If you are an art fanatic, then visiting the most renowned art museums around the globe can be a dream.  To see art from world famous artists from over the centuries can be a fantastic travel experience.  If you are planning a trip and are interested in visiting popular art museums then Paris, London and New York are the cities for you.
When visiting London, you will be shocked by the diverse art in London’s popular museums.  Tate Modern exhibits some of the most cutting edge modern art in the world; The British Museum includes a collection of over seven million pieces, illustration the story and history of human culture; The London National Gallery in Trafalgar Square is home to one of the greatest collections of European painting and art in the world; and The Victoria and Albert Museum is known as the world’s greatest museum of design and art.
In Paris, you can visit the famous Musée du Louvre, France’s national museum with over 35,000 pieces including the infamous Mona Lisa.  Paris is also home to the popular Musée d’Orsay, a museum housed in an old railway station with an impressive collection of impressionist pieces from artists including Degas, Renoir, Monet and Cezanne.
New York is home to The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), known as one of the most influential modern art museums in the world, as well as well as the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world’s largest galleries with over two million works.
The National Gallery as well as the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture gardens in Washington, DC are also very popular art museums.
Traveling the world can be a fantastic way to discover art and culture that you never knew existed and much of this art and culture can be found in these exceptional art museums.  Other popular world art museums include the Kremlin in Moscow, the Tokyo National Museum, The State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg, the Vatican Museums in Vatican City, and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.  By browsing through these amazing museums, you can get a sense not only of each country’s modern culture, but also of their past and the long and interesting history each country holds.