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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A University of Tokyo museum branch inside KITTE at Tokyo Station, known for mixing natural-history specimens, design materials, and academic collections.
The Faculty of Fine Arts at MSU Baroda is a key Indian art school, publishing degree shows, lectures, and museology teaching activities on its official university pages.
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.
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.
In Dhahran, Ithra brings together a museum, galleries, a cinema, and a library under one roof, with rotating art exhibitions, commissions, and residency programmes for regional artists.
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.
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.
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Quebec City covers four centuries of Quebec art, from religious painting to contemporary installation, across pavilions near the Plains of Abraham.