rankings you can trust
Top 10 rankings
Art Museums of the world
Louvre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Uffizi Gallery
British Museum
Hermitage
Vatican Museums
Prado
Museum of Modern Art
Museum d'Orsay
Borghese
Click blue links
to read my individual
web pages on each
Top 10 art museum
Paris, France
New York, USA
London, England
Vatican City
St Petersburg, Russia
Florence, Italy
Madrid, Spain
New York, USA
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Best Art Museums - runners up
Like the museums above, these are Hillman Wonder medal winners. The list includes:
Bargello (Florence, Italy)
Beaubourg (Paris, France)
Guggenheim (New York, USA & Bilbao, Spain)
India Museum (Kolkata, India)
Kunsthistorisches (Vienna, Austria)
National Gallery (London, England)
National Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Niteroi Contemporry (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Pinathek (Munich, Germany)
Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
St Mark (Florence, Italy)
St Marks (Venice, Italy)
and Tate Modern (London, England)
Other outstanding museums
These did not make the art museum lists because art per se is not their overriding focus.
Non-art areas such as archeology, architecture, and science share or consume their spotlights.
Examples include:
American - National History (New York, USA)
Anthropology (Mexico City, Mexico)
Deutsches (Munich)
Egyptian (Cairo, Egypt)
Imperial War (London, England)
National (Athens, Greece)
New Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Pergamon (Berlin, Germany)
Smithsonian (Washington DC, US)
and Tokyo National (Tokyo, Japan).
Man Made Wonders
Natural Wonders
Wonders of Africa
Wonders of Asia
Wonders of Europe
Wonders of North America
Wonders of South America
Bizarre Festivals
Carnivals
Classical Music Festivals
Film Festivals
Rock/Pop/Jazz Festivals
Adventure Travel Books
Art Museums
Best Cities for Travelers
Best Countries for Travelers
Car Race Events
Dive Destinations
Explorers
Houses of Worship
Most Famous Beaches
Most Visited Cities
Most Visited Countries
Movies with Travel
Romantic Islands
Sights in the Sky
Sports Events
Travel Health Mistakes
Travel Photo Mistakes
Travel Photo Selfies
Travel Pre-Trip Mistakes
Travel Safety Mistakes
Travel Songs on Cities
Travel Theft Mistakes
US National Parks
World Cuisines
World's Top 100 Wonders
World's Top 1000 Wonders
Site map
My credentials
About my website and criteria
Reader testimonials