The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is the museum to see first. Right behind it come the Museo del Prado (Madrid), the Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence), the Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg) and the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna). Pick a museum below to meet its most famous paintings and the artists you'll find there.
We rank museums on their reputation, the fame of the paintings they hold, how much of their collection we cover and how often you open their pages. Visitor numbers are not part of it.
100 museums across 22 countries, with United States of America in front (20 museums) and 102,668 works to explore here.
The paintings and artists to know in the top museums
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Metropolitan Museum of Art · The artists to know at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Museo del Prado · The artists to know at the Museo del Prado
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Galleria degli Uffizi · The artists to know at the Galleria degli Uffizi
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Hermitage Museum · The artists to know at the Hermitage Museum
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Kunsthistorisches Museum · The artists to know at the Kunsthistorisches Museum
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the National Gallery · The artists to know at the National Gallery
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Rijksmuseum · The artists to know at the Rijksmuseum
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Musée d'Orsay · The artists to know at the Musée d'Orsay
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Philadelphia Museum of Art · The artists to know at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The paintings everyone goes to see at the Museum of Fine Arts · The artists to know at the Museum of Fine Arts