- Madrid: Museo Arqueologico Nacional - Iberic artefacts
- Berlin: Egyptian Museum - bust of Nefertite, etc
- London: National Gallery - European art 13th - 20th century
- Brussels: Les Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique - Bruegel
- Basel: Antikenmuseum - large collections
of Egyptian, Greek, Etruskian and Roman objects
- Stockholm: Vasamuseum - unique old ship,
photo
- Copenhagen: Glypothek - Etruscian & classical art in tasteful building
- Bayeux: tapestry from 1066. The real thing is very well preserved and about 70 m long.
- - München: Alte Pinakothek - European art 14th - 18th century
- - Ingolstadt: Armeemuseum - 30 years war
- - Berlin: Sammlung Berggruen - Modern art
- - London: Tate Gallery - English school & French impressionists
- London: Victoria & Albert Museum - Large collection of plaster casts
- Köln: Römisch-Germanisches Museum
- Paris: Musée d'Orsay - art from 19th and 20th century in old railway station
- Paris: Musée de Cluny - medieval art in the old Roman termes
- Rome: Museo nazionale romano - displaying empress Livia's frescoes
- St Petersburg: Russian Museum - Russian art
- Moscow: Tretyakov gallery - Slavic art
- Torino, Italy: Egyptological museum – by some considered to be the best collection
outside Egypt, but when I was there in 1986 it looked very old, dusty and worn down.
- Tunis: le Bardo - Maybe the
world's best collection of Roman mosaics
- Sian / Xian, China: Historical museum. Maybe the most important museum for Chinese
archaeology. Also while in Xian, have a look at the impressive city wall and moat.
- - New York: The Frick Collection - art
- - Malibu, CA, USA: J. Paul Getty museum - classic
art
- - Naruto, Japan: Otsuka Museum of Art -
beautiful copies of famous works
Per Åkesson 1994, revised
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