Sunday, October 24, 2010

Our top 10 museums in the United States

The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 and is located in Washington DC. The widely as the largest museum complex and considers research in the world, is included in a total of 19 museums, 9 research centers and the National Zoo. The museums of African art and American (Renwick Gallery) and Space Museum are worth a visit, along with American history and the American Indian Museum. In total there are over 130 million items in the collection ofMuseum, with its police force to protect the artifacts and objects!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was created in 1872 and is located in the park on 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, on the east side of Central. Home to more than two million works of art, is the main building of the museum as Met-known and is one of the largest galleries around the world. If you are interested in medieval and Renaissance art, check out "The Cloister" area.

The art collection is immense, withArtwork from ancient Egypt to the European Masters. It also maintains a collection of antique musical instruments and antique weapons. The Met has almost a quarter of a mile in length was measured, and includes two million square feet!

J. Paul Getty Museum is on two sites, a Getty Center in Los Angeles and the other at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles and founded in 1954 in the collection of the Getty Center contains art from the Middle AgesModernity, while at the Getty Villa, there are the ancient art of Rome and Greece.

The Museum of Modern Art in York is located in Midtown Manhattan, New, and was founded in 1929. It attracts about 2.5 million visitors a year. He is known worldwide as the home of modern art - has an extensive collection of modern and contemporary architecture, design, drawings and paintings for the film and electronic media. E 'has been estimated that more than 300,000 books andPublications of the museum housed. The award-winning restaurant, modern, attracts large crowds.

The Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts is at 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, and attracts an average of one million visitors a year. It is home to nearly half a million works of art appreciated. The museum was officially founded in 1870 and the current site is about 1909th Collections Japanese, Egyptians and Americans are exceptional. The museum is also closelyin collaboration with the local Boston Arts Academy, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and its sister museum in Nagoya, Japan.

The Field Museum, Chicago Illinois, and sits on Lake Shore Drive near Lake Michigan, in a beautiful location and panoramic known as Museum Campus Chicago. The museum was founded in 1893. Some of the most impressive exhibitions of the museum and abetting are: Sue, who is perhaps the largest, best preserved and complete fossil of a TyrannosaurasDinosaur World, complete with replica head! There are about 23 human mummies from ancient Egypt to see, along with a rather large collection of Indian artifacts. The "Evolving Planet" exhibit is worth seeing, there is a brief description of the history and development of our world.

The Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, the University Circle area of Cleveland. The museum houses over 40,000 works of art. Admission to permanent galleriesis free to the public, with tickets for some events raised. The museum is currently being restructured in a meaningful way. June 2008 saw the opening of 19 galleries, which in most of the historic buildings of the museum are the 1916 building.

The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg is located on the campus of the University of South Florida, and has the highest percentage of works by Salvador Dali from outside the European Union. The collection of the artistWorks in the museum are almost 100 paintings, many graphics and prints, watercolors and other material written by the great artist.

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the largest in the world and the Children's Museum in Indianapolis Indiana City in the state. The museum was founded in 1925, with the current building was created 1976th There are six steps to the museum and the planetarium, the Egyptian pyramids inspired, play areas for children,together with research areas that cultures and traditions of different peoples of the world. There is a section of science and a section Dinosphere "with dinosaur fossils, most entrall the boys in the family!

The Dallas Museum of Art is long Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas Texas. Founded in 1903, includes the Museum's collections of $ 20,000,000 and $ 38,000,000 Hamon Building collection Reves Collection, along with Egyptian art. L 'Reves Collection is a beautiful recreation area of her home in France, housed in the museum and features the work of impressionist and modern artists, from Cezanne to Van Gogh

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