Museums Around the World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum is located in Museum Square in Amsterdam. It displays a large variety of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, including works by Vermeer and Frans Hals. In addition, the Rijksmuseum garden offers a chance to stroll through a landscape of sculptures and beautiful greenery. "The Night Watch", painted in 1642 by Rembrandt, has its own dedicated room in the Rijksmuseum.

Answer: The Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts was constructed in the Neoclassical style of architecture. It includes the "Art of the Americas" wing which includes sculpture and art from North America, South America and Central America from as long ago as 3000 years. To give just one example, "Tea", painted by Mary Stevenson Cassatt in 1880, is displayed in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The painting portrays two well-to-do ladies having tea in an upper class drawing room with a silver tea service and fancy striped wallpaper.

Answer: Prado Museum

Located at Paseo del Prado, Madrid, Spain, the Prado Museum houses the 1656 painting, "Las Meninas" by Velázquez. It shows the artist holding a paintbrush and palette, along with the Infant Margarita, who is cared for by two of the Queen's`maids. The King and Queen, Philip IV and Mariana of Austria, can be glimpsed as reflections in a mirror as they watch the scene play out.

The Prado itself was designed by the architect Juan de Villanueva. The collection also houses "Knight with his Hand on his Breast" by El Greco which was painted in 1580.

Answer: The National WWII Museum

This museum was founded in the year 2000 and confirmed in 2003 to be America's official National WWII Museum. Once named the D-Day Museum, the emphasis of the museum was on the amphibious assault on Normandy as well as the "Higgins boats" they rode on.

The museum also displays a B-17E airplane nicknamed "My Gal Sal", known for having been lost over Greenland and then found fifty three years afterward.

Answer: National Palace Museum

Focusing on ancient Chinese art and artifacts, the museum boasts eight thousand years of Chinese art stretching from the neolithic period to the present. Paintings in the National Palace museum range from the Tang Dynasty to the modern age. The Jadeite Cabbage, carved by an unknown sculptor, is a fascinating piece on display.

Answer: The Museum of Broken Relationships

The original Museum of Broken Relationships is found in Zagreb's baroque Kulmer palace. It is an unusual place in which donations are accepted from people after a broken relationship with a description of the item. The US version opened in Los Angeles, California in 2016.

In May 2011, the museum won the Kenneth Hudson Award, given annually by the European Museum Forum for museums which "challenge common perceptions of the role of museums in society". Visiting the museum may help ex-lovers to heal while viewing items from other donors.

Answer: The Hall of Flame Fire Museum

At the Hall of Flame there are many rejuvenated pieces of fire fighting equipment dating from 1725 to 1969. The museum also pays tribute to heroic, fallen firefighters in the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes. There is also a display chronicling the history of wild-land firefighting in the United States.

Answer: The Uffizi Gallery

The main focus of the museum is on works of art from the Renaissance period. The collection holds many beautiful pieces including "The Birth of Venus" by Botticelli as well as "Adoration of the Magi" by Leonardo Da Vinci. The Uffizi Gallery is also famous for its many works of sculpture and art once owned by the Medici family.

Answer: State Hermitage Museum

Founded in 1764, the museum consists of six extraordinary buildings, including the Winter Palace which was once home to the family of the Russian Tzars. The collection of art began with Catherine the Great. The Hermitage also has a resident collection of felines; a tradition which apparently began in 1745, when Elizabeth of Russia had them brought in to deal with an infestation of mice.

Answer: Tenement Museum

The Tenement museum in the lower East side of Manhattan tells the history of the people who emigrated to the United States of America from all over the world. It encompasses the struggle and courage to make America the country it is today. Walking tours are available at 97 Orchard St. in which you can step into the shoes of those who made their homes in America between 1863 and 1935.