants, humans, animals, fossils, rocks

etc. Consisting of 27 interconnected buildings, it is one of the

largest museums in the world.

 

 

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

(5.4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Natural History Museum

Containing an incredible 80 million items within botany, entomology, 

mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology, the Natural History Museum

in London is the fourth most visited museum in the UK. Established

in 1881, the museum is particularly famous for its exhibition

of dinosaur skeletons.

 

 

NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

(5.4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

National Palace Museum

Originally established as the Palace Museum in Beijing’s Forbidden City

 in 1925, the National Palace Museum in Taipei is now the most

important national museum in Taiwan. Encompassing over 10,000

years of Chinese history, it has a permanent collection of almost

700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese artefacts and artworks.

 

 

TATE MODERN, LONDON, UK

(5.8 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)

Tate Modern

Located in the London Borough of Southwark, the Tate Modern is

a British national gallery of international modern art. Occupying

seven floors, the gallery´s exhibitions attract almost 5.8 million

visitors annually, making it the third most visited museum in the

UK and ninth most visited in the world.

 


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