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United Kingdom · Regional

National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff in the Welsh capital shows Welsh art, Impressionist paintings, and natural history collections; the permanent galleries are free Its art galleries sit alongside dinosaur and mineral displays.

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museum.walesEnglish

United Kingdom · Regional

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow's West End holds European old masters, Scottish painting, and decorative art; entry is free The building itself, opened in 1901, is part of the appeal.

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glasgowlife.org.ukEnglish

United Kingdom · Regional

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is known for Pre-Raphaelite painting, ceramics, and metalwork; it sits in the city centre and is free to enter Its Edwardian building faces Chamberlain Square.

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birminghammuseums.org.ukEnglish

United Kingdom · Regional

Sainsbury Centre

The Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich holds world art and modern works in a Norman Foster building; the permanent collection is free.

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sainsburycentre.ac.ukEnglish

France · Regional

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

The Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille is strong in Flemish and French painting, including Rubens, Goya, and Delacroix, and anchors the city's cultural quarter Its basement holds a relief map of the city.

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pba.lille.frFrench / English

France · Regional

Musée d'arts de Nantes

The Musée d'arts de Nantes covers nine centuries of Western art with over 14,000 works, especially strong in modern and contemporary pieces Three buildings, including a former chapel, hold the displays.

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museedartsdenantes.nantesmetropole.frFrench / English / Spanish

France · Regional

Musée de Grenoble

The Musée de Grenoble spans ancient to contemporary art, with Matisse, Picasso, and abstract painting, in the Alpine city of Grenoble Its collection began as a royal drawing school cabinet.

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museedegrenoble.frFrench / English

France · Regional

Musée Matisse

The Musée Matisse in Nice occupies Villa des Arènes and presents Matisse's paintings, drawings, and cut-outs across his career The villa sits in a park above the city.

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musee-matisse-nice.orgFrench / English

Germany · Regional

Museum Folkwang

Museum Folkwang in Essen collects modern painting, photography, and German posters, and is a key art museum in the Ruhr Its poster collection is one of the largest in Germany.

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museum-folkwang.deGerman / English

Germany · National

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

The Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg covers German art and cultural history, including painting, sculpture, crafts, and musical instruments It is one of Germany's largest museums of cultural history.

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gnm.deGerman / English

Germany · Regional

Museum der Universität Tübingen

The Museum der Universität Tübingen brings together archaeology, ethnography, and art from the university's centuries-old collections Its venues are spread across several historic buildings in the old town.

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unimuseum.uni-tuebingen.deGerman / English

Switzerland · Regional

Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève

Geneva's Musée d'art et d'histoire is one of Switzerland's largest encyclopaedic museums, covering archaeology, painting, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts across a vast historic building.

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mahmah.chFrench / English

Portugal · National

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Lisbon's National Museum of Ancient Art, in a former convent, is known for Portuguese painting and sculpture, gold and silverwork, and Asian decorative arts; its Nuno Gonçalves panels are a national treasure.

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museusemonumentos.ptPortuguese / English

Sweden · Regional

Skissernas Museum

Skissernas Museum in Lund, run by Lund University, focuses on artists' sketches, public-art proposals, and architectural drawings, documenting the working process of 20th-century European artists.

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skissernasmuseum.seSwedish / English

Poland · Regional

National Museum in Poznań

The National Museum in Poznań, Greater Poland, holds Polish 19th-century painting, European art, and antiquities, plus an applied-arts department and a gallery of ancient art across several venues.

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mnp.art.plPolish / English

Hungary · Regional

Zsolnay Museum, Pécs

The Zsolnay Museum in Pécs, southern Hungary, preserves the ceramics factory's decorative porcelain and Art Nouveau design, connecting local industrial history with applied art and the family's manufactory history.

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jpm.huHungarian

India · Regional

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum

Mumbai's oldest museum in Byculla, formerly the Victoria and Albert Museum, focuses on nineteenth-century decorative arts, clay models, and the city's history.

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bdlmuseum.orgEnglish / MR / HI

Thailand · National

Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles

A textile museum inside Bangkok's Grand Palace grounds, presenting Thai silk, court dress, and weaving techniques, with online tour booking, collection notes, and conservation stories.

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qsmtthailand.orgThai / English

Canada · Regional

Royal Ontario Museum

Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum spans natural history and world cultures, with galleries for Indigenous Canadian, East Asian, and European decorative arts alongside touring exhibitions and hands-on family galleries.

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rom.on.caEnglish / French

Canada · Regional

Glenbow

Glenbow in Calgary collects Alberta history and western Canadian art, including Indigenous belongings, painting, photography, decorative arts, and extensive archives documenting prairie settlement and ranching.

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glenbow.orgEnglish

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