FX.co ★ World's Greatest Museums

Despite the rather skeptical attitude towards museums which has recently been observed in modern society, they do not even think of emptying and closing. Internet technologies that have conquered the world seem to be good for them: museum virtual representations are opened, and the computer has long since become a working tool.

Egyptian Museum (Cairo, Egypt)

The Egyptian Museum has a huge number of exhibits (art objects, manuscripts, scrolls, and household items) representing the history and art of Egypt of different eras of several thousand years BC. It is breathtaking when you see mummies of the pharaohs, sarcophagi of the priests, famous treasures of the tomb of Tutankhamun, sculptures of the pharaoh Amenhotep III and his wife Tiaa, and others. Everything is ancient and mysterious, especially considering the fact that the purpose of many artifacts is still unknown, and modern science cannot explain the impact of some of them on the human body.

Louvre (Paris, France)

Originally the Louvre Palace, the site of the world-famous museum of France, was a medieval fortress. Subsequently (especially during Napoleon's time) the building was repeatedly renamed and expanded, but still, its exhibition area is rather modest and does not allow to exhibit everything that would be interesting to visitors. For this reason, and also because of the exceptional world value of most of the exhibits, only a tenth of them are displayed in the halls of the museum.

Uffizi Gallery (Florence, Italy)

According to the original plan, the Uffizi Gallery was to become a spacious palace that would have assembled all the administrative services of Florence 16th-17th centuries in its territory. However, the popular at that time portrait painting initiated the formation of private collections later joined by the works of Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and other great masters.

Vatican Museums

The world's largest collection of historical and artistic values can be seen in the Vatican Museums, a gigantic complex reminiscent of the state in the state. The Vatican is tiny in size and has fabulous cultural treasures: 60,000 manuscripts of the Vatican Library, the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's Frescoes, the archaeological artifacts of the Etruscan and Egyptian Museums, the gallery of geographical maps, the Bramante Chamber Scaffold, the Raphael Chamber, etc.

Prado Museum (Madrid, Spain)

The connoisseurs of European art will undoubtedly like the Prado Museum where the paintings of four European schools, Spanish, Italian, German and Flemish, are exhibited. The paintings collection creation in Spain was initiated by Charles V Habsburg who carefully approached the selection of exhibits. Among them are canvases of Bosch, Botticelli, Santi, da Vinci and others.

The Prado Museum leads an active life: often enough, exhibition collections from other famous museums of the world are brought here, or, conversely, the Spanish collection goes on a journey.

State Art Museum of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

The Art Museum in Amsterdam, open to public visits in 1815, 70 years later moved to another building and still remains there. A recent large-scale restoration has benefited him: artistic and historical collections, as well as collections of drawings, engravings, and photographs, have gained fresh momentum. The central object of the art exhibition is Rembrandt's "The Night Watch", a painting that caused the reconstruction of the building in 1906 because it was too large for the museum's halls.

British Museum (London, the UK)

The exposition of the British Museum, collected in the 17th century from three collections, was originally located in an aristocratic mansion in the Bloomsbury area. Some of the exhibits of Greek and Egyptian origin that got to England under mysterious circumstances are still an apple of discord between the countries.

In the 19th century, part of the museum's collections was transferred to South Kensington, and at the beginning of the 20th century the British Museum was replenished with collections of Middle Eastern art (Mesopotamia).

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, the USA)

The Metropolitan Museum was created as a national art gallery in the second half of the 19th century with the funds of businessmen and patrons. Its first exhibits were paintings by European artists brought by the organizers from Paris and Brussels.

Americans are very proud of this museum and with the inherent patriotism continue to replenish the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, mainly by buying paintings that were previously in private collections. Thus, the canvases of such Western European artists as Titian, Rembrandt, Botticelli, Goya, El Greco and others are adornments of the museum.

National Archaeological Museum of Athens (Athens, Greece)

The largest museum in Greece appeared in Athens after the city became the capital of the state. Until then, the National Archaeological Museum was located on the island of Aegina.

The basis of its exposition is collections of sculptures and ceramics (ones of the richest in the world) found during centuries-old archaeological excavations. You can read about the progress of these digs in the books, scientific works, and publications in the unique archaeological library located here in the museum.

Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia)

The collection of the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the best gallery in Russia and one of the most famous art museums in the world, includes works by world-famous masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt and many others. More than 2.7 million exhibits located in the seven buildings of the museum represent the art of different epochs from many countries of the world, from Ancient Egypt to Europe of the beginning of the 20th century.