The National Gallery, London

Of all the world’s great art museums, it is the only place where you can appreciate European paintings between 1200 and 1900. Founded in 1824, it houses one of the greatest collections of European paintings in the world. Inside its halls are more than 2,500 European paintings by some of Western civilization’s greatest masters. Today, it is one of the top five tourist attractions in the United Kingdom . Entrance to see them is free.

The Tate Museum , London

It is the UK ’s national gallery of contemporary art. The Tate collection consists of some of the finest collections of British art dating back from 1500 to today’s modern time. Tate is a family of four art galleries, which consists of Tate Britain , Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives, part of the group now known simply as Tate. What makes Tate Modern such a special place is that apart from the permanent exhibits, from time to time, contemporary exhibitions are hosted in it.

The British Museum , London

Founded in 1753, it is a museum of human history and culture worldwide. Its collection includes more than seven million objects from across the world. They represent the people and places of the past two million years. Its collection is among the largest in the world and comes from all continents, telling the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. The Museum charges no admission fee.

Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City

Founded in 1870, it is one of the largest and most comprehensive (综合性的) art museums in the world. It has a permanent collection containing nearly three million objects from every known artistic forms, and from nearly every culture and age. In addition to its permanent exhibitions, the Met organizes and hosts large traveling shows throughout the year.