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 [...]
The San Diego Museum of Art located in the heart of beautiful Balboa Park, the Museum’s nationally renowned permanent collection includes Spanish and Italian old masters, South Asian paintings, and 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculptures. Hours Monday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Closed Wednesdays. Extended hours Friday, 10:00 am to 7:00 [...]
Musee d'Orsay is located in the former Orsay railway station, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. The national museum of the Musée d'Orsay opened to the public in 1986 to show the great diversity of artistic creation in the western world between 1848 and 1914. It was formed with the national collections from three [...]
Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. Central to The Museum of Modern Art's mission is the encouragement of an ever-deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art by the diverse local, national, and international audiences [...]
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The Norton Simon Museum is a hidden gem found in Pasadena just outside of Los Angeles. Over [...]
The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries. The National Gallery Collection [...]
