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🌍 Museums of the World

Great museums preserve humanity's heritage and inspire wonder across generations.

• The Louvre · Paris, France
  Founded 1793
  Originally a royal palace; now home to the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo
• British Museum · London, UK
  Founded 1753
  Founded on the collections of physician Hans Sloane; houses the Rosetta Stone
• Smithsonian Institution · Washington, D.C.
  Founded 1846
  Founded with a bequest from James Smithson; 21 museums and galleries
• Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA
  Founded 1870
  Over 2 million works spanning 5,000 years of human creativity
• Hermitage Museum · St. Petersburg, Russia
  Founded 1764
  Founded by Catherine the Great; 3 million items
• Vatican Museums · Vatican City
  Founded 1506
  Includes the Sistine Chapel and Raphael Rooms
• Rijksmuseum · Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Founded 1800
  Dutch Golden Age masterpieces including Rembrandt's Night Watch
• Prado Museum · Madrid, Spain
  Founded 1819
  Spanish royal collection; Velázquez, Goya, El Greco
• Uffizi Gallery · Florence, Italy
  Founded 1581
  Renaissance masterpieces in a Medici palace
• National Palace Museum · Taipei, Taiwan
  Founded 1925
  Nearly 700,000 Chinese imperial artifacts
• Egyptian Museum · Cairo, Egypt
  Founded 1902
  King Tutankhamun's treasures and ancient Egyptian heritage
• Acropolis Museum · Athens, Greece
  Founded 2009
  Ancient Greek artifacts from the Acropolis of Athens