World's Top Museums & UNESCO WHC Top Sights
"Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed." - Helen Keller.
A MUSEUM is a building or institution which houses a collection of artifacts. Museums collect and care for objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside. Early museums began as the private collections of wealthy individuals, families or institutions of art and rare or curious natural objects and artifacts. The first public museums in the world opened in Europe during the 18th century and the Age of Enlightenment.
- ART PROJECT - explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces. Powered by Google.
- EUROPEANA - "Think Culture." Search through the cultural collections of Europe. It links you to over 15 million digital items (2011).
- LIST OF LANDMARKS - a comprehensive list of major landmarks around the world.
- LIST OF MAGIC MUSEUMS - Wikipedia.
- LISTS OF THE WORLDS MUSEUMS BY COUNTRY - Wikipedia.
- MEMORY OF THE WORLD - UNESCO's programme aiming at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide.
- METRO MUSEUMS - an international list of metro / subway, railway and tram museums.
- NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD - Wikipedia.
- UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE LIST - catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity.
Asia
Cambodia
 - ANGKOR WAT - temple complex at Angkor built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.
Europe
England, U.K.
 - ART GALLERIES / MUSEUMS IN LIVERPOOL
- ENGLISH HERITAGE
- HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
- LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ENGLAND - Wikipedia.
- MUSEUMS AROUND THE U.K. ON THE WEB
- MUSEUMS IN UNITED KINGDOM
- THE ROYAL PARKS
- Ashmolean Museum - Oxford. The world's first university museum.
- BANQUETING HOUSE - Whitehall, London.
- BRITISH MUSEUM - London.
- CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
- CHANGING OF THE GUARD - the pomp and ceremony involved in the Changing of the Guard is a popular London tourist attraction.
- Crystal Palace Museum - London.
- DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSE - London. Home and workplace for Samuel Johnson 1748-1759.
- FOUNDLING MUSEUM - London.
- GREAT BRITISH GARDENS - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
- HAMPSTEAD COURT PALACE - London.
- HYDE PARK - one of London's finest landscapes and covers over 350 acres.
- Imperial War Museum - London.
- KENWOOD HOUSE - Hampstead, London.
- LIST OF COUNTRY HOUSES - of historic / country houses, stately homes and estates, manors, and mansions in the United Kingdom.
- MADAME TUSSAUDS - London.
- MUSEUM OF LONDON
- NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM - London.
- OFFICIAL GUIDE TO UK MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, EXHIBITONS & HERITAGE
- PUDDING LANE - street in London, formerly the location of Thomas Farriner's bakehouse where the Great Fire of London began in 1666.
- ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM
- ROYAL PAVILLION - Brighton.
- SCIENCE MUSEUM - London.
- St. Paul's Cathedral - London.
- STONEHENGE - English Heritage.
- THE AMERICAN MUSEUM IN BRITAIN - Claverton Manor, Bath. The only museum of Americana outside the United States.
- THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
- THE NATIONAL TRUST
- THE ROYAL COLLECTION - royal palaces, residences and art collection.
- THE SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM
- THE STATE ROOMS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE - London.
- TRAILBLAZING - three and a half centuries of Royal Society publishing.
- TREWITHEN GARDEN - "An historic private estate boasting one of the loveliest gardens in England."
- VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
- WINDSOR CASTLE
Middle East
North America
U.S.A.
 - LIST OF MUSEUMS IN THE UNITED STATES (BY STATE) - Wikipedia.
- MUSEUMS IN THE U.S.A. - Alphabetic Listing (1507 museums).
- 309 AMARG | DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE
- ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER - Miami, FL.
- AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - New York, NY.
- BRANSON MISSOURI - Titanic Museum: "World's largest museum attraction."
- CORAL CASTLE MUSEUM - Miami, FL.
- CREATION MUSEUM - creation, evolution, science and Christian worldview.
- GENERAL MOTORS HERITAGE CENTER
- GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE
- GRACELAND - Memphis, TN.
- GRAMMY MUSEUM
- GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
- HARLEY-DAVIDSON MUSEUM - Milwaukee, WI
- HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM
- METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
- MOCA | THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - Los Angeles, CA.
- MOUNT RUSHMORE - Keystone, SD.
- MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - Boston, MA.
- MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE - Los Angeles, CA. A Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum.
- MY AL CAPONE MUSEUM - gangster memorabilia.
- NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM
- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
- NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM
- NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM - largest museum in the United States devoted to urban public transportation history.
- PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
- ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNEX NYC
- SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM (AT DEALEY PLAZA) - located on the sixth and seventh floors of an early 20th-century warehouse known in 1963 as the Texas School Book Depository. Chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy.
- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - - Washington, DC. The world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the US National Zoo.
- THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM - Pittsburgh, PA.
- THE ART DECO WELCOME CENTER - Miami, FL. Guided walking tours. Non-profit organization devoted to preserving, protecting, and promoting the cultural, social, economic, environmental and architectural integrity of the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District.
- THE ART INSTITUE OF CHICAGO
- THE ART INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO
- THE GETTY VILLA - Malibu, Los Angeles, CA.
- THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM - Los Angeles, CA.
- THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO
- UNITED NATIONS GUIDED TOURS - New York City, NY.
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