#11 – The New Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece)
The building of such a complex, costly and time-consuming construction of the museum was due to two interrelated factors. Firstly, the Greek history has accumulated an excessive amount of the artifacts. Secondly, the British did not want to return the stolen historical and cultural values, referring to the fact that there no place to exhibit and store them. However, they had to give the artifacts back.
#10 – National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City, Mexico)
The culture of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica is shrouded in a haze of fantasy, ideas about their bloodlust and unprecedented riches. How all this is true, you can determine in the main museum of Mexico, which shows the ancient values of the powerful civilizations of the past, such as the Maya and Aztecs.
#9 – The Vasa Museum (Stockholm, Sweden)
The most visited museum in Scandinavia was built around the ship "Vasa" owned by the Swedish Navy XVII century. It is the oldest military ship that has survived to the present day. It is oddly enough, but very soon crash during his first voyage has helped it stands the test of time. Immersed in water of low salinity, the ship was not eaten by marine worms.
#8 – The Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The centerpiece of the museum, founded in 1808 by Louis Bonaparte, is occupied by paintings by Dutch masters painting XV-XIX centuries. For example, here "Night Watch" by Rembrandt is placed - canvas size of 363 by 437 cm, which is famous for it's not easy story with regards to attempts to destroy it, the mass of puzzles and a few references in the movies.
#7 – London National Gallery (London, UK)
Art Gallery annually receives about 6.5 million tourists. More than two thousand paintings are exhibited in chronological order that helps inexperienced viewer to trace the development of Western European paintings dating from the XIII century.
#6 – The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)
It is a mecca of all guests of Northern capital of Russia, with breathtaking number of exhibits unimaginable decoration, as well as representative offices all over the country and abroad.
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