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Best museums in the world 2016 (according to TripAdvisor)
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, better known as the Met, is the biggest museum in the US and one of the best known and most visited in the world. It houses a wide range of collections, from Egyptian art to musical instruments and armour. 
  • After the Met, the Art Institute of Chicago is the United States' largest museum. It is home to a permanent collection of impressionist and post-impressionist works along with a number of other temporary exhibitions including Old Masters and architecture. 
  • The State Hermitage was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and its current collections are made up of more than three million items. The museum is housed in a complex of six buildings on the Palace Embankment, one of which is the Winter Palace, a former home of Russia emperors. 

  • The Musée d'Orsay has a vast collection of French art and was first established in 1986. The museum is housed in the former railway station, Gare d'Orsay, and exhibits masterpieces from Money, Degas and Van Gogh among others. Visit musee-orsay.fr for more information. 
  • The Museo Nacional de Antropología is the national museum of Mexico and it houses archaelogical and anthropoligcal artefacts from Mexico's history. The Aztec calendar stone, the Stone of the Sun, is just one of the impressive objects that can be found there. 

  • This memorial and museum commemorates the lives of those who died in the 11 September terrorist attacks in the USA in 2001. The National 9/11 Museum tells the story of 9/11 using a combination of technology, archives and artifacts. 
  • Right in the centre of the Spanish capital, The Museo del Prado is considered Spain's main art museum. It's widely considered to have the best collection of Spanish art in the world and houses works including Goya, Velázquez and Titian among others.

  • The British Museum was founded in 1753 and was the first national public museum in the world. The museum is home to a host of interesting exhibits from countries all over the world, including the iconic Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon Sculptures among many others. 

  • The Acropolis Museum is home to the archaeological findings from the Acropolis of Athens, the ancient citadel which sits high above Athens. The area is home to a number of ancient buildings of great historical significance including the Parthenon. The museum opened in 2009 and houses nearly 4,000 objects.

  • The Vasa Museum in Stockholm is a maritime museum that is home to the only fully intact 17th century ship ever to be salvaged. The Vasa warship is acommanied by four other museum ships that can be found in moored in the harbour outside. The museum first opened in 1990 and sees over a million visitors each year. 

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