The 19 best museums in the worldLouvre, Paris, National Museum of China, Beijing, Nanjing Museum, Tate Modern, London, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, British Museum in London, National Museum of Art Reina Sofía, Madrid. Enjoy fine art in one of the ten best museums and galleries in the world. From the National Geographic book The 10 Best of Everything. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, more commonly known as The Met, is a world-class museum and one of New York's top tourist attractions.
It has a wide range of collections, with more than two million works of art. In operation for more than 150 years, this is one of the most famous museums in the United States and one of the best in the country.