The world's museums
Every museum in our write-ups, all 500 of them, grouped by continent. Each card opens the full page: what it is, its best season, time to allow and how to reach it.
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AHHAA Science Centre
Estonian National Museum
Fat Margaret Maritime Museum
Kohtla Mining Park-Museum
Seaplane Harbour
Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom
La Piscine Museum in Roubaix
Monet's Gardens at Giverny
Deutsches Museum
Galleria Borghese
Naples National Archaeological Museum
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
Altamira Cave and Museum
Dali Theatre-Museum, Figueres
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Natural History Museum
The British Museum
Titanic Belfast
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Maritime Quarter
The Pommern and Maritime Museum
Amethyst World Maissau
Ars Electronica Center
Globe Museum
Hangar-7
Haus der Musik
Kunst Haus Wien
Leopold Museum
MAK Museum of Applied Arts
Mozart's Birthplace
Mozarthaus Vienna
MuseumsQuartier
Natural History Museum Vienna
Sigmund Freud Museum
Swarovski Crystal Worlds
Vienna Technical Museum
The Plantin-Moretus Museum
Krapina Neanderthal Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Nikola Tesla Memorial Centre, Smiljan
Villa Angiolina and the Museum of Tourism, Opatija
VuÄedol Culture Museum
Franz Kafka Museum
Landek Park
Mendel Museum and Abbey
Mucha Museum
National Technical Museum
Prague Jewish Quarter
Pribram Mining Museum
Skoda Museum
Tatra Museum, Koprivnice
The National Museum, Prague
Trebechovice Nativity Museum
Hans Christian Andersen's House
Moesgaard Museum
National Museum of Denmark
The Ladby Ship
Viking Ship Museum
Arktikum
Siida - Sami Museum
Vapriikki Museum Centre
Cite du Vin
MuCEM
Musee de l'Orangerie
German Clock Museum
German Emigration Center
Grimm World Kassel
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Benaki Museum
Byzantine and Christian Museum
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Komboloi Museum
Museum of Byzantine Culture
Museum of Cretan Ethnology
Museum of Cycladic Art
Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil
National Archaeological Museum
The Acropolis Museum
Thebes Archaeological Museum
Hauteville House
Herend Porcelain
House of Terror
The Deri Museum
The Hungarian National Museum
The Zsolnay Quarter, Pecs
Eldheimar Museum, Heimaey
Herring Era Museum, Siglufjordur
National Museum of Iceland
Petra's Stone Collection
14 Henrietta Street
Allihies Copper Mine Museum
Arigna Mining Experience
Blasket Centre
Cork Butter Museum
Cork City Gaol
Dublinia
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Foynes Flying Boat Museum
Irish Wake Museum
James Joyce Centre
James Joyce Tower
Kerry Writers' Museum
Medieval Mile Museum
Museum of Literature Ireland
National Leprechaun Museum
National Museum of Country Life
National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology
Patrick Kavanagh Centre
The Hunt Museum
Titanic Experience Cobh
Capitoline Museums
Messner Mountain Museum Firmian
Museo Egizio
The Jersey War Tunnels
Corner House (KGB Building)
Riga Motor Museum
Liechtenstein Treasure Chamber
Devils' Museum
Palanga Amber Museum
Sugihara House
National Museum of History and Art
The Oceanographic Museum
Aviodrome
Batavialand
Beeld en Geluid
Beelden aan Zee
Corpus Experience
De Pont Museum
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
Escher in Het Paleis
Eye Film Museum
Frans Hals Museum
Fries Museum
Huis Doorn
Kasteel Ruurlo
Kroller-Muller Museum
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Louwman Museum
Miffy Museum
Mondriaan House
Museum Broekerveiling
Museum Catharijneconvent
Museum De Cruquius
Museum de Fundatie
Museum Speelklok
Museum Van Loon
Museum Voorlinden
National Glass Museum
National Maritime Museum
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
NEMO Science Museum
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
Panorama Mesdag
Philips Museum
Princessehof
Railway Museum
Rembrandt House Museum
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Singer Laren
Space Expo
Stedelijk Museum
TextielMuseum
Teylers Museum
The Anne Frank House
The Drents Museum
Thermenmuseum
Watersnoodmuseum
Fram Museum
Holmenkollen
Kon-Tiki Museum
Midgard Viking Centre
Museum of the Viking Age
Petter Dass Museum
Rjukan and Vemork
Sami Parliament and Karasjok
Bobrka Oil Heritage Park
Ciechanowiec Agriculture Museum
Collegium Maius
Duszniki Paper Mill
Krosno Glass Heritage Centre
Manggha Centre
Opinogora Museum of Romanticism
POLIN Museum
Porta Posnania
Schindler's Factory Museum
The Czartoryski Museum, Krakow
The National Museum in Warsaw
The Silesian Museum, Katowice
The Tarnowskie Gory Silver Mine
Villa Atma
Zelazowa Wola
Zywiec Brewery Museum
Casa das HistĂłrias Paula Rego
Centro PortuguĂȘs de Fotografia
MAAT Museum
MAC CCB
MUDE
Museu da Chapelaria
Museu da Marioneta
Museu de Aveiro
Museu de Lamego
Museu de Marinha
Museu do Caramulo
Museu do Oriente
Museu dos Baleeiros
Museu MarĂtimo de Ălhavo
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
Museu Nacional FerroviĂĄrio
Museu Nacional Machado de Castro
Museu Soares dos Reis
National Coach Museum
Quake Museum
Serralves Museum and Park
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
The National Tile Museum
Amber Museum Kaliningrad
Faberge Museum
Gus-Khrustalny Crystal Museum
Kunstkamera
Mammoth Museum Yakutsk
Museum of Cosmonautics Moscow
The Hermitage and St Petersburg
Toy Museum Sergiev Posad
Tsiolkovsky Space Museum Kaluga
Stamps and Coins of the Republic
Ny-Alesund
ABBA The Museum
Falun Copper Mine
Vasa Museum
Technorama, Winterthur
The International Museum of Horology
The Swiss Museum of Transport
The Swiss National Museum
National Museum of Scotland
National Railway Museum
The Beatles Story
The Vatican Museums
Asia 105
Adachi Museum of Art
Ghibli Museum
Bahrain Fort Museum
The Royal Regalia and Bandar
Gansu Provincial Museum
Henan Museum
Hubei Provincial Museum
Hunan Museum
Jinsha Site Museum
Nanjing Museum
National Museum of China
Shaanxi History Museum
Suzhou Museum
The Shanghai Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Indian Museum
National Rail Museum
Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum
Salar Jung Museum
The Calico Museum of Textiles
The National Museum, New Delhi
Victoria Memorial
Al-Quran Al-Akbar
Ambarawa Railway Museum
Banda Aceh Tsunami Museum
House of Sampoerna
National Museum of Indonesia
Ullen Sentalu Museum
Cup Noodles Museum
Fukui Dinosaur Museum
Railway Museum Omiya
Sapporo Beer Museum
Tokyo National Museum
The Museums and Cultural Centres
Borneo Cultures Museum, Kuching
Han Chin Pet Soo, Ipoh
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
Kuching Cat Museum
Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
National Textile Museum
Paddy Museum
Pasir Gudang Kite Museum
Perak Museum
Pinang Peranakan Mansion
Sabah State Museum
Terengganu State Museum
Ayala Museum
Bahay Tsinoy
Balangay Shrine Museum
Bontoc Museum
Casa Gorordo Museum
Casa Manila
Jesuit House of 1730
Juan Luna Shrine
Marikina Shoe Museum
Museo de Baler
Museo Sugbo
National Museum of Anthropology
National Museum of Fine Arts
National Museum of Natural History
Pinto Art Museum
The Mind Museum
National Museum of Qatar
The Museum of Islamic Art
The National Museum, Riyadh
The Asian Civilisations Museum
Buyeo National Museum
Cheongju Early Printing Museum
Gongju National Museum
National Hangeul Museum
Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Seoul Museum of History
The National Museum of Korea
Jinguashi and the Gold Museum
The Chimei Museum
The Lanyang Museum
The National Palace Museum
Chao Sam Phraya National Museum
Jim Thompson House
Museum Siam
Sirindhorn Dinosaur Museum
The Bangkok National Museum
BakĆı Museum
Bayezid II Complex
Ăamlık Railway Museum
Galata Mevlevi House
Gaziantep Culinary Museum
Göreme Open Air Museum
Hatay Archaeology Museum
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Istanbul Toy Museum
Karatay Medrese
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara
Museum of Innocence
Pera Museum
Rahmi Koç Museum
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Ćanlıurfa Museum
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Zelve Open Air Museum
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Sharjah Arts and Heritage
The Museum of the Future
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
Africa 33
The Coelacanth at the CNDRS
The Grand Egyptian Museum
Lambarene
Morija
Mua Mission and KuNgoni Centre
Abderrahman Slaoui Museum
Amazigh Heritage Museum
Borj Nord Fes
Dar Batha Museum
Dar el-Bacha Musee des Confluences
Dar Jamai Museum
Dar Si Said Museum
Maison de la Photographie
Maison Tiskiwin
Musee Yves Saint Laurent
Museum of History and Civilizations
Museum of Moroccan Judaism
Ouarzazate Cinema Museum
The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts
The Tangier American Legation Museum
Villa Harris
The National Museum of Niger
Longwood House
Dias Museum Complex
East London Museum
Iziko South African Museum
Loeriesfontein Windmill Museum
Origins Centre
Phansi Museum
Robben Island
Soweto and the Apartheid Museum
The Bardo Museum
Americas 95
Graceland
Kennedy Space Center
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Taliesin West
