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
Glasgow
Liverpool
Manchester
Bath, Somerset
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
Florence Museums
Milan Museums
Bologna Museums
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
- Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments
- Ottoman
- Post-Byzantine
- Trigonion Tower
Delphi Museums and Historical Sites
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
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
Mycenae Museum and Historical Site
Epidaurus Museum & Historic Site
Heraklion, Crete Museum & Historic Site
Meteora Historic Site
Milos Museum & Historic Site
- Milos Historical Sites
- Milos Museum
Mystras Historic Site
Pella Museum & Historic Site
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
- Greek and Roman Art
- Egyptian Art
- Kunsthalle Munich
- Deutsches Museum – German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology
Hamburg Museums
Frankfurt Museums
Dresden Museums
Nuremberg Museums
Cologne Museums
Vienna
Ireland
Netherlands
Spain
Belgium
Serbia
Poland
Switzerland
Czech
Norway
Sweden Museums
The United States of America
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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
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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
Russia
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Moscow
- Pushkin Museum
- Tretyakov Gallery
Australasia
Australia
New Zealand:
Asia
Japan
China
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
South Korea
- Seoul
Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Ethiopia
Middle East
Turkey
Iran
United Arab Emirates Museums
Egyptian Museums
Americas
Canadian Museums
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Mexico
Colombia
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
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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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