The world's largest museum, the Musée du Louvre packs thousands of artworks (more than 380,000 objects) into a 73,000-square-meter exhibition space in three sections: the Denon, Richelieu, and Sully wings.
Each wing has more than 70 rooms displaying paintings and objects of art, plus there are enormous halls filled with sculptures.
2. Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome
This museum exhibits the pontifical collection of ancient sculpture that originated with the collection of Pope Julius II.
It consists of 12 rooms and houses important Greek and Roman artworks. In total there is 70,000 works.
The Vatican Museums bring together one of the most impressive and extensive collections in the world belonging to the Catholic Church.
3. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The museum is famous as a home of renowned paintings, but it houses much more, including such items as porcelain, musical instruments, historical artifacts, costumes and even armaments.
It contains over 2 million pieces of artwork and measures 2.2 million square feet.
4. J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, California
The Getty features a remarkable collection, including the works of Van Gogh, Monet and Cezanne. The museum’s structure is a piece of art in itself, and the grounds also feature beautiful gardens, and views of Los Angeles.
It contains approximately 44,000 works of art.
5. Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France
It houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Berthe Morisot, Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.
There is 6,000 works of which only 3,000 are on show to the public at any one time. Musée d'Orsay has its own special history including transitioning from train station to depot to museum.
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