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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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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The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow combines anatomy, coins, Mackintosh design, and paintings in its museum and art gallery; admission is free It spreads across several buildings on the Glasgow campus.
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The Musée Unterlinden in Colmar is centred on the Isenheim Altarpiece and holds medieval, Renaissance, and modern collections A modern extension links the convent rooms to temporary exhibition spaces.
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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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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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Museo di Capodimonte in Naples holds the Farnese paintings, Caravaggio, and Titian in a former Bourbon palace above the city The surrounding royal park overlooks the bay of Naples.
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The MANN in Naples holds finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum, Roman sculpture, and frescoes, and is central to classical art study Its epigraphic and numismatic collections are equally important.
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Musei Reali in Turin combines the royal palace, picture gallery, and archaeology collections of the Savoy dynasty Its ticket also covers the royal gardens and armory.
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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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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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Coimbra's Machado de Castro National Museum, in the former episcopal palace, holds religious sculpture, painting, and archaeology above a Roman cryptoporticus; its Romanesque and Gothic sculpture is outstanding.
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The Grão Vasco National Museum in Viseu centres on Renaissance altarpieces by Vasco Fernandes and Portuguese sacred art in a former seminary; it is a key museum in the Dão region.
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Heraklion Archaeological Museum is Crete's principal archaeological museum, renowned for Minoan pottery, frescoes, goldwork, and stone sculpture; its collection spans thousands of years of island history.
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Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen is devoted to Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, showing his sculptures and drawings alongside Danish Golden Age painting and decorative arts in a purpose-built 1840s museum.
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The National Museum in Wrocław, Lower Silesia, is strong in medieval religious art, Silesian painting, and Polish modern art, with several branches and a large decorative-arts collection.
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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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The National Museum in Gdańsk, on the Baltic Pomeranian coast, is known for Dutch and Flemish painting from the Hanseatic era, Polish modern art, and its photography gallery.
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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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The Móra Ferenc Museum in Szeged, southern Hungary, combines archaeology, ethnography, and fine art, with Hungarian painting and prints among its notable holdings and local history displays.
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The Cluj-Napoca Art Museum in Transylvania holds Romanian painting, European art, and the Bánffy family collections in a former baroque palace, with changing exhibitions and temporary shows.
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The National Museum of Art in Timișoara, western Romania, is known for Corneliu Baba's work, Banat painting, and European art, housed in the baroque palace on Union Square.
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The Iași Art Museum in eastern Romania occupies the Palace of Culture and holds Romanian painting, prints, and sculpture, with a collection rooted in the city's 1860 picture gallery.
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palatulculturii.roRoumain / Anglais
Set beside Nara Park, this national museum centres on Buddhist art and Nara-period antiquities, with exhibition schedules, collection highlights, and visitor information online.
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narahaku.go.jpJaponais / Anglais