The largest museums in the world

To date, there are about a hundred thousand museums around the world, and this figure is not exact, as the periodic opens up new ones and develops already created ones. In every corner of the world, even in the smallest settlements, there are local history or other museums dedicated to a particular topic. The largest museums in the world are known to everyone: in one they are collected by the maximum number of exhibits, while others impress with their scope and area.

The largest museums of fine arts

If you take European fine art, then one of the largest collections is collected in the Uffizi Gallery in Italy . The gallery is located in the Florentine Palace from the 1560s and consists of the canvases of the most famous creators of the world: Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Lippi and Botticelli.

Not less famous and one of the largest museums of fine arts - the Prado in Spain . The beginning of the foundation of the museum falls at the end of the 18th century, when the royal collection was decided to be made an asset and a heritage of culture, to give an opportunity to look at it by everyone. The most complete collections of works by Bosch, Goya, El Greco and Velasquez are stored there.

Among the largest museums, the Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin in Moscow . There are priceless collections of works of French impressionists, collections of Western European painting.

The largest art museums in the world

The Hermitage is considered to be the most famous among the largest art museums in the world . A museum complex of five buildings, where the exhibits are located from the time of the Stone Age to the 20th century. Originally it was just a private collection of Catherine II, consisting of works of Dutch and Flemish artists.

One of the largest art museums is the Metropolitan in New York. Its founders were several businessmen who honored art and knew the sense in it. Initially, the basis was three private collections, then the exhibition began to grow rapidly. To date, the main support for the museum is provided by sponsors, the state practically does not participate in the development. Surprisingly, one of the largest museums in the world can get for a nominal fee, even just ask for a ticket in the cash box without money.

Among the largest museums in the world both in terms of the number of exhibits and in the occupied area, its pride of place is occupied by the Jogun in China and the Cairo Egyptian museums . Gugun is a huge architectural and museum complex, which is about three times larger than the Moscow Kremlin. Each of the museums has its own special history and deserves the attention of tourists.