EVERY INTELLIGENT🧐CULTURAL person should visit these museums. The best museums in the world!

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There's bad weather outside. It's time for museum tours. But what if you set out to see the best museum collections in the world?! We're flying to Europe, to Paris. There, in the former royal palace, on an area of 72 thousand square meters, is located one of the largest and most visited art museums in the world — the Louvre. Its exposition includes more than 35,000 works of art, including Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", "Venus de Milo" and many other masterpieces. The Beautiful Gardener" by Raphael. One of Raphael's most famous Madonnas, painted during his first Florentine period (1504-1508). "The Coronation of Napoleon." A painting depicting the moment of Napoleon's coronation — he places the crown on himself. It's not far from Paris to London. The British Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world dedicated to the history and culture of mankind.

Millions of exhibits are kept here, including the Rosetta Stone, a trilingual stele with the carved text of the decree in honor of King Ptolemy V. Thanks to the inscription, which repeats the text twice by various Egyptian writing systems, Jean-Francois Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs. Elements of two of the seven wonders of the Ancient World — the mausoleum in Halicarnassus and the temple of Artemis in Ephesus. In the museum you can see the mummies of ancient Egypt and the Portland vase, a work of ceramic art made during the reign of Emperor Octavian Augustus.

We are going south to the Vatican Museums. The complex of museums in the Vatican, which houses an extensive collection of works of art collected by the popes. A mandatory part of the route is a visit to the Sistine Chapel with frescoes by Michelangelo, as well as the halls of Raphael. Here you can see: "The Belvedere Apollo", a marble Roman replica of the original bronze by the Athenian sculptor Leochar. The Triumphant Perseus" is a sculpture by Antonio Canova depicting Perseus holding the severed head of Medusa in his hands. "The Transfiguration" is a painting by Raphael Santi, created in 1516-1520. The Vatican has the original in the Pinacoteca and a life-size replica adorning the altar in St. Peter's Basilica.

Very close to Florence is the Uffizi Museum with a rich collection of legendary paintings "The Birth of Venus" by Botticelli. The painting is huge, known for small details — folds of fabric and floating flowers. The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea del Verrocchio. The painting gives an idea of da Vinci's early works, and the signs of the artist's signature style are clearly visible in it. "Medusa" by Caravaggio. The canvas work mounted on the shield is an exploration of the form of one of the most compelling characters in mythology. "Madonna with the Goldfinch" by Raphael. The painting is part of his series of "madonnas" depicting the Virgin Mary with Jesus. "Venus of Urbino" by Titian.
Judith Beheading Holofernes by Gentileschi.
This museum occupies the second largest exhibition area in the world after the Louvre. This is the Russian Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Leonardo da Vinci's famous Madonna Litta is one of the few paintings by the artist in Russia. It was named after Duke Litt, who sold it to the Russian Imperial Collection in 1865. Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" is one of the artist's most recent works, based on the biblical legend of the prodigal son. Gainsborough's "Portrait of a Lady in Blue" is an example of the Rococo trend in a representative court portrait. Henri Matisse's "Dance", The Mummy of the priest of Pa-di-ista — the mummy is believed to be about three thousand years old, it joined the collection in the 19th century, Scythian gold: a deer from Kostroma kurgan and a comb from Solokha — gold products of Scythian craftsmen.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is revered by art fans from all over the world. Famous paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer and other masters of the Golden Age can be seen in its walls. Rembrandt's "Night Watch" (1642) is a masterpiece with dramatic play of light and shadow, dynamic composition. Vermeer's Milkmaid (circa 1658) is a small painting depicting a domestic scene where a maid pours milk.
In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has an extensive collection of exhibits. It covers various eras and cultures, from ancient Rome to modern art, and also includes Egyptian antiquities and Oriental art. Here are some famous exhibits from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: "Water Lilies" by Claude Monet. "Washington Crosses The Delaware" By Emanuel Leutze. A historical painting depicting the moment of crossing the Delaware River by the first President of the United States of America, George Washington. "A Woman with a Jug of Water" by Jan Vermeer. "View of Toledo" by El Greco. "Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints" by Raphael Santi.