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Iconic World Museums Every Art Lover Must Visit
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CNBC TV18•11-10-2026, 14:37
Iconic World Museums Every Art Lover Must Visit
- •The Musée du Louvre in Paris is the world's largest art museum, housing iconic masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.
- •New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art spans over two million square feet and features a vast collection of 1.5 million works spanning 5,000 years.
- •St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum was founded by Empress Catherine the Great and features over three million items centered around the baroque Winter Palace.
- •The British Museum in London is the world's first free national public museum, holding treasures like the Rosetta Stone and Parthenon Sculptures.
- •Madrid's Museo Nacional del Prado holds the world's finest collection of Spanish masters including works by Goya, Velázquez, and Hieronymus Bosch.
- •The Vatican Museums boast 54 galleries featuring priceless historic art, the Raphael Rooms, and Michelangelo's masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel.
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Iconic museums highlighted for art lovers include the Musée du Louvre in Paris, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, The British Museum in London, the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, and the Vatican Museums in Vatican City.
The Louvre opened as a national museum on August 10, 1793, during the French Revolution. Its key treasures include Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and the Venus de Milo.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City houses the sandstone Egyptian Temple of Dendur in its glass pavilion. The museum holds more than 1.5 million works spanning 5,000 years of art history.
