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World's Major Art Museums and Galleries

The world's major art museums and galleries, such as the Louvre Museum, British Museum, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, are world-class cultural facilities visited by millions to tens of millions of people annually. These museums collect and exhibit humanity's artistic and cultural heritage, from ancient Egypt to contemporary art, and have become must-see destinations not only for art enthusiasts but also for tourists from around the world. Many of these institutions possess unique collections that reflect the history and culture of their respective countries, and their architecture itself is often valued as a work of art.

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code slug name description collection founded highlights location_city location_country visitors
01 louvre-museum Louvre Museum The world's largest art museum located in Paris, France. 約38,000点 1793 ["Mona Lisa","Venus de Milo","Winged Victory of Samothrace","Code of Hammurabi"] Paris France 約874万人/年
02 vatican-museums Vatican Museums Important museums of Christian art located in Vatican City. 約7万点 1506 ["Sistine Chapel","The Creation of Adam","The School of Athens","Laocoön and His Sons"] Vatican Vatican City 約683万人/年
03 british-museum British Museum The world's largest museum located in London, UK. 約800万点 1753 ["Rosetta Stone","Elgin Marbles","Egyptian Mummies","Parthenon Sculptures"] London United Kingdom 約648万人/年
04 metropolitan-museum-of-art Metropolitan Museum of Art One of the world's largest art museums located in New York, USA. 約200万点 1870 ["Girl with a Pearl Earring (Vermeer)","Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (Van Gogh)","Water Lilies (Monet)","Washington Crossing the Delaware"] New York United States 約573万人/年
05 tate-modern Tate Modern A temple of modern and contemporary art in London, UK. 約7万点 2000 ["Water Lilies (Monet)","Three Dancers (Picasso)","Rothko Collection","Modigliani Works"] London United Kingdom 約460万人/年
06 musee-dorsay Musée d'Orsay A temple of 19th-century art located in Paris, France. 約7万点 1986 ["The Gleaners (Millet)","Luncheon on the Grass (Manet)","Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Renoir)","The Starry Night (Van Gogh)"] Paris France 約375万人/年
07 hermitage-museum Hermitage Museum One of the world's three great museums located in St. Petersburg, Russia. 約300万点 1764 ["Madonna Benois (Leonardo da Vinci)","Danaë (Rembrandt)","Winter Palace","Peacock Clock"] St. Petersburg Russia 約300万人/年
08 museo-del-prado Museo del Prado The supreme temple of Spanish painting located in Madrid, Spain. 約2万点 1819 ["Las Meninas (Velázquez)","The Naked Maja (Goya)","The Clothed Maja (Goya)","The Adoration of the Name of Jesus (El Greco)"] Madrid Spain 約333万人/年
09 uffizi-gallery Uffizi Gallery A treasure trove of Renaissance art located in Florence, Italy. 約5,000点 1581 ["The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)","Primavera (Botticelli)","The Annunciation (Leonardo da Vinci)","Medici Family Portraits"] Florence Italy 約271万人/年
10 moma Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) A temple of modern and contemporary art located in New York, USA. 約20万点 1929 ["The Starry Night (Van Gogh)","Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Picasso)","The Persistence of Memory (Dalí)","The Dream (Rousseau)"] New York United States 約270万人/年
11 national-gallery-london National Gallery, London An important museum of Western painting located in London, UK. 約2,300点 1824 ["The Virgin of the Rocks (Leonardo da Vinci)","Sunflowers (Van Gogh)","Water Lilies (Monet)","The Arnolfini Portrait (van Eyck)"] London United Kingdom 約200万人/年
12 national-gallery-of-art National Gallery of Art A national art museum located in Washington, D.C., USA. 約14万点 1937 ["Ginevra de' Benci (Leonardo da Vinci)","Alba Madonna (Raphael)","Girl with a Pearl Earring (Vermeer)","Self-Portrait (Van Gogh)"] Washington, D.C. United States 約394万人/年
13 tokyo-national-museum Tokyo National Museum Japan's oldest national museum located in Tokyo, Japan. 約11万点 1872 ["Japanese Swords","Buddhist Statues","Ukiyo-e","Ceramics","National Treasures Exhibition"] Tokyo Japan 約243万人/年
14 national-museum-of-korea National Museum of Korea Korea's largest museum located in Seoul, South Korea. 約42万点 1945 ["Pensive Bodhisattva","National Treasures","Joseon Dynasty","Goryeo Celadon","Baekje Incense Burner"] Seoul South Korea 約379万人/年
15 museo-nacional-de-antropologia National Museum of Anthropology A museum of indigenous cultures located in Mexico City, Mexico. 約60万点 1964 ["Sun Stone (Aztec Calendar)","Olmec Colossal Heads","Sarcophagus of Pakal","Maya Artifacts"] Mexico City Mexico 約370万人/年

A list of the world's most famous and most visited art museums and galleries.