Museums provide the unique experience of seeing some of the greatest masterpieces of all time close up. Walking the halls of some of the famed museums allow the chance to learn about different societies, ideas, and values. Museums make better understanding among people about the importance of cultural diversity and to appreciate it. They are also one of the important resources for education and provide many informative programs.
1. Natural History Museum, London, England
It is one of the most popular natural history museums in the United Kingdom, located in South Kingston in London. The building itself known for its cathedral-like design. The museum houses more than 80 million Earth and live specimens. There are four main zones in London’s natural history museum known as the red zone, orange zone, green zone, and blue zone. The green zone of the museum covers the evolution of Earth and life on it, the red zone concentrate for notable changes within in planet in different period of time, blue zone focus for the vast diversity of life on Earth and orange zone displays the specimens collected by Charles Darwin and wildlife garden.
2. Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Vatican museums display a huge collection of sculptures, paintings and many other artworks collected by popes of Roman catholic church through different centuries. There are 54 galleries in total and the whole routes along Vatican museums stretch over seven miles in length. The museums are globally popular for the collection of important Renaissance arts spanned from the 14th to 17th centuries. Vatican museums are also the fifth most visited museums in the world with 5.5 million annual visitors.
3. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of art in New York City is the largest art museum in the United States. The museum houses more than 2 million works which include thousands of European paintings, artworks from ancient Egypt, and America. The museum also contains musical instruments, weapons, accessories, and clothes from various parts of the world.
4. National Museum of China, Beijing
The national museum of China is located in Tienanmen square, in Beijing in China. The museum is dedicated for art and history of China. The museum houses more than 1 million objects dating from 1.7 million years ago to last period of Qin dynasty (ruling from 1644 to 1912). Many of artifacts within the museum can’t see anywhere else in the world. It is also the one of largest and most visited modern museums in the world.
5. Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Louvre museum in Paris is the most visited museum in the world, attracts more than 9.7 million visitors every year. Louvre museum is also known as ‘banana of death’. It hold more than 35000 objects spans from 6th century B.C to 21st century. The collection within Louvre museum include crown jewels, sculptures, old paintings and Egyptian antiquities. It was opened in the year 1763. Later the collection was increased by emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The collection within Louvre museum further increased by emperors who ruled France in 18th century.