Hand-picked masterworks of human culture — from the Louvre to the Topkapı, with everything in between.
Louvre
Paris, France
World's most-visited museum, from the Mona Lisa to the Code of Hammurabi.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
Five thousand years of art on the edge of Central Park.
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The British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Two million years of human history under one Bloomsbury roof.
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The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
Giza, Egypt
World's largest archaeology museum — Tutankhamun's full treasure on display beside the Pyramids of Giza.
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Vatican Museums
Vatican City, Vatican City
Papal collections culminating in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel.
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Museo Nacional del Prado
Madrid, Spain
Velázquez, Goya, El Greco — Spanish royal collection at full volume.
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Galleria degli Uffizi
Florence, Italy
The Renaissance in one building — Botticelli, Caravaggio, da Vinci.
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Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vermeer, Rembrandt, and the soul of the Dutch Golden Age.
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Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
Impressionism inside a converted Belle Époque railway station.
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The National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Western European painting from the 13th to the 20th century, on Trafalgar Square.
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Acropolis Museum
Athens, Greece
Glass-floored temple to the Parthenon's marbles, in their hometown.
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National Palace Museum
Taipei, Taiwan
The world's largest collection of Chinese imperial art — eight centuries of jade, porcelain, painting.
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, D.C., United States
The Hope Diamond, a 14-metre blue whale, and 145 million natural specimens — free entry on the National Mall.
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National Museum of Anthropology
Mexico City, Mexico
Aztec sun stone, Mayan jade, the deepest pre-Columbian collection.
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
New York, United States
Van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso's Demoiselles, the modern canon.
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