Top 6 Museums in the World

Although every museum is special and has something unique to offer, there are some museums all over the world that are sure to take your breath away and make you keep coming back. You can museum-hop across the globe and come back with an enriched experience. Read about about the best six museums from around the world. These museums are worth the trip and boast an incredible collection.

Uffizi Gallery (Florence)

The Uffizi Gallery is one of the most popular attractions in Florence, it’s one of Italys most important and most visited museums, make sure to skip the line to the Uffizi Gallery and get in before all the crowds!

The gallery is located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in Tuscany. The Uffizi Gallery houses many masterpieces of famous painters, from Cimabue, the greatest master of the Romanesque style.

Throughout the museum, displays shows the revolution carried on by Giotto at the beginning of the 14th century up to  the precious late gothic art of Gentile da Fabriano of the early Quattrocento.

Palatine Museum (Rome)

Palatine Museum is located amongst the ruins of Palatine Hill and inside a former convent building. If you visit the Museum, you will find its entry included along with the Colosseum and Roman Forum. Take a look at the 1st-4th century AD Roman artifacts exhibited in its rooms and hallways.

Amphitheater Flavium with four stories of windows, arches, and columns is the most suggestive example of the magnificent Roman art. Explore the monuments that preserve the absolute of the ancient Rome and have a look at the precious collection of the Palatine Museum.

Louvre (Paris)

The Louvre is undoubtedly the finest cultural institution of France. It was the palace of the kings of France and their medieval fortress before getting converted into a museum.

The addition of I. M. Pei’s pyramid as the new main entrance has integrated well with the museum and its collections. The museum’s collections are among the most important in the world.

Explore the Sully Wing and the Egyptian rooms. Main attractions are Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” and “Venus de Milo.” the museum indeed wears its history on its sleeve.

The Acropolis Museum (Greece)

Walk on the transparent glass floor of the stunning gallery houses, and you feel like walking over history. You get a fantastic view of the archaeological excavation that slopes upward to the Acropolis.

Have a look at the sanctuaries of the Athenians nearby and get a glimpse of their life in the excavated smaller settlements. Visitors can indeed have a good look at the exhibits from all sides and displayed in open spaces.

The main attraction of the museum is the Parthenon frieze in exactly the same dimensions and offering a comprehensive viewing of every detail.

The Vatican Museums (Vatican in Rome)

Musei Vaticani or the Vatican Museums comprise of 32 separate collections, and each one is more spectacular than the next. Probably, Museo Pio-Clementino, the splendid classical sculpture is the most famous of the collections.

Other attractions are the Raphael Rooms painted by Raphael and the Pinacoteca gallery which boasts of Vatican’s collection of medieval and Renaissance paintings. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel should not be missed.

The Egyptian Museum (Cairo)

If you are looking for the finest archaeological finds from all Egypt, then head straight for the Egyptian Museum.

Do not miss the rare opportunity to come face to face with the greatest works of mankind such as Tutankhamun’s golden mask, which is a work of superb craftsmanship and unbelievable quality.

The highly polished gold face of the mask truly glistens like water, and it is simply magnetically absorbing to look at it.