The V&A, as it is commonly known, is named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design. It houses a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects which spans 5,000 years.
2. Uffizi Gallery
Answer: Florence, Italy
The Uffizi is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Florence (with notoriously long queues at peak times) and contains the "Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli, "Venus of Urbino" by Titian and the "Adoration of the Magi" by Leonardo da Vinci among many others.
3. Rijksmuseum
Answer: Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Rijksmuseum is the most visited museum in the Netherlands and houses works by Rembrandt and Vermeer amongst its collection.
4. Hermitage Museum
Answer: Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Hermitage Museum was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great. Its collections are housed in six historic buildings that includes the Winter Palace, and it covers a total area of almost 720,000 square feet (nearly 67,000 square metres).
5. The Louvre
Answer: Paris, France
The Louvre is the world's largest museum covering nearly 783,000 square feet (just under 73,000 square metres), and in 2014 was the second most visited in the world (with only the Palace Museum in Beijing having more visitors). Its most famous painting is probably the "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci.
6. Deutsches Museum
Answer: Munich, Germany
The Deutsches Museum (German Museum) has exhibits from around 50 fields of science and technology. The site of the its main building is a small island in the Isar River.
7. Vasa Museum
Answer: Stockholm, Sweden
The Vasa warship sank on her maiden voyage in 1628, and after over three centuries underwater was successfully salvaged in 1961. It is the only almost fully intact 17th century ship ever salvaged, and the museum that was built to display it opened in 1990.
8. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Answer: Glasgow, Scotland
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is situated on the banks of the River Kelvin in the west end of Glasgow. The gallery's exhibits includes works by Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh and Salvador Dalí.
9. Prado Museum
Answer: Madrid, Spain
The Prado is located in central Madrid and its exhibits cover European art from the 12th to the early 19th century. As well as "Las Meninas" by Francisco de Goya, the exhibits include paintings by Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens and Titian.
10. Belvedere Museum
Answer: Vienna, Austria
The museum is housed in the Belvedere palace in Vienna. It houses an extensive collection of Austrian art, including the world's largest collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt.
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