The Louvre, France: The world's largest art museum is itself a world famous Paris landmark. Its vast collection of artifacts.
The British Museum, England: One of the greatest museums in the world, its permanent collection numbers some eight million artifacts.
The Rijksmuseum, Netherlands: The country's national arts and history museum is located in Amsterdam.
Prado National Museum, Spain: Las Meninas' by Diego Velázquez takes pride of place in this museum, located in central Madrid.
Galleria degli Uffizi, Italy: Arguably the most recognized and certainly the most visited museum in the country, its priceless collection of Italian Renaissance.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain: Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso feature prominently in Spain's national museum of 20th-century art.
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal: The dazzling collection of art housed in this excellent Lisbon museum once belonged to the wealthy Armenian businessman.
Guggenheim Museum, Spain: Renowned Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry designed this striking Bilbao museum.
Tate Modern, England: Synonymous with cutting edge national and international modern and contemporary art, the museum, housed in London's former Bankside Power Station.
Musée d'Orsay, France: Another Paris museum celebrated for its priceless works of art, including the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in the world.