SOME OF THE MOST VISITED MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD
Added on: 27th Jan 2016
MUSÉE NATIONAL D´ART MODERNE, PARIS, FRANCE
(3.7 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON D.C., USA
(3.9 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Located in Washington D.C., the National Gallery of Art houses
a large collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs,
sculptures, medals, and decorative arts. Open to the public and free
of charge, it holds the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci
in the Americas.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY,
WASHINGTON D.C., USA
(4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of American
History collects, preserves and displays numerous types of the
heritage of the United States. With 4 million visitors annually, it is
the fourth most visited museum in the country.
SHANGHAI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM,
SHANGHAI, CHINA
(4.2 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Situated in Shanghai, the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
is a large museum offering its visitors 13 main permanent exhibitions
and 4 science theatres. Occupying a floor area of almost 100,000
square metres (1 million sq. ft.), it is the second largest
museum in China.
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY,
NEW YORK CITY, USA
(5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Found in the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC, the American
Museum of Natural History holds enormous collections containing
over 32 million specimens of plants, humans, animals, fossils, rocks
etc. Consisting of 27 interconnected buildings, it is one of the
largest museums in the world.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON, UK
(5.4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Containing an incredible 80 million items within botany, entomology,
mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology, the Natural History Museum
in London is the fourth most visited museum in the UK. Established
in 1881, the museum is particularly famous for its exhibition
of dinosaur skeletons.
NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
(5.4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Originally established as the Palace Museum in Beijing’s Forbidden City
in 1925, the National Palace Museum in Taipei is now the most
important national museum in Taiwan. Encompassing over 10,000
years of Chinese history, it has a permanent collection of almost
700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese artefacts and artworks.
TATE MODERN, LONDON, UK
(5.8 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY)
Located in the London Borough of Southwark, the Tate Modern is
a British national gallery of international modern art. Occupying
seven floors, the gallery´s exhibitions attract almost 5.8 million
visitors annually, making it the third most visited museum in the
UK and ninth most visited in the world.
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