Saturday, February 28, 2009

Five worlds best museum

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Every such museum is unique and extraordinary in itself. Every museum is know of some or the other particular or exceptional attribute and facet But there are some of the world’s best known antique museums, which are famous and renowned, both for their collection and service.


The Vatican Museum, Vatican City, Italy

This museum includes the eminent Sistine Chapel and Raphael rooms. One can take pleasure in the splendor and beauty of Bernini’s spiral columns and

Michelangelo’s dome. The imposing Vatican Museum encloses 22 detached compilations, varying from Etruscan and Egyptian art to diagrams and contemporary religious art.



Le Louvre, Paris, France
it possess the legendary Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Also, it is the most well-known museum in the world. Two centuries ago the museum, Louvre was a medieval fortress and the palace of the kings of France. Even the renovation of the square in addition to glass pyramid in its core takes nothing away from the historical magnetism and charm of the Louvre Palace. The museum's collections, ranges from the birth of the great antique civilizations to the first half of the 19th century, are among the most significant.

The State Hermitage, St.Petersburg, Russia
despite Russia's isolation from the great art centers of Europe,

the Hermitage has attained an astonishing collection composed of three million items and objects in the past three centuries. indeed, it represents the maturity and progress of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. The Western European Art section unaided covers French, Dutch, English, Italian, Flemish and Spanish, German art. The Hermitage possesses two of the ten or twelve original works by Leonardo da Vinci (Madonna with a Flower and Madonna Litta).


The Prado, Madrid, Spain
The Prado is one of the most prized, respected and visited museums on planet. The greatest potency being the Spanish art; it houses works by Goya, Murillo, Velasquez, El Greco, and other notables. Though it specializes in paintings, it also demonstrates outsized collections of coins, medals drawings and decorative art. The neoclassical pretense of the museum is characteristic of the city's 18the century architecture.


The Smithsonian, Washington, D.C, USA
The Smithsonian Institute holds the honor of being the world's biggest museum complex and research organization. Composing of 16 museums and galleries and the National Zoo. It has covers no less than 142 million objects which represents the country's most important memories. Take out enough time and plan your visit carefully to complete the Smithsonian.

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