It is difficult to draw up a list of the most prestigious and interesting museums in Europe with absolute peremptory nature, to be visited in “condicio sine qua non”. In fact, many are the excellent ones, in Italy and throughout the Old Continent, as well as considering the private taste of each visitor, his cultural basis, the era represented, and many other factors. Today we will take you to discover some of the best museums in Europe.
Louvre
With over 3 million, to be precise 3.111.19 hashtags, the Parisian museum par excellence rises to the top step of the European podium, and perhaps it will be only for its importance. Its rooms contain some of the greatest masterpieces of ancient and modern painting and sculpture.
There are many areas that compose it, and many works to visit: for this reason it is advisable to walk it at least a whole day. Do not miss, of course, the famous Mona Lisa, Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time.
Tate Modern
Far away, with “only” 782,873 hashtags, we find another European pearl, this time in the capital of Great Britain. It is part of a reality made up of a total of 4 museums, the Tate complex, in different cities in the United Kingdom.
In addition to Modern, located in the Bankside area, housed in a former power plant, the others are Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is an international gallery of modern and contemporary art, like all English museums that can be visited for free, and with 4,500,000 visitors a year it is the most visited modern art museum in the world.
The Hermitage
Bronze medal for the Russian Museum with a total of 530,104 hashtags. One of the largest art galleries in the world, more than a “simple” museum, it can be defined as a true imperial palace because it houses halls and rooms that were the residences of the tsars, such as the magnificent Winter Palace.
Located on the banks of the Neva, it collects huge collections that have accumulated over several centuries. It is estimated that the works of art exceed 3 million, including paintings, sculptures, numismatic objects, archaeological finds and more. The route to visit it all is 24 kilometers …
British Museum
We leave the podium and return to the English capital, with another international pearl, recognized not only in Europe. Remarkable museum, able to learn about the cultural history of the whole world.
It is difficult to identify more interesting sectors than others: we are trying to identify the Reading Room, Karl Marx’s favorite place, the Mummies from the collections of ancient Egypt and the Grand Court designed by Norman Foster not to be missed.
Center Georges Pompidou
Still, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, with the center of contemporary art and culture, also known as Beaubourg, not only in France, from the name of the road on which it was built, also as part of the project, also of the “our” Renzo Piano.
Due to its special expansion, visiting it may seem complicated, but 70,000 works, including visual, pictorial and photographic arts, architecture and design, enclosed in a unique futuristic structure, make it a true masterpiece.
