Top Museum Destinations
Top Museum Destinations – Visit for a Museum Worthy Trip
Museums bring to life the art, lifestyle and history of a city and are a great way to spend time on your holiday. What better way to celebrate Museum Week than to share our top 5 destinations to visit with the most exciting and cultural Museums around the world?
Bass Museum of Art in Miami
The Bass Museum of Art is located on Miami Beach and offers dates all year-round with contemporary exhibitions. Open since January 2012, this museum caters for the family with Artist projects, educational programs, lectures and concerts.
The best part to visit in the Bass Museum is the Art History Lab where you will be taken on an educational and unique trip through different eras of Art History. The artworks are displayed in a ‘Salon Style’ format to allow you to explore different genres of art.
The Museum of Ancient Art in Milan
Milan’s Museum of Ancient Art is one of the most significant collections of late-antiquity, medieval and renaissance sculptures in the north of Italy. Exploring this Museum will find you in the depths of history from Italy’s 15th and 16th century sculptures; including medieval and renaissance paintings.
The best part to visit for an action packed visual experience is the collection of arms, displaying sculptures, armour, sword and weapons from the middle ages to the 18th century.
National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona
The National Art Museum of Catalonia is known for its Romanesque Art and has a boasting collection of Romanesque church paintings. The Museum is housed in a beautifully designed Italian styled building in Palau Nacional dating to 1929.
See the representative artists of Catalan Modernism, such as Gaudi and Casas. Lay your eyes upon the stunning Gothic art, great European Renaissance and Baroque painters to grab a sense of history of the city.
The National Museum Bangkok
The National Museum in Bangkok is the largest in South East Asia and exhibits Thai Art and history, showcasing a variety of artistic, cultural and ethnographic exhibits such as gold treasures and precious stones. Dive into the history of Thailand where you can see the mother of pearl inlay, royal emblems and insignia, costumes, old transportation, weapons and musical instruments. Adventuring around this museum will leave you with cultural knowledge of Thai history and lifestyle in this beautiful city.
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Louvre Museum in France
The Louvre Museum is a central landmark in Paris and is one of the world’s largest museums and historic monuments. View collections of history and art from all over the world in one place where you can discover Greek, Roman and Egyptian sculptures and displays. The painting collection showcases more than 7,500 with almost two thirds being French painters.
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