Museums of the World

Ever want to visit world famous museums but lack the time or funds to go? Fret not, visit these utterly amazing museums online. It is free and you can visit them in the comfort of your own home. Enjoy!!

Australia National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Canada National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec.

Finland Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki. Fine art. (In Finnish, English and Swedish.)

France Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. (In French and English.) National Museum of Modern Art. Musée du Louvre, Paris. (In French, English, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese.) Widely regarded as the most famous art museum in the world with the most famous painting in the world. See also Louvre.edu (in French), virtual visit, and here. Musée d'Orsay, Paris. (In French.)

Germany Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin. Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn. (In German.) Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg. (In German.)

Hong Kong Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Iceland National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik. (In Icelandic and English.)

Ireland National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.

Israel Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Italy Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (In Italian and English.) Includes QuickTimeVR Virtual Reality of some of the galleries and an index of artists with some images such as Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. See also Virtual Uffizi (unofficial guide).

Japan National Museum of Art, Osaka. (In Japanese and English.) National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. (In Japanese and English.) National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. (In Japanese and English.) National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. (Also in Japanese.)

Korea National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul. (In Korean and English

Netherlands Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (In English, Dutch, German, French, Italian and Spanish.)

Rome National Vatican Musuem Online, Rome.

Russia Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. (In Russian and English.) Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. (Not yet on-line.)

Singapore National Heritage Board Asian Civilisation Museum Singapore Art Museum Singapore History Museum

South Africa South African National Gallery, Cape Town.

Spain Museo del Prado, Madrid. (In Spanish and English.) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. See building history. Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona. (In Catalan, Spanish and English.)

United Kingdom The National Gallery, London. Tate Gallery, London / Liverpool / St. Ives. National Portrait Gallery, London. Royal Academy of Arts, London. Hayward Gallery, South Bank, London. National Galleries of Scotland.

United States of America Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. One of the largest art museums in the world. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Tour the collection. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City. See current exhibitions and the permanent collection. 1998 Best of the Web competition winners. J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California. Dallas Museum of Art, Texas. Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California. Includes a large image database. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California. The Art Institute of Chicago Museum, Illinois. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Seattle Art Museum, Washington. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.