Museums

Over 200 museums are covered by the “Joy of Museums”. This list will grow over time, based on your feedback. Currently, the museums featured include:

United Kingdom

London’s Museums and Heritage Sites

• The British Museum
• The National Gallery, London
• Tate Britain
• The Wallace Collection
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
• Courtauld Gallery
• Tate Modern, London
• Science Museum, London
• National Portrait Gallery, London
• Natural History Museum
• Charles Dickens Museum
• Hampton Court Palace
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• British Library
• Imperial War Museum
• Churchill War Rooms
• Florence Nightingale Museum
• Foundling Museum
• Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
• Cutty Sark, Royal Museums Greenwich
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
• Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• Queen’s House, Greenwich
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Guildhall Art Gallery
• HMS Belfast
• Jewel Tower
• Jewish Museum London
• Bank of England Museum
• London Transport Museum
• Museum of London
• Museum of London Docklands
• National Army Museum, London
• Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
• Royal Air Force Museum London
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• Sir John Soane’s Museum
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• City of London Police Museum
• Household Cavalry Museum
• Museum of Freemasonry
• Tower Bridge, London
• Tower of London
• Wellcome Collection
• Westminster Abbey

Edinburgh

• National Museum of Scotland
• Scottish National Gallery

Glasgow

• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Liverpool

• Walker Art Gallery

Manchester

• Manchester Art Gallery

Bath, Somerset

• Roman Baths (Bath)

France

Paris

• The Louvre
• Musée National du Moyen Age – Thermes De Cluny (National Museum of Medieval Art)
• Musée d’Orsay
• Musée Rodin
• Musée Carnavalet
• National Archaeological Museum, France
• Les Invalides
• Musée Marmottan Monet

Italy

Rome Museums and Historical Sites

• The Vatican Museums
• Capitoline Museums
• St. Peter’s Basilica
• National Roman Museum

Florence Museums

• Uffizi Gallery
• Accademy’s Gallery

Milan Museums

• Santa Maria delle Grazie
• Sforza Castle Museums

Bologna Museums

• • The Archaeological Civic Museum (MCA) of Bologna
  • Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita

Greece

Museums in Athens

• Acropolis Museum
• National Archaeological Museum
• Benaki Museum
• Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
• Byzantine and Christian Museum
• Hellenic Motor Museum
• National Historical Museum, Athens
• Museum of the Ancient Agora
• Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
• Numismatic Museum of Athens
• Athens War Museum
• Jewish Museum of Greece
• Athens University Museum

Athens Historical Sites

• Acropolis of Athens
• Ancient Agora of Athens
• Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Athens
• Roman Agora
• Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
• Temple of Hephaestus
• Roman Baths, Athens
• Aristotle’s Lyceum

Thessaloniki Museums

• Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
• Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
• Atatürk Museum
• War Museum of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki Historical Sites

• Roman 
  • Triumphal Arch of Galerius
• Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments
  • Catacombs of St. John the Baptist
  • Church of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros
  • Church of the Acheiropoietos
• Ottoman 
  • Bey Hamam
  • Bezesteni Market
  • White Tower of Thessaloniki
• Post-Byzantine 
  • Trigonion Tower

Delphi Museums and Historical Sites

• Delphi Archaeological Museum

Delphi Historical Sites

• Athena Pronaia Sanctuary
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Temple of Apollo (Delphi)
• Athenian Treasury
• Stoa of the Athenians
• Theater at Delphi
• Tholos of Delphi
• Manumission Inscriptions at Delphi
• Delphic Maxims

Delos Museums and Historical Sites

• Archaeological Museum of Delos
• Temple of the Delians
• House of the Lake
• Delos – Photo Gallery

Santorini Museums

• Museum of Prehistoric Thera
• Archaeological Museum of Thera
• Maritime Museum, Santorini

Thera Historical Site

• Akrotiri Archaeological Site

Olympia Museums and Historical Sites

• Archaeological Museum of Olympia
• Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity
• Olympia Archaeological Site

Corinth Museums and Historical Site

• Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth

Mycenae Museum and Historical Site

• Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
• Ancient Mycenae

Epidaurus Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus

Heraklion, Crete Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Musem of Heraklion

Meteora Historic Site 

• Meteora Monasteries

Milos Museum & Historic Site

• Milos Historical Sites
• Milos Museum

Mystras Historic Site

• Fortified Medieval Mystras

Pella Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Museum of Pella

Germany

Berlin Museums

• The Pergamon Museum
• Neues Museum
• Altes Museum
• Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery (Berlin)
• Bode Museum
• Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
• Spy Museum Berlin
• Jewish Museum, Berlin
• Deutsches Historisches Museum – German Historical Museum
• DDR Museum
• German Resistance Memorial Center

Munich Museums

• Art Galleries
  • Alte Pinakothek
  • Neue Pinakothek
  • Pinakothek der Moderne
  • Lenbachhaus
  • Museum Brandhorst
•   Greek and Roman Art
  • Glyptothek
  • Staatliche Antikensammlungen
• Egyptian Art
  • Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst
• Kunsthalle Munich
• Deutsches Museum – German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology

Hamburg Museums

• Kunsthalle Hamburg
• Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg
• Miniatur Wunderland

Frankfurt Museums

• Städel Museum

Dresden Museums

• Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Nuremberg Museums

• Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Cologne Museums

• Wallraf–Richartz Museum

Karlsruhe Museums

• Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

Vienna

• Kunsthistorisches Museum
• Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

Ireland

• Dublin
  • National Gallery of Ireland

Netherlands

• Amsterdam
  • Rijksmuseum
• The Hague
  • Mauritshuis

Spain

• Madrid
  • Prado Museum, Museo del Prado
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Belgium

• Brussels
  • Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Serbia

• Belgrade
  • National Museum of Serbia

Poland

• Warsaw
  • National Museum, Warsaw

Switzerland

• Zürich
  • Kunsthaus Zürich

Czech

• Prague
  • National Gallery in Prague
  • National Museum in Prague
  • City of Prague Museum
  • Jewish Museum in Prague
  • Museum of Communism, Czech Republic

Norway

• Oslo
  • National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

Sweden Museums

• Stockholm Museums
  • Nationalmuseum

The United States of America

• New York

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
  • Neue Galerie New York
  • The Cloisters
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • American Museum of Natural History
  • Museum of the City of New York
  • New-York Historical Society
  • Frick Collection
  • Met Breuer
  • Rubin Museum of Art
  • Jewish Museum
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Brooklyn Museum

• Boston

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • Harvard Art Museums

• Washington, D.C.

  • National Gallery of Art
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • The Phillips Collection
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
  • International Spy Museum

• Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
  • Getty Museum

• San Francisco

  • De Young Museum
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Legion of Honor Museum

• Chicago

  • Art Institute of Chicago

• Cleveland

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • USS COD
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Great Lakes Science Center

• Philadelphia

  • The Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Penn Museum
  • The Barnes Foundation
  • Museum of the American Revolution
  • Rodin Museum

• Wilmington

  • Delaware Art Museum

• Houston

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

• Honolulu

  • Honolulu Museum of Art

• Columbus

  • Columbus Museum of Art

• New Haven

  • Yale University Art Gallery

• Baltimore

  • Walters Art Museum

• Massachusetts Museums

  • Clark Art Institute

• Buffalo, New York Museums

  • Albright–Knox Art Gallery

• Fort Worth, Texas Museums

  • Kimbell Art Museum

• Detroit Museums

  • Detroit Institute of Arts

• St. Louis Museums

  • Saint Louis Art Museum

• Indianapolis Museums

  • Indianapolis Museum of Art

• Denver Museums

  • Denver Art Museum

• Dallas Museums

  • Dallas Museum of Art

• Cincinnati Museums

  • Cincinnati Art Museum

• Phoenix, Arizona Museums 

• • Phoenix Art Museum

Russia

• Moscow

  • Pushkin Museum
  • Tretyakov Gallery

• Saint Petersburg

  • Hermitage Museum
  • State Russian Museum

Australasia

Australia

• Sydney

  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Melbourne 

  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Canberra

  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

•  Brisbane

  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Centre
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Perth

  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Adelaide

  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Hobart

  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Darwin

  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Centre

New Zealand:

• Auckland

  •  New Zealand Maritime Museum
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum

• Wellington

  • Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

• Christchurch

  • Canterbury Museum, Christchurch

Asia

Japan

• Tokyo
  • Tokyo National Museum
  • National Museum of Western Art
  • National Museum of Nature and Science
• Nagoya
  • Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art
  • Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

China

• Beijing Museums
  • The National Museum of China
• Shanghai Museums
  • Shanghai Museum
  • Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
• Nanjing Museums
  • Nanjing Museum

Singapore

• Asian Civilisations Museum
• National Museum of Singapore
• National Gallery Singapore
• Changi Museum
• Old Ford Motor Factory
• Peranakan Museum
• ArtScience Museum
• Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
• Singapore Philatelic Museum
• Chinatown Heritage Centre
• The Battle Box

India

• New Delhi
  • National Museum, New Delhi

 

South Korea

• Seoul
  • National Museum of Korea

 

Africa

Egypt

• Egyptian Museum

South Africa

• Cape Town
  • Iziko South African National Gallery

Ethiopia

• Addis Ababa
  • National Museum of Ethiopia

Middle East

Turkey

•  Istanbul Museums
  • İstanbul Archaeology Museums
  • Topkapı Palace

Iran

• Tehran Museums
  • Reza Abbasi Museum

United Arab Emirates Museums

• Dubai Museums
  • Dubai Museum
  • Saeed Al Maktoum House
• Sharjah Museums
  • Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

Egyptian Museums

• • Cairo Museums
    • Egyptian Museum

Americas

Canadian Museums

Ottawa

• National Gallery of Canada

Toronto

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Royal Ontario Museum

Montreal

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Vancouver

• Vancouver Art Gallery

Mexico

• Mexico City
  • Museo Soumaya

Colombia

• Bogotá
  • Botero Museum

Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro
  • Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
• São Paulo
  • São Paulo Museum of Art

Chile

• Santiago

Argentina

• Buenos Aires

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“Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it.”
– Hans Haacke

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