Museum is a place where people can explore objects of great artistic, historical and scientific values. Museums makes better understanding among people about importance of cultural diversity and to appreciate it. Museums are also one of important resources for education and provide many informative programs.
2National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C, USA
1Louvre Museum, Paris, France
10American Museum Of Natural History, New York City, USA
American museum of natural history is the largest natural history museum in the world. The museum was established in 1869 in Manhattan of New York City. The museum contains more than 32 million specimens from different branches including zoology, geology, astronomy, biology, ecology and anthropology. In fact the huge collection of American natural history museum displays the million of evolution of planet Earth. Every year the museum attracts more than 5 million visitors.
9Natural History Museum, London, England
It is one of most popular natural history museums in United Kingdom, located in South Kingston in London. The building itself known for it’s cathedral like design. The museum houses more than 80 million Earth and life specimens. There are four main zones in London’s natural history museum known as red zone, orange zone, green zone and blue zone. The green zone of the museum covers evolution of Earth and life on it, the red zone concentrate for notable changes within in planet in different period of time, blue zone focus for the vast diversity of life on Earth and orange zone displays the specimens collected by Charles Darwin and wildlife garden.
8Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Vatican museums displays huge collection of sculptures, paintings and many other art works collected by popes of Roman catholic church through different centuries. There are 54 galleries in total and the whole routes along Vatican museums stretches over seven miles in length. The museums are globally popular for the collection of important Renaissance arts spanned from 14th to 17th century. Vatican museums are also the fifth most visited museums in the world with 5.5 million annual visitors.
7 National Gallery, London, England
It is an art museum in London that have collection of over 2300 Western European paintings dating from 13th century to 19th century. The collection included inspiring arts from globally popular artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Picasso, Titian and Holbein. National gallery also offers various guides and audio guides for the visitors to explore the arts at it’s best.
6Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Metropolitan museum of art in New York city is the largest art museum in United States. The museum houses more than 2 million works which include thousands of European paintings, art works from ancient Egypt and America. The museum also contain musical instruments, weapons, accessories and cloths from various parts of the world.
5British Museum, London, England
British museum in London is one of the oldest and greatest museums in the world. The museum is dedicated for human history and culture. It houses more than eight million world from all around the world. The collection within the museum encompasses artifacts from many civilizations. The museum was established in 1751 and today it attracts more than 6 million visitors annually.
4National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C, USA
Smithsonian’s National air and space museum in Washington hold the largest collection of aviation and historic spacecraft in the world. In fact the collection within the museum enclose every aspect of human flight. The museum contains 60000 objects in total ranges from microchips to rockets. It is also the most visited museum in United States with 8 million annual visitors.
3National Museum of China, Beijing
The national museum of China is located in Tienanmen square, in Beijing in China. The museum is dedicated for art and history of China. The museum houses more than 1 million objects dating from 1.7 million years ago to last period of Qin dynasty (ruling from 1644 to 1912). Many of artifacts within the museum can’t see anywhere else in the world. It is also the one of largest and most visited modern museums in the world.
2National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C, USA
It is the most visited natural history museum in the world, located in Washington, in United States. The museum holds more than 120 million natural specimens. It is also a research center and home to largest group of professional scientists dedicated to nature study
1Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Louvre museum in Paris is the most visited museum in the world, attracts more than 9.7 million visitors every year. Louvre museum is also known as ‘banana of death’. It hold more than 35000 objects spans from 6th century B.C to 21st century. The collection within Louvre museum include crown jewels, sculptures, old paintings and Egyptian antiquities. It was opened in the year 1763. Later the collection was increased by emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The collection within Louvre museum further increased by emperors who ruled France in 18th century.
