Philadelphia Museum of Art began as a legacy of the great Centennial Exhibition of 1876, held in Fairmount Park. At the conclusion of the celebrations, the Exhibition's art gallery - remained open as a Museum of Art and Industry "for the improvement and enjoyment of the people of the Commonwealth." Hours Tuesday through Sunday: 10:00 [...]
The Brooklyn Museum is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Its collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art. The Museum is part of a complex of parks and gardens which include Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park Zoo, Mount Prospect Park, the Central Library of the Brooklyn, and the [...]
Museum of Fine Arts opened its doors to the public on July 4, 1876 in Copley Square. In 1909, the Museum moved to its current home on Huntington Avenue. Today the MFA is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world. The collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art. We welcome more than [...]
Museo Nacional del Prado opened to the public in November 1819. The Museum's collection was built upon the royal collection of Charles V from the 16th century and continued to thrive under the succeeding Habsburg and Bourbon Monarchs. The Museum's greatest masterpieces are The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosh, The Nobleman with his hand [...]
The Louvre evolved from a 12th century fortress; the dwelling of François I and, later, the palace of the Sun King, Louis XIV into an extraordinary museum which opened in 1793. A museum among museums. Accumulated riches of art, on a scale unrivaled anywhere in the world, makes the Louvre a place of learning, delight, [...]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded on April 13, 1870, "to be located in the City of New York... encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts..." By the twentieth century, the Met had become one of the world's great art centers. Today, the Met's two-million-square-foot building houses over two million objects, tens [...]
