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An editorial composite ranking of the world's greatest museums, drawn from TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice winners, AECOM/TEA attendance reports and the verdicts of Condé Nast Traveler, Time Out, National Geographic and The Times.

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The World's Top 50 Museums

Editorial composite ranking
Musée du Louvre — Art & Encyclopedic in Paris, France
#1
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Musée du Louvre
Paris, France
The world's most-visited museum
⭐ 4.6(312,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor #1
The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Art & Encyclopedic in New York, United States
#2
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
America's grandest encyclopedic museum
⭐ 4.8(91,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Vatican Museums — Art & Encyclopedic in Vatican City, Vatican City
#3
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Vatican Museums
Vatican City, Vatican City
Sistine Chapel & papal collections
⭐ 4.7(178,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
British Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in London, United Kingdom
#4
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
8 million objects, 2 million years of history
⭐ 4.7(156,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor #1 in UK
State Hermitage Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Saint Petersburg, Russia
#5
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Catherine the Great's imperial collection
⭐ 4.8(41,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
Museo del Prado — Art & Encyclopedic in Madrid, Spain
#6
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Museo del Prado
Madrid, Spain
The world's finest collection of Spanish art
⭐ 4.8(64,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Uffizi Gallery — Art & Encyclopedic in Florence, Italy
#7
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Uffizi Gallery
Florence, Italy
Birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, in collection form
⭐ 4.7(71,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Rijksmuseum — Art & Encyclopedic in Amsterdam, Netherlands
#8
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Dutch Golden Age in one building
⭐ 4.8(58,000 reviews)🏆 European Museum of the Year 2015
Musée d'Orsay — Art & Encyclopedic in Paris, France
#9
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
Impressionism in a Beaux-Arts railway station
⭐ 4.8(89,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Acropolis Museum — Archaeology & Antiquity in Athens, Greece
#10
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Acropolis Museum
Athens, Greece
Bernard Tschumi's modern temple to ancient Athens
⭐ 4.8(47,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor #1 Athens
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) — Modern & Contemporary in New York, United States
#11
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
New York, United States
The defining collection of 20th-century art
⭐ 4.6(75,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Tate Modern — Modern & Contemporary in London, United Kingdom
#12
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Tate Modern
London, United Kingdom
Bankside power station turned global icon
⭐ 4.6(59,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 10
Centre Pompidou — Modern & Contemporary in Paris, France
#13
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Centre Pompidou
Paris, France
Inside-out architecture, Europe's modern art mothership
⭐ 4.5(41,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
National Gallery — Art & Encyclopedic in London, United Kingdom
#14
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Western European painting from 1250–1900, free to all
⭐ 4.8(38,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Natural History in Washington, United States
#15
🦖 Natural History
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, United States
145 million specimens of Earth's natural heritage
⭐ 4.7(47,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 10
American Museum of Natural History — Natural History in New York, United States
#16
🦖 Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
New York, United States
Dinosaurs, dioramas and the Hayden Planetarium
⭐ 4.7(87,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Natural History Museum — Natural History in London, United Kingdom
#17
🦖 Natural History
Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom
Hope the blue whale and a Romanesque cathedral of nature
⭐ 4.8(96,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 10
National Palace Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Taipei, Taiwan
#18
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
National Palace Museum
Taipei, Taiwan
The world's greatest collection of Chinese imperial art
⭐ 4.6(25,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Palace Museum (Forbidden City) — Palace & Royal in Beijing, China
#19
👑 Palace & Royal
Palace Museum (Forbidden City)
Beijing, China
The world's largest palace complex
⭐ 4.7(32,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
Musée Rodin — Artist & Single-Subject in Paris, France
#20
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Musée Rodin
Paris, France
The sculptor's mansion and rose-filled garden
⭐ 4.7(18,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Van Gogh Museum — Artist & Single-Subject in Amsterdam, Netherlands
#21
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's largest Van Gogh collection
⭐ 4.7(41,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Top 10 worldwide
Picasso Museum (Musée Picasso Paris) — Artist & Single-Subject in Paris, France
#22
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Picasso Museum (Musée Picasso Paris)
Paris, France
Picasso's personal collection in the Marais
⭐ 4.4(12,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Egyptian Museum — Archaeology & Antiquity in Cairo, Egypt
#23
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Egyptian Museum
Cairo, Egypt
120,000 Pharaonic treasures on Tahrir Square
⭐ 4.5(22,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO Cairo
Grand Egyptian Museum — Archaeology & Antiquity in Giza, Egypt
#24
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Grand Egyptian Museum
Giza, Egypt
The world's largest archaeological museum, beside the pyramids
⭐ 4.9(8,500 reviews)🏆 Newest world wonder
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — Modern & Contemporary in New York, United States
#25
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York, United States
Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral on Fifth Avenue
⭐ 4.5(25,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage (Wright)
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao — Modern & Contemporary in Bilbao, Spain
#26
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain
Frank Gehry's titanium catalyst for a city
⭐ 4.7(35,000 reviews)🏆 European Museum of the Year
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum — Science & Industry in Washington, United States
#27
🔬 Science & Industry
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Washington, United States
The world's most popular flight & space museum
⭐ 4.7(41,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 5
Tokyo National Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Tokyo, Japan
#28
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo, Japan
Japan's oldest and largest museum
⭐ 4.6(14,000 reviews)🏆 National Treasures collection
Galleria dell'Accademia — Art & Encyclopedic in Florence, Italy
#29
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence, Italy
Home of Michelangelo's David
⭐ 4.8(47,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Kunsthistorisches Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Vienna, Austria
#30
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburg imperial art collection
⭐ 4.8(19,000 reviews)🏆 World's largest Bruegel collection
Pergamon Museum — Archaeology & Antiquity in Berlin, Germany
#31
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Pergamon Museum
Berlin, Germany
Reconstructed monuments from antiquity
⭐ 4.7(27,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage (Museum Island)
Israel Museum — Archaeology & Antiquity in Jerusalem, Israel
#32
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
Dead Sea Scrolls and the Shrine of the Book
⭐ 4.7(11,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Yad Vashem — Memorial & Remembrance in Jerusalem, Israel
#33
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
Yad Vashem
Jerusalem, Israel
World Holocaust Remembrance Center
⭐ 4.9(14,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau — Memorial & Remembrance in Oświęcim, Poland
#34
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Oświęcim, Poland
Preserved on the site of Nazi Germany's largest death camp
⭐ 4.9(53,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Memorial & Remembrance in Washington, United States
#35
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
America's national memorial to the Holocaust
⭐ 4.8(22,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Anne Frank House — Memorial & Remembrance in Amsterdam, Netherlands
#36
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
Anne Frank House
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Secret Annex on Prinsengracht
⭐ 4.6(110,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Smithsonian National Museum of American History — History & Civilization in Washington, United States
#37
🏛️ History & Civilization
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Washington, United States
America in objects
⭐ 4.6(18,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 10
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — History & Civilization in Washington, United States
#38
🏛️ History & Civilization
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, United States
America seen through the African American lens
⭐ 4.9(17,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
9/11 Memorial & Museum — Memorial & Remembrance in New York, United States
#39
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
9/11 Memorial & Museum
New York, United States
Bedrock of the original World Trade Center
⭐ 4.8(78,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum — Memorial & Remembrance in Hiroshima, Japan
#40
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima, Japan
Atomic bombing remembrance and peace advocacy
⭐ 4.8(14,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO inclusion (Genbaku Dome)
Victoria and Albert Museum — Design & Decorative in London, United Kingdom
#41
🪑 Design & Decorative
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
The world's leading museum of art, design and performance
⭐ 4.7(35,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Science Museum — Science & Industry in London, United Kingdom
#42
🔬 Science & Industry
Science Museum
London, United Kingdom
Three centuries of scientific innovation
⭐ 4.7(30,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Deutsches Museum — Science & Industry in Munich, Germany
#43
🔬 Science & Industry
Deutsches Museum
Munich, Germany
Europe's largest museum of science and technology
⭐ 4.6(13,000 reviews)🏆 Largest STEM museum in Europe
Field Museum of Natural History — Natural History in Chicago, United States
#44
🦖 Natural History
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, United States
Home of SUE the T. rex
⭐ 4.7(30,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Art Institute of Chicago — Art & Encyclopedic in Chicago, United States
#45
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
America's second largest art museum
⭐ 4.8(35,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor #1 worldwide 2014
J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Center) — Art & Encyclopedic in Los Angeles, United States
#46
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Center)
Los Angeles, United States
Richard Meier's hilltop campus above LA
⭐ 4.8(24,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Topkapi Palace Museum — Palace & Royal in Istanbul, Turkey
#47
👑 Palace & Royal
Topkapi Palace Museum
Istanbul, Turkey
Four centuries of Ottoman court life
⭐ 4.6(75,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque & Museum — History & Civilization in Istanbul, Turkey
#48
🏛️ History & Civilization
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque & Museum
Istanbul, Turkey
1500 years of sacred architecture
⭐ 4.7(96,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
Louvre Abu Dhabi — Art & Encyclopedic in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
#49
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Jean Nouvel's 'rain of light' on Saadiyat Island
⭐ 4.6(18,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) — Modern & Contemporary in Hobart, Australia
#50
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
Hobart, Australia
David Walsh's subterranean 'subversive adult Disneyland'
⭐ 4.7(11,000 reviews)🏆 Time 100 Greatest Places

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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art — Modern & Contemporary in Humlebæk, Denmark
#51
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Humlebæk, Denmark
Modern art on the Øresund coast
⭐ 4.8(9,000 reviews)🏆 European Museum of the Year (1992)
Museo Nacional de Antropología — Archaeology & Antiquity in Mexico City, Mexico
#52
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Museo Nacional de Antropología
Mexico City, Mexico
Mesoamerica's pre-Columbian masterpieces
⭐ 4.8(35,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul) — Artist & Single-Subject in Mexico City, Mexico
#53
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul)
Mexico City, Mexico
The cobalt blue house in Coyoacán
⭐ 4.6(31,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Munch Museum (MUNCH) — Artist & Single-Subject in Oslo, Norway
#54
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Munch Museum (MUNCH)
Oslo, Norway
13 floors of Edvard Munch on the Oslo waterfront
⭐ 4.5(7,000 reviews)🏆 Time 100 Greatest Places
Dalí Theatre-Museum — Artist & Single-Subject in Figueres, Spain
#55
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Dalí Theatre-Museum
Figueres, Spain
Dalí's surrealist Gesamtkunstwerk
⭐ 4.6(21,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Picasso Museum Barcelona — Artist & Single-Subject in Barcelona, Spain
#56
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Picasso Museum Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Picasso's formative years
⭐ 4.5(25,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Whitney Museum of American Art — Modern & Contemporary in New York, United States
#57
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, United States
20th- and 21st-century American art
⭐ 4.5(13,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Smithsonian National Zoo (& Conservation) — Natural History in Washington, United States
#58
🦖 Natural History
Smithsonian National Zoo (& Conservation)
Washington, United States
163 acres of conservation in Rock Creek Park
⭐ 4.5(23,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Mauritshuis — Art & Encyclopedic in The Hague, Netherlands
#59
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Mauritshuis
The Hague, Netherlands
Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' lives here
⭐ 4.8(9,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Pinacoteca di Brera — Art & Encyclopedic in Milan, Italy
#60
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Pinacoteca di Brera
Milan, Italy
Northern Italy's premier picture gallery
⭐ 4.7(9,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Gallery of Art — Art & Encyclopedic in Washington, United States
#61
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
National Gallery of Art
Washington, United States
America's national art museum on the Mall
⭐ 4.8(19,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie — Science & Industry in Paris, France
#62
🔬 Science & Industry
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Paris, France
Europe's largest science centre
⭐ 4.5(11,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Museum of Islamic Art — Art & Encyclopedic in Doha, Qatar
#63
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Museum of Islamic Art
Doha, Qatar
I.M. Pei's last great commission
⭐ 4.8(13,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
M+ — Modern & Contemporary in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
#64
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
M+
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Asia's first global museum of contemporary visual culture
⭐ 4.5(6,500 reviews)🏆 Time 100 Greatest Places
Tate Britain — Art & Encyclopedic in London, United Kingdom
#65
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Tate Britain
London, United Kingdom
500 years of British art on Millbank
⭐ 4.6(14,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Royal Ontario Museum — Natural History in Toronto, Canada
#66
🦖 Natural History
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
Daniel Libeskind's crystalline expansion in Toronto
⭐ 4.7(16,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Gallery of Canada — Art & Encyclopedic in Ottawa, Canada
#67
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
Canadian and Indigenous art on the Ottawa River
⭐ 4.7(7,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Museum of Korea — History & Civilization in Seoul, South Korea
#68
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Museum of Korea
Seoul, South Korea
Korea's national history in Yongsan Park
⭐ 4.7(7,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM Top 10
Shanghai Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Shanghai, China
#69
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai, China
Chinese art from prehistory to the Qing dynasty
⭐ 4.6(8,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Asian Art Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in San Francisco, United States
#70
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, United States
18,000 works spanning 6,000 years
⭐ 4.6(5,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
SFMOMA — Modern & Contemporary in San Francisco, United States
#71
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
SFMOMA
San Francisco, United States
Snøhetta's expanded modern art landmark
⭐ 4.6(13,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) — Art & Encyclopedic in Los Angeles, United States
#72
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, United States
The largest art museum in the western US
⭐ 4.4(14,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — Art & Encyclopedic in Boston, United States
#73
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, United States
America's most encyclopedic art museum after the Met
⭐ 4.7(14,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Philadelphia Museum of Art — Art & Encyclopedic in Philadelphia, United States
#74
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
Top of the 'Rocky Steps'
⭐ 4.6(11,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Cleveland Museum of Art — Art & Encyclopedic in Cleveland, United States
#75
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
America's most beautiful free art museum
⭐ 4.8(8,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Detroit Institute of Arts — Art & Encyclopedic in Detroit, United States
#76
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals
⭐ 4.8(8,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston — Art & Encyclopedic in Houston, United States
#77
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
Texas's encyclopedic powerhouse
⭐ 4.7(7,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Museum of Fine Arts, Bilbao — Art & Encyclopedic in Bilbao, Spain
#78
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Museum of Fine Arts, Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain
Basque, Spanish and European masters
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam — Modern & Contemporary in Amsterdam, Netherlands
#79
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Modern art and design in 'The Bathtub'
⭐ 4.4(14,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts — Modern & Contemporary in Rome, Italy
#80
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts
Rome, Italy
Zaha Hadid's Roman concrete ribbon
⭐ 4.4(4,500 reviews)🏆 RIBA Stirling Prize 2010
Mori Art Museum — Modern & Contemporary in Tokyo, Japan
#81
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Mori Art Museum
Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary art on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills
⭐ 4.5(5,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
teamLab Borderless / Planets — Modern & Contemporary in Tokyo, Japan
#82
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
teamLab Borderless / Planets
Tokyo, Japan
Immersive digital art collective
⭐ 4.7(25,000 reviews)🏆 Time 100 Greatest Places
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum — Modern & Contemporary in Aarhus, Denmark
#83
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
Aarhus, Denmark
Olafur Eliasson's Rainbow Panorama
⭐ 4.7(8,000 reviews)🏆 European Museum of the Year 2024
Moderna Museet — Modern & Contemporary in Stockholm, Sweden
#84
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Moderna Museet
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's modern and contemporary classics
⭐ 4.6(7,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry (permanent)
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art — Modern & Contemporary in Helsinki, Finland
#85
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Helsinki, Finland
Steven Holl's contemporary art landmark
⭐ 4.5(4,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Musée Magritte — Artist & Single-Subject in Brussels, Belgium
#86
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Musée Magritte
Brussels, Belgium
Surrealism in three floors
⭐ 4.4(9,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Vasa Museum — History & Civilization in Stockholm, Sweden
#87
🏛️ History & Civilization
Vasa Museum
Stockholm, Sweden
A 17th-century warship preserved 98% intact
⭐ 4.8(50,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor #1 in Sweden
ABBA The Museum — History & Civilization in Stockholm, Sweden
#88
🏛️ History & Civilization
ABBA The Museum
Stockholm, Sweden
Walk in, dance out
⭐ 4.6(13,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Museum of Anthropology – Lisbon (Museu Nacional de Arqueologia) — Archaeology & Antiquity in Lisbon, Portugal
#89
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
National Museum of Anthropology – Lisbon (Museu Nacional de Arqueologia)
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal's national archaeology museum in the Jerónimos Monastery
⭐ 4.5(2,200 reviews)🏆 UNESCO setting
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Lisbon, Portugal
#90
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Lisbon, Portugal
One man's perfect collection in a garden
⭐ 4.8(6,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Hagia Eirene & Istanbul Archaeology Museums — Archaeology & Antiquity in Istanbul, Turkey
#91
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Hagia Eirene & Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Istanbul, Turkey
Three museums in one beside Topkapı
⭐ 4.6(9,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Museum of China — History & Civilization in Beijing, China
#92
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Museum of China
Beijing, China
The world's most-visited museum (some years)
⭐ 4.6(5,000 reviews)🏆 AECOM #1 attendance (some years)
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art — Modern & Contemporary in Tehran, Iran
#93
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tehran, Iran
Iran's hidden vault of Western modern masters
⭐ 4.6(1,500 reviews)🏆 Hidden gem of contemporary collections
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) — Modern & Contemporary in Cape Town, South Africa
#94
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA)
Cape Town, South Africa
Africa's largest contemporary art museum
⭐ 4.5(3,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) — Art & Encyclopedic in Melbourne, Australia
#95
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
Melbourne, Australia
Australia's oldest and most-visited art museum
⭐ 4.7(16,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Art Gallery of New South Wales — Art & Encyclopedic in Sydney, Australia
#96
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
SANAA's expansion in the Domain
⭐ 4.8(9,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
MUSE – Museo delle Scienze — Science & Industry in Trento, Italy
#97
🔬 Science & Industry
MUSE – Museo delle Scienze
Trento, Italy
Renzo Piano's alpine science museum
⭐ 4.7(8,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Naturalis Biodiversity Center — Natural History in Leiden, Netherlands
#98
🦖 Natural History
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Leiden, Netherlands
Trix the T. rex and 42 million specimens
⭐ 4.7(8,500 reviews)🏆 European Museum of the Year 2021
Ashmolean Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Oxford, United Kingdom
#99
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford, United Kingdom
Britain's first public museum
⭐ 4.7(7,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Fitzwilliam Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Cambridge, United Kingdom
#100
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge's encyclopedic gem
⭐ 4.7(5,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga — Art & Encyclopedic in Lisbon, Portugal
#101
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal's national art collection
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo — Art & Encyclopedic in São Paulo, Brazil
#102
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi's red-pillared icon on Avenida Paulista
⭐ 4.6(13,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO listed
MALBA – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires — Modern & Contemporary in Buenos Aires, Argentina
#103
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
MALBA – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Latin American art from 1900 to today
⭐ 4.6(9,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Pinacoteca de São Paulo — Art & Encyclopedic in São Paulo, Brazil
#104
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
São Paulo's oldest art museum
⭐ 4.7(11,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Museum of African American Music — History & Civilization in Nashville, United States
#105
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Museum of African American Music
Nashville, United States
Five centuries of Black music
⭐ 4.6(1,800 reviews)🏆 Newer must-see
EMP / MoPOP – Museum of Pop Culture — History & Civilization in Seattle, United States
#106
🏛️ History & Civilization
EMP / MoPOP – Museum of Pop Culture
Seattle, United States
Frank Gehry's pop-culture playground
⭐ 4.5(11,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Petersen Automotive Museum — Design & Decorative in Los Angeles, United States
#107
🪑 Design & Decorative
Petersen Automotive Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Hollywood and Detroit on Wilshire
⭐ 4.7(5,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation — History & Civilization in Dearborn, United States
#108
🏛️ History & Civilization
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Dearborn, United States
America's innovation story
⭐ 4.7(16,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Museum of Science and Industry — Science & Industry in Chicago, United States
#109
🔬 Science & Industry
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, United States
Hands-on science in the last building of the 1893 World's Fair
⭐ 4.7(11,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Exploratorium — Science & Industry in San Francisco, United States
#110
🔬 Science & Industry
Exploratorium
San Francisco, United States
The original hands-on science museum
⭐ 4.7(9,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
California Academy of Sciences — Natural History in San Francisco, United States
#111
🦖 Natural History
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, United States
Aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, museum — under one living roof
⭐ 4.7(17,000 reviews)🏆 LEED Platinum
Te Papa Tongarewa — History & Civilization in Wellington, New Zealand
#112
🏛️ History & Civilization
Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington, New Zealand
Our place: New Zealand's national museum
⭐ 4.8(17,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Te Papa Wai – Ulster Museum — Natural History in Belfast, United Kingdom
#113
🦖 Natural History
Te Papa Wai – Ulster Museum
Belfast, United Kingdom
Northern Ireland's flagship
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
MoMA PS1 — Modern & Contemporary in New York, United States
#114
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
MoMA PS1
New York, United States
Experimental contemporary art in Long Island City
⭐ 4.3(4,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Brooklyn Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in New York, United States
#115
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Brooklyn Museum
New York, United States
America's third largest art museum
⭐ 4.6(7,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Frick Collection — Art & Encyclopedic in New York, United States
#116
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Frick Collection
New York, United States
Henry Clay Frick's Gilded Age mansion museum
⭐ 4.8(6,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Museum of Iraq — Archaeology & Antiquity in Baghdad, Iraq
#117
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
National Museum of Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq
Mesopotamia's homecoming
⭐ 4.7(600 reviews)🏆 Cultural recovery story
Sumida Hokusai Museum — Artist & Single-Subject in Tokyo, Japan
#118
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Sumida Hokusai Museum
Tokyo, Japan
Kazuyo Sejima's home for The Great Wave
⭐ 4.4(1,700 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Nezu Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Tokyo, Japan
#119
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Nezu Museum
Tokyo, Japan
Pre-modern Japanese art and a hidden Tokyo garden
⭐ 4.7(1,800 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Singapore National Gallery — Art & Encyclopedic in Singapore, Singapore
#120
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Singapore National Gallery
Singapore, Singapore
Two civic landmarks linked into Southeast Asia's biggest art gallery
⭐ 4.6(13,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Asian Civilisations Museum — History & Civilization in Singapore, Singapore
#121
🏛️ History & Civilization
Asian Civilisations Museum
Singapore, Singapore
Pan-Asian heritage on the Singapore River
⭐ 4.6(6,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Museum of Singapore — History & Civilization in Singapore, Singapore
#122
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Museum of Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Singapore's oldest museum
⭐ 4.6(8,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Bardo National Museum — Archaeology & Antiquity in Tunis, Tunisia
#123
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Bardo National Museum
Tunis, Tunisia
The world's largest Roman mosaic collection
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 Roman mosaic collection unique in the world
Iziko South African Museum — Natural History in Cape Town, South Africa
#124
🦖 Natural History
Iziko South African Museum
Cape Town, South Africa
South Africa's oldest museum
⭐ 4.5(3,500 reviews)🏆 South Africa's oldest museum
Apartheid Museum — Memorial & Remembrance in Johannesburg, South Africa
#125
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
Apartheid Museum
Johannesburg, South Africa
The story of 20th-century South Africa
⭐ 4.8(12,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Royal Museum for Central Africa — History & Civilization in Tervuren, Belgium
#126
🏛️ History & Civilization
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Tervuren, Belgium
Reckoning with Belgium's colonial history
⭐ 4.5(4,500 reviews)🏆 European Museum Reckoning
Pinakothek der Moderne — Modern & Contemporary in Munich, Germany
#127
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Pinakothek der Moderne
Munich, Germany
Four museums in one Munich landmark
⭐ 4.5(4,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Alte Pinakothek — Art & Encyclopedic in Munich, Germany
#128
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Alte Pinakothek
Munich, Germany
Old Master European painting in Munich
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Belvedere Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Vienna, Austria
#129
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Belvedere Museum
Vienna, Austria
Klimt's The Kiss in Prince Eugene's palace
⭐ 4.7(39,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Albertina — Art & Encyclopedic in Vienna, Austria
#130
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Albertina
Vienna, Austria
One of the world's finest graphic art collections
⭐ 4.6(21,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Musée de l'Orangerie — Art & Encyclopedic in Paris, France
#131
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Musée de l'Orangerie
Paris, France
Monet's Water Lilies in two oval rooms
⭐ 4.7(25,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Musée Marmottan Monet — Artist & Single-Subject in Paris, France
#132
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Musée Marmottan Monet
Paris, France
The world's largest Monet collection
⭐ 4.6(4,500 reviews)🏆 Largest Monet collection
Petit Palais — Art & Encyclopedic in Paris, France
#133
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Petit Palais
Paris, France
Paris's free Beaux-Arts gem
⭐ 4.7(7,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Musée Carnavalet — History & Civilization in Paris, France
#134
🏛️ History & Civilization
Musée Carnavalet
Paris, France
Paris told through its own history museum
⭐ 4.7(5,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Palais de Tokyo — Modern & Contemporary in Paris, France
#135
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Palais de Tokyo
Paris, France
Europe's largest contemporary art centre
⭐ 4.2(5,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Bode Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Berlin, Germany
#136
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Bode Museum
Berlin, Germany
Sculpture and Byzantine art on Museum Island
⭐ 4.6(5,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO Museum Island
Neues Museum — Archaeology & Antiquity in Berlin, Germany
#137
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Neues Museum
Berlin, Germany
Home of Nefertiti's bust
⭐ 4.7(16,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO Museum Island
Alte Nationalgalerie — Art & Encyclopedic in Berlin, Germany
#138
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Alte Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
19th-century painting on Museum Island
⭐ 4.7(6,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO Museum Island
Topography of Terror — Memorial & Remembrance in Berlin, Germany
#139
🕯️ Memorial & Remembrance
Topography of Terror
Berlin, Germany
On the site of Gestapo headquarters
⭐ 4.7(17,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Jewish Museum Berlin — History & Civilization in Berlin, Germany
#140
🏛️ History & Civilization
Jewish Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Daniel Libeskind's zigzag of memory
⭐ 4.6(11,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
DDR Museum — History & Civilization in Berlin, Germany
#141
🏛️ History & Civilization
DDR Museum
Berlin, Germany
Hands-on East German daily life
⭐ 4.5(19,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Lenbachhaus — Modern & Contemporary in Munich, Germany
#142
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Lenbachhaus
Munich, Germany
The world's largest Blue Rider collection
⭐ 4.6(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Glyptothek — Archaeology & Antiquity in Munich, Germany
#143
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Glyptothek
Munich, Germany
Ludwig I's temple to Greek and Roman sculpture
⭐ 4.6(2,500 reviews)🏆 First sculpture-only museum
Schloss Charlottenburg — Palace & Royal in Berlin, Germany
#144
👑 Palace & Royal
Schloss Charlottenburg
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's largest surviving Hohenzollern palace
⭐ 4.6(14,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Nationalmuseum — Art & Encyclopedic in Stockholm, Sweden
#145
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's national museum of fine arts
⭐ 4.7(7,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Skansen — History & Civilization in Stockholm, Sweden
#146
🏛️ History & Civilization
Skansen
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's first open-air museum
⭐ 4.7(14,000 reviews)🏆 First open-air museum
Vigeland Park (Vigeland Museum) — Artist & Single-Subject in Oslo, Norway
#147
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Vigeland Park (Vigeland Museum)
Oslo, Norway
212 Vigeland sculptures in Frogner Park
⭐ 4.7(22,000 reviews)🏆 Free park entry
Viking Ship Museum — History & Civilization in Oslo, Norway
#148
🏛️ History & Civilization
Viking Ship Museum
Oslo, Norway
Three Viking longships preserved
⭐ 4.6(11,000 reviews)🏆 Reopening 2027
Nobel Prize Museum — History & Civilization in Stockholm, Sweden
#149
🏛️ History & Civilization
Nobel Prize Museum
Stockholm, Sweden
Stories of the Nobel laureates
⭐ 4.4(7,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Ateneum — Art & Encyclopedic in Helsinki, Finland
#150
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Ateneum
Helsinki, Finland
Finland's national art museum
⭐ 4.6(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
National Museum of Scotland — History & Civilization in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
#151
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Scotland's encyclopedic museum
⭐ 4.8(32,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Glasgow, United Kingdom
#152
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Glasgow's Spanish-Baroque cathedral of art
⭐ 4.8(17,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Burrell Collection — Art & Encyclopedic in Glasgow, United Kingdom
#153
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Burrell Collection
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sir William Burrell's bequest in Pollok Country Park
⭐ 4.8(4,500 reviews)🏆 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023
Imperial War Museum London — History & Civilization in London, United Kingdom
#154
🏛️ History & Civilization
Imperial War Museum London
London, United Kingdom
Britain's military history
⭐ 4.7(17,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Churchill War Rooms — History & Civilization in London, United Kingdom
#155
🏛️ History & Civilization
Churchill War Rooms
London, United Kingdom
Churchill's secret WWII bunker
⭐ 4.8(39,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Tower of London — History & Civilization in London, United Kingdom
#156
🏛️ History & Civilization
Tower of London
London, United Kingdom
950 years of royal fortress, prison and treasury
⭐ 4.7(75,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
Wallace Collection — Art & Encyclopedic in London, United Kingdom
#157
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Wallace Collection
London, United Kingdom
An aristocratic London town house museum
⭐ 4.8(5,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Sir John Soane's Museum — History & Civilization in London, United Kingdom
#158
🏛️ History & Civilization
Sir John Soane's Museum
London, United Kingdom
An architect's wonder cabinet on Lincoln's Inn Fields
⭐ 4.8(5,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Royal Observatory Greenwich — Science & Industry in London, United Kingdom
#159
🔬 Science & Industry
Royal Observatory Greenwich
London, United Kingdom
Stand on the Prime Meridian
⭐ 4.6(8,500 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage (Maritime Greenwich)
National Maritime Museum — History & Civilization in London, United Kingdom
#160
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Maritime Museum
London, United Kingdom
Britain's seafaring heritage in Greenwich
⭐ 4.6(11,000 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Museum of London / London Museum — History & Civilization in London, United Kingdom
#161
🏛️ History & Civilization
Museum of London / London Museum
London, United Kingdom
Reopening at Smithfield as the London Museum
⭐ 4.6(6,500 reviews)🏆 Reopening 2026
Walker Art Gallery — Art & Encyclopedic in Liverpool, United Kingdom
#162
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The 'National Gallery of the North'
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Tate Liverpool — Modern & Contemporary in Liverpool, United Kingdom
#163
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Tate Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The Tate's flagship outside London
⭐ 4.5(5,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Beatles Story — History & Civilization in Liverpool, United Kingdom
#164
🏛️ History & Civilization
Beatles Story
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The world's largest permanent Beatles exhibition
⭐ 4.5(18,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Yorkshire Sculpture Park — Modern & Contemporary in Wakefield, United Kingdom
#165
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Wakefield, United Kingdom
500 acres of open-air sculpture
⭐ 4.8(7,500 reviews)🏆 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2014
Glasgow School of Art / Mackintosh — Design & Decorative in Glasgow, United Kingdom
#166
🪑 Design & Decorative
Glasgow School of Art / Mackintosh
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece, being rebuilt
⭐ 4.6(3,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art — Art & Encyclopedic in Bentonville, United States
#167
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, United States
Moshe Safdie's American art masterpiece in the Ozarks
⭐ 4.9(9,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Norton Simon Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Pasadena, United States
#168
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
Hidden gem of Los Angeles
⭐ 4.8(3,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens — Art & Encyclopedic in San Marino, United States
#169
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens
San Marino, United States
Gainsborough, gardens and the Gutenberg Bible
⭐ 4.9(14,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Kimbell Art Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Fort Worth, United States
#170
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, United States
Louis Kahn's most beautiful museum
⭐ 4.8(4,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Menil Collection — Art & Encyclopedic in Houston, United States
#171
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Menil Collection
Houston, United States
Renzo Piano's first museum, set in a Houston neighbourhood
⭐ 4.8(3,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Dia:Beacon — Modern & Contemporary in Beacon, United States
#172
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Dia:Beacon
Beacon, United States
Minimalist art on the Hudson
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Storm King Art Center — Modern & Contemporary in New Windsor, United States
#173
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Storm King Art Center
New Windsor, United States
500 acres of large-scale sculpture
⭐ 4.8(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Andy Warhol Museum — Artist & Single-Subject in Pittsburgh, United States
#174
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh, United States
The largest Warhol museum in the world
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Carnegie Museum of Art — Art & Encyclopedic in Pittsburgh, United States
#175
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
America's first museum of modern art
⭐ 4.6(1,800 reviews)🏆 Oldest contemporary art biennial
Barnes Foundation — Art & Encyclopedic in Philadelphia, United States
#176
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Barnes Foundation
Philadelphia, United States
An eccentric salon-style hang of Impressionist masterpieces
⭐ 4.8(9,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Walker Art Center — Modern & Contemporary in Minneapolis, United States
#177
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, United States
Contemporary art with a free sculpture garden
⭐ 4.6(5,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Glass Museum / Museum of Glass — Design & Decorative in Tacoma, United States
#178
🪑 Design & Decorative
Glass Museum / Museum of Glass
Tacoma, United States
Watch hot glass being blown
⭐ 4.6(3,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Chihuly Garden and Glass — Artist & Single-Subject in Seattle, United States
#179
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Chihuly Garden and Glass
Seattle, United States
Dale Chihuly's hot-house glass garden
⭐ 4.8(22,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Museum of Anthropology UBC — History & Civilization in Vancouver, Canada
#180
🏛️ History & Civilization
Museum of Anthropology UBC
Vancouver, Canada
First Nations art in Arthur Erickson's modernist temple
⭐ 4.8(4,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Art Gallery of Ontario — Art & Encyclopedic in Toronto, Canada
#181
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Canada
Frank Gehry's hometown museum
⭐ 4.7(9,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Rijksmuseum Twenthe — Art & Encyclopedic in Enschede, Netherlands
#182
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Enschede, Netherlands
Dutch & European art in the eastern Netherlands
⭐ 4.5(1,500 reviews)🏆 European Museum of the Year nominee
Kröller-Müller Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Otterlo, Netherlands
#183
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Kröller-Müller Museum
Otterlo, Netherlands
Van Gogh and a sculpture garden in a national park
⭐ 4.8(6,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Boijmans Van Beuningen — Art & Encyclopedic in Rotterdam, Netherlands
#184
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The world's first publicly accessible art depot
⭐ 4.5(3,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Frans Hals Museum — Artist & Single-Subject in Haarlem, Netherlands
#185
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Frans Hals Museum
Haarlem, Netherlands
The world's finest Frans Hals collection
⭐ 4.6(3,500 reviews)🏆 Largest Frans Hals collection
Rijksmuseum Schiphol Airport branch — Art & Encyclopedic in Schiphol, Netherlands
#186
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Rijksmuseum Schiphol Airport branch
Schiphol, Netherlands
Dutch Golden Age between flights
⭐ 4.5(1,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
MUDAM – Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean — Modern & Contemporary in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
#187
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
MUDAM – Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
I.M. Pei's last museum, on a Vauban fort
⭐ 4.5(2,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Museo Reina Sofía — Modern & Contemporary in Madrid, Spain
#188
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Museo Reina Sofía
Madrid, Spain
Home of Picasso's Guernica
⭐ 4.6(56,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Madrid, Spain
#189
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
The third leg of Madrid's Golden Triangle
⭐ 4.7(25,000 reviews)🏆 Madrid's Golden Triangle of Art
Sagrada Família Museum — History & Civilization in Barcelona, Spain
#190
🏛️ History & Civilization
Sagrada Família Museum
Barcelona, Spain
Inside Gaudí's masterpiece
⭐ 4.8(192,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
MNAC – Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya — Art & Encyclopedic in Barcelona, Spain
#191
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
MNAC – Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
1000 years of Catalan art on Montjuïc
⭐ 4.7(9,500 reviews)🏆 Largest Romanesque mural collection
Joan Miró Foundation — Artist & Single-Subject in Barcelona, Spain
#192
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Joan Miró Foundation
Barcelona, Spain
Joan Miró's foundation in Josep Lluís Sert's modernist building
⭐ 4.6(9,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Pompeii Archaeological Park (and Museum) — Archaeology & Antiquity in Pompeii, Italy
#193
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Pompeii Archaeological Park (and Museum)
Pompeii, Italy
A Roman city frozen in volcanic ash
⭐ 4.7(84,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO World Heritage
Capitoline Museums — Archaeology & Antiquity in Rome, Italy
#194
🏺 Archaeology & Antiquity
Capitoline Museums
Rome, Italy
The world's oldest public museum
⭐ 4.7(16,000 reviews)🏆 Oldest public museum
Villa Borghese (Galleria Borghese) — Art & Encyclopedic in Rome, Italy
#195
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Villa Borghese (Galleria Borghese)
Rome, Italy
Bernini sculptures in Cardinal Scipione's villa
⭐ 4.8(16,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale) — Palace & Royal in Venice, Italy
#196
👑 Palace & Royal
Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale)
Venice, Italy
Seat of the Venetian Republic
⭐ 4.7(60,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO Venice
Peggy Guggenheim Collection — Modern & Contemporary in Venice, Italy
#197
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Venice, Italy
Peggy's Grand Canal palace and modern art
⭐ 4.7(17,000 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Punta della Dogana — Modern & Contemporary in Venice, Italy
#198
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Punta della Dogana
Venice, Italy
François Pinault's contemporary art at the tip of Dorsoduro
⭐ 4.4(4,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Palazzo Grassi — Modern & Contemporary in Venice, Italy
#199
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Palazzo Grassi
Venice, Italy
Pinault Collection's Grand Canal flagship
⭐ 4.4(4,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Auckland Art Gallery — Art & Encyclopedic in Auckland, New Zealand
#200
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland, New Zealand
Aotearoa's most-visited art gallery
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 World Building of the Year 2013
Queensland Art Gallery & GOMA — Modern & Contemporary in Brisbane, Australia
#201
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Queensland Art Gallery & GOMA
Brisbane, Australia
Two galleries on Brisbane's South Bank
⭐ 4.7(6,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Powerhouse Museum / Powerhouse Ultimo — Science & Industry in Sydney, Australia
#202
🔬 Science & Industry
Powerhouse Museum / Powerhouse Ultimo
Sydney, Australia
Sydney's applied arts and science museum
⭐ 4.4(6,500 reviews)🏆 Australia's largest science museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) — Modern & Contemporary in Sydney, Australia
#203
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
Sydney, Australia
Contemporary art on Circular Quay
⭐ 4.5(6,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts — History & Civilization in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
#204
🏛️ History & Civilization
Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's heritage prison turned art centre
⭐ 4.6(11,000 reviews)🏆 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award
Hong Kong Heritage Museum — History & Civilization in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
#205
🏛️ History & Civilization
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bruce Lee, Cantonese Opera and Hong Kong stories
⭐ 4.5(1,700 reviews)🏆 Free admission to most galleries
National Museum of History — History & Civilization in Taipei, Taiwan
#206
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Museum of History
Taipei, Taiwan
Chinese cultural treasures in Taipei
⭐ 4.4(1,100 reviews)🏆 Recently renovated
Suzhou Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Suzhou, China
#207
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Suzhou Museum
Suzhou, China
I.M. Pei's homecoming gift
⭐ 4.7(4,500 reviews)🏆 Free entry
Hong Kong Museum of Art — Art & Encyclopedic in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
#208
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chinese art with a Victoria Harbour view
⭐ 4.6(2,500 reviews)🏆 Recently renovated
Edo-Tokyo Museum / Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum — History & Civilization in Tokyo, Japan
#209
🏛️ History & Civilization
Edo-Tokyo Museum / Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo's history from Edo to today
⭐ 4.6(9,000 reviews)🏆 Reopening 2026
Ghibli Museum — Artist & Single-Subject in Mitaka, Japan
#210
🎭 Artist & Single-Subject
Ghibli Museum
Mitaka, Japan
Step inside a Hayao Miyazaki film
⭐ 4.7(7,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Kyoto National Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Kyoto, Japan
#211
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Kyoto National Museum
Kyoto, Japan
Heian and medieval Japanese art
⭐ 4.6(4,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Nara National Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Nara, Japan
#212
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Nara National Museum
Nara, Japan
The world's finest Buddhist art museum
⭐ 4.6(2,500 reviews)🏆 Most important Japanese Buddhist art collection
Singapore ArtScience Museum — Modern & Contemporary in Singapore, Singapore
#213
🎨 Modern & Contemporary
Singapore ArtScience Museum
Singapore, Singapore
Moshe Safdie's lotus on Marina Bay
⭐ 4.5(25,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Pera Museum — Art & Encyclopedic in Istanbul, Turkey
#214
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Pera Museum
Istanbul, Turkey
Orientalist painting in Beyoğlu
⭐ 4.6(5,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization — Art & Encyclopedic in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
#215
🖼️ Art & Encyclopedic
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1400 years of Islamic art and science
⭐ 4.6(2,200 reviews)🏆 Sharjah UNESCO Cultural Capital
National Museum of Qatar — History & Civilization in Doha, Qatar
#216
🏛️ History & Civilization
National Museum of Qatar
Doha, Qatar
Jean Nouvel's desert rose
⭐ 4.7(6,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Etihad Museum — History & Civilization in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
#217
🏛️ History & Civilization
Etihad Museum
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
How the UAE was founded
⭐ 4.7(6,500 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Museum of the Future — Science & Industry in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
#218
🔬 Science & Industry
Museum of the Future
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inside the calligraphy-clad torus
⭐ 4.6(14,000 reviews)🏆 Architectural icon
Yves Saint Laurent Museum — Design & Decorative in Marrakech, Morocco
#219
🪑 Design & Decorative
Yves Saint Laurent Museum
Marrakech, Morocco
Beside the Jardin Majorelle
⭐ 4.7(9,500 reviews)🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice
Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung — Design & Decorative in Berlin, Germany
#220
🪑 Design & Decorative
Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung
Berlin, Germany
Walter Gropius's last design
⭐ 4.4(2,200 reviews)🏆 Reopening soon

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