Must See Museums In Europe Part 1

 Europe is a popular destination for tourists all year round, although it has slowed down since the pandemic hit. Art lovers, culture enthusiasts, and vacationers and the local people, everyone loves to visit the world- renowned museums in Europe.

And for good reason! From the massive Louvre in Paris, to the modern Prado in Madrid, the best way to know and understand the culture of a place is flipping through its pages of history in a look- see museum to tell you of glorious stories past of first fossils to contemporary art. 

Discover the best of what Europe has to offer while you go through our compilation of the most impressive museums in Europe. And after you’re done, book your flights to Europe with fantastic flight deals and best flight offers.

1) The Pompidou Centre, Paris

Centre Georges Pompidou usually is shortened to the Centre Pompidou and is also known as Pompidou Centre in English.

It s a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais. Designed in brutalist, high- tech and postmodern architecture by a group of architects, it has had over 180 million visitors since 1977. 

It houses the Bibliothèque publique d’information (Public Information Library) that is a vast public library; the Musée National d’Art Moderne, which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe; and IRCAM, which is a centre for music and acoustic research.

It was named after Georges Pompidou who was the President of France from 1969 to 1974 and he was the one who commissioned the building. 

It was officially opened on 31 January 1977 by President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. The sculpture ‘Horizontal’, designed by Alexander Calder, is a free-standing mobile that is 7.6 m tall, and was placed in front of the Centre Pompidou in 2012.

At the time, Paris wanted to be leading in terms of art and culture, so it was proposed to move Musée d’Art Moderne to this location.

Paris also needed a large and free public library, so in 1969, the new president adopted the Beaubourg project and decided it to be the location of both the new library and a centre for the contemporary arts. 

In the process of development, the IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/ Musique) was also included in the complex.

2) The British Museum, London

Situated in the Bloomsbury area of London in England, the British Museum is a public institution devoted to 2 million years of human history, art and culture. 

It houses more than 8 million works which are the largest and among the most comprehensive in its existence.

They have mostly been collected during the era of the British Empire. The works have been collected from all continents, recording and exemplifying the history of human culture from the beginning to the modern present. 

You can choose to view the incredible workmanship on the Royal Game of Ur, the intricate carving on an African hunting horn, the amazingly preserved deerskin map from North America, or a delightful drawing by Raphael of an old man’s head instead.

You’ll never run out of options to choose from in this colossal architectural structure.

Browse through the collection of some of the earliest objects created by mankind to stroll and observe the works of contemporary artists and see where their vision takes you.

You can also opt to view curated collections that will take you on a journey through chronicles of history and transcend time.

3) The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Rijksmuseum is a Dutch national museum, established in The Hague in 1800 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first situated in the Royal Palace and afterwards, in the Trippenhuis.

The main building presently was designed by Pierre Cuypers and it was opened for public viewing in 1885. 

After a ten-year renovation that cost € 375 million, it was reopened by Queen Beatrix on 13 April 2013. IT held the record of being the most visited museum in Netherlands in 2013 after its renovation.

The museum is committed to showcasing 800 years of Dutch art and history, with great Dutch masters such as Rembrandt and you can stop to take a look at the works down to the tiniest of details.

You can also treat yourself in all the delicacies that the Rijksmuseum has to offer.

Source: Museums In Europe