What better way to store and display some of the world’s greatest artwork than in a structure as well-designed and beautiful as the art itself ? So here below we post the most beautiful museums from all over the world, and if we’ve missed your favorite just let us know.
The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. Designed by I. M. Pei.
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Founded by Catherine the Great in 1794.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. Original limestone building from the 1930s, modern extension designed by Steven Holl.
The Hanoi Museum, Vietnam. Designed by GMP Architects.
Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain. Designed by Frank Gehry.
The Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark.
The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
MAS Museum, Antwerp, Belgium. Designed by Neutelings Riedijk.
The Louvre, Paris, France.
The Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria.
The Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL. Designed by HOK.
The Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet. Once the home of the Dalai Lama, the building is now a Chinese museum.
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Claude Monet’s House and Gardens, Giverny, France.
Moscow State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia.
Chora Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil.