20 best museums in the world you can visit without leaving your home

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Unforeseen world events, in the form of quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic, made it impossible for us to travel indefinitely. But do not give in to a feeling of despair, because today free access to many online resources is open for all Internet users without exception. You can read books, take interesting courses, watch new movies and even enjoy the masterpieces of world art from the comfort of your home! For everyone who wants to plunge into the virtual world of art, a list of the best museums in the world that provide the opportunity for online excursions.

#1. Louvre, Paris

The Louvre is one of the oldest, largest and most popular museums in the world. The museum has an extremely rich history. The Louvre houses an excellent collection of art and valuable historical artifacts.

The museum stands in the very heart of Paris - this is the building of an old royal palace. The courtyard of the Louvre is decorated with a statue of Louis XIV on horseback.

Here are works that cover the almost immense: from the ancient era to the 19th century, from Europe to Asia. About ten million people visit the Louvre every year. The service offers an online tour of some of the galleries of this palace-museum.

# 2. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is located in New York in its most fashionable area. At the corner of the legendary Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street. There is a museum funded by private donations. The state allocates only a small part for its maintenance.

The museum has more than three hundred rooms, which contain more than two million exhibits. There are expositions of the period of Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and up to the present day. The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers Internet users more than two hundred thousand exhibits, including paintings by Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock and Pablo Picasso.

# 3. Palace of Versailles, Versailles

The most grandiose and pompous European project, the main monument of French architecture, the Versailles Palace is one of the most important historical sites in France. Versailles was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.

This palace was built by order of Louis XIV and became a symbol of the greatness of the French crown. Everyone who is lucky enough to see Paris must visit Versailles! This place not only can amaze with its scale and luxury, it cannot leave anyone indifferent.

#4. Capitoline Museums, Rome

The oldest museum in the world will acquaint you with a magnificent collection of sculptures, including the symbol of Rome, the Capitoline Wolf. The Capitoline Museums will be of interest to everyone, especially lovers of Roman history. The collection gathered there is simply amazing! The museum buildings were designed by Michelangelo Buonarotti himself. They convey all the grandeur and luxury of the Baroque era.

Capitol Hill itself is not very high, there is only a slight rise. At the top, along the edges of the Capitol Square, also designed by the great Michelangelo, there are 3 palaces: the Senatorial (Palazzo Senatorio - Palazzo Senatorio), the Conservatives (Palazzo dei Conservatori - Palazzo dei Conservatori), the New Palace (Palazzo Nuovo - Palazzo Nuovo).

#5. Museum of Art History, Vienna

The Vienna Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum) is renowned for being one of the most important museums in the world. This museum contains collections of exceptional artistic value. Connoisseurs and connoisseurs of art especially highlight the incomparable picture gallery of the Vienna Museum. This beautiful building in the style of the Italian Renaissance houses paintings by Rubens, Raphael, Brueghel, Caravaggio and other brilliant artists.

# 6. Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York

The history of this oldest and one of the most visited museums of modern art in the world dates back to the 30s of the last century. One wealthy gold miner Robert Guggenheim decided to retire and immerse himself in the world of beauty - he became a patron of the arts, creating a special fund named after himself.

He was not a great expert either in painting or in sculpture, so Baroness Hilla Rebei von Enreinweissen helped him to select the exhibits. She was a German artist and art critic.

The collection grew and required more and more space. In the 40s, Frank Lloyd Wright, the legend of American architecture, became the architect of the new building of the museum. The construction itself was completed in 1959, when neither Frank Wright nor Solomon Guggenheim were alive. In 1992, the museum was reconstructed. Additional premises were completed. Initially, this was provided for by the project and the building of the museum acquired its present appearance.

# 7. National Gallery of Art, Washington

The National Gallery of Art presents to the attention of connoisseurs a huge number of the best works of art from rich private collections.

The premises of the gallery are connected by an underground passage. The exposition represents the period from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the present day. These are paintings, sculptures and prints by famous artists from all over the world. Also featured are works that illustrate the entire history of American folk art and crafts.

#eight. Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Telling about the Hermitage is like telling the history of Russia. This museum is an extremely important part of it and a special phenomenon in the life of the country. Besides being one of the largest art museums in the world, it has always been someone's home. Someone has always lived in the Hermitage and everyone has brought something of their own into it.

The history of the museum began with the private collection of Catherine II. It is this queen who is considered the founder of the museum and the day of foundation is celebrated on St. Catherine's Day - December 7. You can wander online through the halls of the museum and even examine in detail all of its masterpieces, as well as look behind the locked doors of storage facilities and restoration laboratories.

#nine. British Museum, London

The British Museum is the second largest in the world after the Louvre in terms of the number of exhibits on display. It is visited by millions of people every year. The British Museum began its history with a private collection. The English physician Hans Sloan was an avid collector and collected quite an impressive amount of various antiquities and art objects. After his death, he bequeathed this property to King George II. For an insignificant symbolic payment, more than 70 thousand exhibits were transferred to the royal property. Subsequently, the collection of the museum was replenished and now the museum keeps fabulous treasures.

#ten. Acropolis Museum, Athens

The Acropolis Museum is a kind of “crown” of the museums in the Greek capital. It is an archaeological museum that houses over 3,000 famous artifacts of the Athenian Acropolis, the most significant sanctuary of the ancient city.

The unusual museum attracts not only with its unique exhibits, but also with the most amazing architecture. The masterpieces of the museum are housed in this beautifully designed aesthetically pleasing space to make it seem like they are floating in the air. This gives the impression that the space has no walls and you can look directly into the building at the archaeological site. Bright light illuminates the space and a panorama of incredible beauty is created.

#eleven. Gallery Belvedere, Vienna

The Belvedere Palace is a luxurious baroque building. Now an art museum, home to amazing collections of Austrian painters from different eras, the palace was built by Prince Eugene of Savoy as a summer residence.

#12. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

An unusual museum will give you a complete picture of the work of an extraordinary painter, a genius of his kind, Vincent Van Gogh. The most extensive collection of his canvases is collected here. In addition, there are masterpieces of other artists, contemporaries of Van Gogh.

#13. National Museum of Women's Art, Washington

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is the only art museum in the world that exhibits works of art created only by women. An unusual museum is located in Washington, DC.

More than 4 thousand exhibits are presented in the museum. Among them are works by such famous women as Frida Kahlo, Mary Cassatt and Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun. The building of the museum occupies the premises of an old Masonic temple.

#fourteen. Old National Gallery, Berlin

Invites you to touch the unique collections of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. The masterpieces are works of the eras of romanticism, impressionism, classicism, early modernism.

The location of the gallery is Berlin, Museum Island. Berlin's most famous museums are located there.

#15. White House, Washington

The legendary White House is one of the symbols of the power of the American nation. This fashionable mansion is the residence of American presidents. It is a white sandstone building surrounded by a lovely park.

#16. British Gallery Tate, London

The Art Museum is the largest collection of British art from the 16th century to the present day.

The gallery was founded by Sir Henry Tate. He was a sugar magnate and patronized many talented painters. Now it is a collection of more than 60 thousand masterpieces of British art.

# 17. Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The most famous gallery in Italy occupies a huge building designed by the famous architect Giorgio Vasari. The building was erected by order of Cosimo Medici.

Entire neighborhoods were demolished for construction, but this sacrifice was not in vain - this is the most beautiful and impressive museum in the country. It is surrounded by magnificent hanging gardens.

The museum has many works by Sandro Botticelli, rumored to be extremely favored by the Medici.

#eighteen. Kobe Yukari Art Museum, Kobe

This is a very young museum, only 13 years old. Located on the ground floor of the building where the Fashion Museum is located. It was established with the aim of popularizing the culture and art of the city of Kobe. Works by local painters from the 19th century are exhibited there.

#19. Dali Theater Museum, Figueres

When the mayor of Figueres asked Dali to donate a couple of his works to his hometown, he replied in his own style: he decided to donate not a painting, he came up with a donation of a whole museum. And not just a museum, but a real theater-museum.

Dali rebuilt the old theater, which had been destroyed by the Spanish Civil War. The museum is unique and presents the works of the entire creative path of the eminent artist. There was also a place for the works of other masters.

#twenty. Sistine Chapel, Vatican

A stunning historic Renaissance site. The chapel's frescoes are by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Perugino. In the online space, they can be viewed in great detail, without competing for a place with other tourists.

The most impressive thing about the chapel is the fresco depicting the Last Judgment. The ceiling is decorated with scenes from biblical stories. Today this chapel is the gathering place for cardinals to elect the Pope. It is a crime to be in the Vatican and not visit the Sistine Chapel!

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