Museums and Galleries:
1. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
2. Le Louvre, Paris, France
3. The Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
4. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
5. The British Museum, London, England
6.The Prado, Madrid, Spain
7.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
8.The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy
9.The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
10.Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1-Smithsonian Enstitüsü:
ABD hükümeti
tarafından yönetilen bir müze ve araştırma merkezi öbeğidir. 1846 yılında
"bilgiyi artırmak ve yaymak" amacıyla kurulmuştur. Washington,
DC'deki merkezinde 137 milyon nesne bulunmaktadır.
2- Le Louvre:
Fransız ihtilâlinden sonra 1793 senesinde, Fransa'da açılan
ilk devlet müzesi. Paris'te bulunan bu müze emsalleri arasında en
ünlülerindendir.
3-Akropolis Müzesi:
Mimar Bernard Tschumi
tarafından Yunanistan'ın başkenti Atina'da inşa edilen ve Akropolis Tepesi'nden
çıkarılan arkeolojik buluntulara ev sahipliği yapan müzedir.
Ermitaj Müzesi:
Rusya’nın Saint Petersburg şehrinde yer alan bir sanat ve
kültür müzesidir. Dünyanın en büyük ve eski müzelerinden olan Ermitaj Müzesi,
1764 yılında Çariçe II
British Museum:( Kuruluş
tarihi: 1753) İngiltere'nin
Londra şehrinde Dünya'nın her yanından getirilen seçkin Eskiçağ yapıtları ve
etnografya koleksiyonlarını kapsayan müze.
Metropolitan Sanat Müzesi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(The Met olarak da kısaltılınabilir), dünyanın en büyük ve en önemli
müzelerinden bir tanesidir. Manhattan, New
York City'deki Central Park'ın yanında yer alan müze, The
Cloisters adı verilen orta
çağ sanatını barındıran bölümü bünyesinde bulundurur
Prado Müzesi (İspanyolca: Museo del Prado),
Resim
ve heykel
müzesi olarak kurulmuş olup, ayrıca 5.000 den fazla çizim,
2.000 baskı, 1.000 madeni para,
Madalyalar
ve yaklaşık 2.000 süs eşyaları ve sanat eserlerini içerir. Heykel, küçük bir
sayıdaki eksik heykelsel parçalara göre 700 den fazla eserle temsil
edilir.Madrid'de en çok ziyaret edilen yerdir.Dünya'nın en önemli müzelerinden
biri olan, 19
Kasım 1819'da
Jean de Villanueva'nın yapmış olduğu yapıda hizmete giren Prado Müzesi, krallık
koleksiyonlarının bir araya getirilmesiyle oluşturulmuştur.İspanyol
ressamlarının
(El Greco, Velazquez, Goya, vb.) ve Hollanda
ressamlarının (Bosch, Rubens, vb.) pek çoğunun yapıtlarının yanı sıra, birçok heykel,
çizim vb. sanat
yapıtı içermektedir.
Vatikan Müzeleri:
Vatican City'de
bulunan dünyanın en büyük müzelerinden birisidir. Bu müze Roma Katolik Kilisesi
tarafından Rönesans'da inşa edilmiş olup, dünyanın önemli heykellerine ev
sahipliği yapan önemli bir binadır.
Uffizi
Galerisi:
Floransa'daki bir saray ya da palazzo, dünyadaki
en eski ve en ünlü sanat müzelerinden biridir. Ünlü Medici ailesinin sanat
koleksiyonu sergilenir. İki katlı U şeklindeki müzede, dünyaca ünlü tablolar
sergilenir.
Rijks
müzesi :
Amsterdam ya da Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam'daki
Museumplein'da yer alan bir Hollanda ulusal müzesidir. Müzede sanat, zanaat ve
tarih alanındaki parçalar sergilenir.
The
Smithsonian is the world’s largest research and museum complex, with
19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and various research
stations. More than 137 million objects detailing America’s story are housed
here, so you’d better prepare for a long week of walking. There’s so much to
see that, if you spent one minute day and night looking at each object on
exhibit, in ten years you’d see only ten percent of the whole. Therefore, it’s
wise to head out with a plan. Focus on only one or two exhibits at two or three
different museums.
Main attractions: Dorothy’s ruby
red slippers, the dresses of the First Ladies, and the original Star-Spangled
Banner at the National Museum of American History; the Gem Hall (including the
Hope Diamond) at the National Museum of Natural History; and the Wright
brothers’ 1903 Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11
command module at the National Air and Space Museum.
6. Le Louvre, Paris, France
The
Louvre was a medieval fortress and the palace of the kings of France
before becoming a museum two centuries ago. The addition of I. M. Pei’s pyramid
shocked many when it was unveiled in 1989 as the new main entrance, yet it
somehow works, integrating the palace’s disparate elements. The museum’s
collections, which range from antiquity to the first half of the 19th century,
are among the most important in the world. A good place to start is the Sully
Wing, at the foundations of Philippe-Auguste’s medieval keep—it’s in the heart
of the Louvre, kids love it, and it leads straight to the Egyptian rooms.
Main attractions: “Venus de
Milo,” “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” and Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.”
7. The Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
The stunning ground floor gallery
houses finds from the slopes of the Acropolis. Its amazing transparent glass
floor provides a walk over history, with a view of the archaeological
excavation, while sloping upward to the Acropolis with sanctuaries of the
Athenians from each historic period nearby. Smaller settlements have been
excavated, yielding glimpses of Athenian life. For the first time, the exhibits
in the Archaic Gallery allow visitors to take in all sides of the objects,
which are displayed in open spaces characterized by changing natural light.
Main attractions: The frieze of
the Parthenon is mounted on a structure with exactly the same dimensions as the
cella of the Parthenon, giving comprehensive viewing of every detail.
8. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia may be isolated from
the artistic centers of Paris, Rome, and London, but the Hermitage
has managed to acquire a spectacular collection of world art—more than three
million items—spanning the years from the Stone Age to the early 20th century.
The museum occupies six buildings along the Neva River, the leading structure
being the confection-like Winter Palace. This gloriously baroque,
blue-and-white structure was finished in 1764 and over the next several
centuries was the main residence of the czars. Catherine the Great founded the
museum that same year when she purchased 255 paintings from Berlin. The
museum’s focal point is Western European art—120 rooms in four buildings
ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day. Rembrandt, Rubens, Tiepolo,
Titian, da Vinci, Picasso, Gauguin, Cézanne, van Gogh, and Goya are all
represented here. For in-depth tours, contact Glories of the Hermitage.
Main attractions: The Treasure
Gallery’s Gold Rooms showcase golden masterpieces from Eurasia, the Black Sea
Littoral in antiquity, and the Orient. The museum also houses pieces from
Nicholas II’s private collection, including paintings, drawings, and medals
created to commemorate his coronation.
9. The British Museum, London, England
Britain’s largest museum looks
after the national collection of archaeology and ethnography—more than eight
million objects ranging from prehistoric bones to chunks of Athens’ Parthenon,
from whole Assyrian palace rooms to exquisite gold jewels.
Main attractions: The Egyptian
gallery boasts the world’s second finest collection of Egyptian antiquities
outside Egypt, including the Rosetta Stone, carved in 196 B.C.
1. The Prado, Madrid, Spain
The Spanish royal family is responsible for the Prado’s bounty of
classical masterpieces. Over centuries, kings and queens collected
and commissioned art with passion and good taste. In addition to stars of
Spanish painting such as Velázquez, Goya, Ribera, and Zurbarán, the Prado has
big collections of Italian (including Titian and Raphael) and Flemish artists.
Fernando VII opened the collection to the public in 1819, in the same
neoclassic building it’s housed in today, designed by Juan de Villanueva.
Main attraction: “The Three
Graces” by Rubens.
2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the Western
Hemisphere. Its collection of more than two million items is not only
broad—covering the entire world, from antiquity to the present—but deep, with
holdings so large in a number of areas that some might be considered museums
unto themselves. Its European paintings are stunning: works by Botticelli,
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, Rodin, and other luminaries. The Egyptian Collection
showcases the tomb of Perneb (circa 2440 B.C.) and the exquisite Temple of
Dendur (circa 23-10 B.C.). The American Wing contains American arts and crafts,
including a room from a Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie House. And the list goes on
and on.
Main attractions: “Adam and
Eve,” the well-known engraving by Albrecht Dürer, is only one of the many
impressive pieces you will discover at the Met.
3. The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy
Twenty-two separate collections comprise the
Musei Vaticani, each one more spectacular than the next. The most
famous are probably the Museo Pio-Clementino, with its splendid classical
sculpture; the Raphael Rooms, entire rooms painted by Raphael; the Pinacoteca
(picture gallery), which contains the cream of the Vatican’s collection of
medieval and Renaissance paintings; and, of course, Michelangelo’s Sistine
Chapel. But there is also the ancient Egyptian exhibits of the Museo Gregoriano
Egizio, as well as the Etruscan offerings of the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco. And
that’s just a start.
Main attractions: The renowned
Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms are not to be missed.
4. The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
“Great” is an overworked adjective in Italy,
where so many of the country’s monuments and works of art command the highest
praise. In the case of the Galleria degli Uffizi, it
barely does justice to a gallery that holds the world’s finest collection of
Renaissance paintings. All the famous names of Italian art are here—not only
the Renaissance masters, but also painters from the early medieval, baroque,
and Mannerist heydays.
Main attraction: “The Birth of
Venus” by Botticelli is one.
5. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
About 900,000 objects fill the Rijksmuseum,
the largest collection of art and history in the Netherlands. It is most famous
for its paintings by 17th-century Dutch masters, including Ruysdael, Frans
Hals, Johannes Vermeer, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Established in 1800 to exhibit
the collections of the Dutch stadtholders, the Rijksmuseum also displays art
from the Middle Ages. The main building is closed for renovation until 2013;
collection highlights are displayed in the Philips Wing and at Rijksmuseum
Schiphol.
· The Prado, Madrid, Spain
The Spanish royal family is responsible for the Prado’s bounty of
classical masterpieces. Over centuries, kings and queens collected
and commissioned art with passion and good taste. In addition to stars of
Spanish painting such as Velázquez, Goya, Ribera, and Zurbarán, the Prado has
big collections of Italian (including Titian and Raphael) and Flemish artists.
Fernando VII opened the collection to the public in 1819, in the same
neoclassic building it’s housed in today, designed by Juan de Villanueva.
Main attraction: “The Three Graces” by Rubens.
· The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
The Metropolitan Museum
of Art is the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere. Its
collection of more than two million items is not only broad—covering the entire
world, from antiquity to the present—but deep, with holdings so large in a
number of areas that some might be considered museums unto themselves. Its
European paintings are stunning: works by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Vermeer,
Degas, Rodin, and other luminaries. The Egyptian Collection showcases the tomb
of Perneb (circa 2440 B.C.) and the exquisite Temple of Dendur (circa 23-10
B.C.). The American Wing contains American arts and crafts, including a room
from a Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie House. And the list goes on and on.
Main attractions: “Adam and Eve,” the well-known engraving
by Albrecht Dürer, is only one of the many impressive pieces you will discover
at the Met.
· The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy
Twenty-two separate collections comprise the
Musei Vaticani, each one more spectacular than the next. The most
famous are probably the Museo Pio-Clementino, with its splendid classical
sculpture; the Raphael Rooms, entire rooms painted by Raphael; the Pinacoteca
(picture gallery), which contains the cream of the Vatican’s collection of
medieval and Renaissance paintings; and, of course, Michelangelo’s Sistine
Chapel. But there is also the ancient Egyptian exhibits of the Museo Gregoriano
Egizio, as well as the Etruscan offerings of the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco. And
that’s just a start.
Main attractions: The renowned Sistine Chapel and the
Raphael Rooms are not to be missed.
· The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
“Great” is an overworked adjective in Italy, where so many of the country’s
monuments and works of art command the highest praise. In the case of the
Galleria degli Uffizi, it barely does justice to a gallery that
holds the world’s finest collection of Renaissance paintings. All the famous
names of Italian art are here—not only the Renaissance masters, but also
painters from the early medieval, baroque, and Mannerist heydays.
Main attraction: “The Birth of Venus” by Botticelli is one.
· Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
About 900,000 objects fill the Rijksmuseum, the largest
collection of art and history in the Netherlands. It is most famous
for its paintings by 17th-century Dutch masters, including Ruysdael, Frans
Hals, Johannes Vermeer, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Established in 1800 to exhibit
the collections of the Dutch stadtholders, the Rijksmuseum also displays art
from the Middle Ages. The main building is closed for renovation until 2013;
collection highlights are displayed in the Philips Wing and at Rijksmuseum
Schiphol.
Main attraction:
“The Night Watch” by Rembrandt.
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