If you are interested in art works and you miss out the paintings from the Dutch golden age then you have missed most beautiful and valuable sites of art work. Dutch golden age which roughly lasted during 17th century was one the most acclaimed era in respects to trade, art and science. There were many reasons for the era to prosper like cheap resources, migration of intelligent and dedicated labors, birth of co-operate finance, fostered literary activities and art works. This era had seen amazing painters and thus their masterpiece are preserved carefully. You will be able to experience all this beautiful master piece in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Amsterdam, derived from Amstellerdam is the capital and largest city of Netherlands. The name itself depicts about the city, the dam on river amstel makes it known as Amsterdam.  At a time of 12th  [...] 

Summer usually bring on diverse potpourri of journey. The list of destination just goes on and on. T But the right way to enjoy your summer is to plan in the right venue. Well this summer I had a decided to visit a land of majestic jewels and king of Arts, Metropolitan Museum which rules America from the edge of Central park in New York with bird’s eye view of the Manhattan Skyline. The local mass call it is as The MET. It is one of the largest art galleries in the world. Two millions of exhibits from all over the world with ever kind of imaginable kind of mind enters this royal museum and the tour lead through the an Egyptian temple passing the suits of Armor and Dior dinner dresses to Pieter Brueghel’s Corn Harvest. A group of American citizens who founded The Met could not have imagined such an encyclopedic collection will take their  [...] 

Among all the museums of the western world, the Uffizi Gallery holds the pride of being the most famous art museum. It is also one of the oldest museums in the world. It is located in Palazzo degli Uffizi a palace in Florence city of Italy. The construction of the building started in the year 1560 under the supervision of Giorgio Vasari. The palace was originally designed for Cosimo I de Medici as the office for the various Florentine magistrates. Thus the palace is named Uffizi which means office. The Palazza degli Uffizi brought together the State achieve as well as the administrative offices and the tribunal under one single room. The construction of the palace was completed by the end of the year 1581 and after Vasari it was been supervised by Bernardo Buontalenti and Alfonso Parigi. The internal courtyard was very long but was quite narrow  [...] 

The Kunsthistorisches Museum which means Museum of Art History, and is very much commonly known as the “Museum of Fine Arts” is located in Vienna, in a festive building on Ringstraße, also is been crowned with a dome which is octagonal in shape, is one of the popular museums of decorative arts and fine arts in the world. The term Kunsthistorisches Museum is used for both the main building as well as the institution. Every year nearly 619.318 people visit the museum. Vienna is the capital city of the German nation and hence is easily accessible from any corner of the world. The museum was started in 1891. The same time the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, named Franz Joseph I had opened the Naturhistorishes museum. The two museums stand opposite to each other on the Maria-Theresien Platz also they have quite similar exteriors. The plans  [...] 

The metropolitan Museum of Art is often known as The Met. It is an art museum. The metropolitan Museum of Art is located on the eastern side of the Central Park in the New York City of the United States of America. There are around two million art works which are included on the permanent section of the museum. These two million art works are placed in to nineteen different sections. The Met, which is the main building of the museum, is one of the largest art galleries in the world. The Met has a sub-division named as The Cloisters, in the upper Manhattan which displays the medieval art. The permanent collections of the art works has the various collection of the Ancient Egypt, Classical Antiquity also Sculptures and Paintings of mostly all the European masters. It also has a huge collection of the modern art as well as the American art. The  [...] 

The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney is most important branch of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences located in Sydney. The other museums are merely Sydney Observatory. The powerhouse museum has a huge gathering encircling all type of technology including Media, Decorative arts, Space technology, Communication, Science, Furniture, Costume, Steam engines, Computer technology and the transport. The collection is displayed for nearly 125 years. There are about 400000 artifacts displayed in the museum since the year 1988. The electric tram power station which lies in the suburban area of Ultimo in the inner west are is what the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney is more famous for. Originally it was constructed in the year 1902. It is one of the most popular tourist’s attractions in Sydney. The museum publishes a quarterly magazine named Powerline is available  [...] 

The British Museum in London is a museum that displays the human history as well as culture. The museum has nearly 7 million objects in its collection. The items have their origin from almost all of the continents. The objects are brought here from various cities of the world. Established in the 17th century the British museum is mostly based on the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Sir Hans Sloane is a well know scientist as well as physician. The museum was first opened for the public to visit was on January 15, 1759. The museum was located in the Montagu house in Bloomsbury. The expansion of the museum nearly required two and a half centuries. A Branch of British museum was established in 1887 in South Kensington and was named as British Museum of Natural History. British Museum London Reading Room which was opened 1997 was unique in its own  [...] 

Located at Saint Petersburg in Russia the State Hermitage museum is one of the oldest and largest museum in the world. Founded by Catherine the Great in the year 1764 is dedicated for the art and culture. The museum is kept open for the public to visit since 1852. The museum has a huge collection of items out of which a small part that includes 3 million items is kept for the permanent display. The display includes the largest painting collection in the world. The collection is made up of the six complex historic buildings coming together. The collection includes a Palace Embankment, the Menshikov Palace, winter palace which is a former place of Russian residents. Museum of Porcelain, the General Staff Building Storage Facility at Staraya Derevnya is few important parts of the museum. The museum has many exhibitions center. The State Hermitage  [...]