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Index of Galleries and Museums

Index of Galleries and Museums
This list gives basic information about 150 of the world's leading collections of Western art. It includes all the museums and galleries that have entries devoted to them in the main text, plus a selection of other notable institutions from 25 countries.

Australia

Canberra

National Gallery of Australia

King Edward Terrace

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2001

Tel +61 2 62406411

Fax +61 2 62406529

http://www.nga.gov.au

The gallery has a small but high-quality collection of European paintings, some outstanding modern American works, a good representation of Australian art, and a sculpture garden.

Melbourne

National Gallery of Victoria

285–321 Russell Street

Melbourne VIC 8004

Tel +61 3 92080222

Fax +61 3 92080245

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au

A wide-ranging and well-balanced collection of European paintings (the best in the southern hemisphere) together with an impressive array of Australian art. There is also some sculpture, including two works by Bernini.

Austria

Vienna

Graphische Sammlung Albertina

Albertinaplatz

1010 Wien

Tel +43 1 534830

Fax +43 1 5337697

http://www.albertina.at

A wonderful collection of Old Master drawings and prints, although only a few are on show at a time.

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Maria Theresien-Platz

1010 Wien

Tel +43 1 525240

Fax +43 1 52524503

http://www.khm.at

Austria's pre-eminent art museum, housing in particular one of the world's most celebrated collections of Old Master paintings.

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

Prinz Eugenstrasse

1037 Wien

Tel +43 1 795570

Fax +43 1 7984337

http://www.belvedere.at

The Belvedere Palace (actually two distinct buildings, the Upper and Lower Belvedere) houses three museums that together make up the Österreichische Galerie and collectively form a national gallery of Austrian art. They are devoted respectively to medieval art up to the 16th century, to 17th- and 18th-century art (the Barockmuseum), and to 19th- and 20th-century art. Most of the leading Austrian painters and sculptors are well represented in these collections.

Belgium

Antwerp

Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts)

Leopold de Waelplaats

2000 Antwerpen

Tel +32 3 2387809

Fax +32 3 2480810

http://www.antwerpen.be/cultuur/kmska

Next to the Musées Royaux in Brussels, this is Belgium's most important museum, and it is likewise primarily a collection of Old Master paintings (although it also has modern works). It is particularly strong in Netherlandish, Flemish, Dutch, and Belgian art (a group of Rubens altarpieces is one of the highlights), but it also has good examples from other schools, notably the French, German, and Italian.

Bruges

Groeningemuseum

Dijver 12

8000 Brugge

Tel +32 50 448711

Fax +32 50 448778

http://www.brugge.be/musea/nl/mgroen.htm

A fairly small but highly impressive collection of paintings, almost all from the Low Countries, from the 15th century to the 20th century. Among them are two of the most famous masterpieces of the Early Netherlandish School: Jan van Eyck's Madonna of Canon van der Paele and Hugo van der Goes's Death of the Virgin.

Brussels

Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts (Musée d'Art Ancien)

3 Rue de la Régence

1000 Bruxelles

Tel +32 2 5083211

Fax +32 2 5083232

http://www.fine-arts-museum.be

Belgium's leading art museum—mainly devoted to Old Master paintings, although it also has significant holdings of sculpture. It covers painting in the Low Countries in great breadth and depth (although a few major masters, such as Jan van Eyck, are missing) and also has good representations of other schools, notably the French. Nineteenth- and 20th-century art is shown at the Musée d'Art Moderne in the Place Royale (same telephone number and website).

Brazil

São Paulo

Museu de Arte de São Paulo

Avenida Paulista 1578

01310–200 São Paulo

Tel +55 11 2515644

Fax +55 11 2840574

http://www.masp.art.br

South America's leading collection of European paintings, with work from the 15th century to the 20th century. It is richest in 19th-century French art. There are also works by South American artists.

Canada

Montreal

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

(Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal)

1379–1380 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal

Qué H3G 2T9

Tel +1 514 2851600

Fax +1 514 8446042

http://www.mmfa.qc.ca

One of the country's leading collections of Canadian and European painting. The excellent representation of French art reflects Montreal's position as Canada's major French-speaking city.

Ottawa

National Gallery of Canada

380 Sussex Drive

Ottawa

Ont K1N 9N4

Tel +1 613 9901985

Fax +1 613 9934385

http://www.national.gallery.ca

The gallery houses the best collection of European art in Canada (all the major national schools are represented) and also the country's leading collection of Canadian painting and sculpture.

Toronto

Art Gallery of Ontario

317 Dundas Street West

Toronto

Ont M5T 1G4

Tel +1 416 9770414

Fax +1 416 2042713

http://www.ago.net

Next to the National Gallery in Ottawa, the best collection of European painting in Canada. The gallery is also rich in Canadian and American art, and its Henry Moore Sculpture Center has one of the world's best collections of this artist's work.

Czech Republic

Prague

Národni Galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)

Hradčanské námeští 15

Praha 1-Hradčany

Tel +420 2 57320536

Fax +420 2 539162

http://www.ngprague.cz

The collections of the National Gallery are dispersed among four locations in the city. Here, in the 18th-century Sternberg Palace, is assembled most of the non-Czech European art. The collection is rich in Netherlandish, Dutch, and Flemish painting, and also has outstanding works from other schools, including Dürer's Feast of the Rose Garlands.

Denmark

Copenhagen

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Dantes Plads 7

1556 København V

Tel +45 33418141

Fax +45 33912058

http://www.glyptoteket.dk

This is primarily a museum of sculpture, including works from the ancient world, by followers of Thorvaldsen, and by 19th-century French sculptors (the best representation outside Paris). The paintings are mainly by 19th-century French artists, particularly Gauguin (whose wife was Danish).

Statens Museum for Kunst

Sølvgade 48–50

1307 København K

Tel +45 33748404

Fax +45 33748494

http://www.smk.dk

Denmark's pre-eminent picture collection. Apart from the incomparable representation of Danish art (with Eckersberg, Juel, and Købke to the fore), it is notable chiefly for its large collection of 17th-century Dutch painting, but it also has fine works from other schools: Cranach and Matisse, for example, are well represented. The museum also has a major collection of prints.

Thorvaldsens Museum

Posthusgade 2

1213 København K

Tel +45 33321532

Fax +45 33321771

The museum has a comprehensive collection of Thorvaldsen's sculpture and also houses works he collected, including antiquities and paintings by his contemporaries.

Humlebaek

Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst

Gl. Strandvej 13

3050 Humlebaek

Tel +45 49190719

Fax +45 49193505

http://www.louisiana.dk

An outstanding collection of international modern art, most of it dating from after the Second World War. The museum has a beautiful setting and much of the sculpture is displayed out of doors.

Finland

Helsinki

Ateneumin Taidemuseo (Atheneum Art Museum)

Kaivokatu 2

00100 Helsinki

Tel +358 9 17336401

http://www.fng.fi

This museum is one of three that make up the Finnish National Gallery. It is devoted to Finnish art up to about 1950, with major works by Gallen-Kallela, Sallinen, and other leading figures. The other two museums are devoted respectively to foreign art and contemporary art.

France

Aix-en-Provence

Musée Granet

Place St Jean de Malte

13100 Aix-en-Provence

Tel +33 4 42381470

Fax +33 4 42268455

The museum's collections embrace various schools and periods, but it is strongest in 19th-century French paintings, including many by its founder, François-Marius Granet. One of the highlights is a portrait of Granet by his friend Ingres.

Albi

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec et Galerie d'Art Moderne

Palais de la Berbie

81000 Albi

Tel +33 5 63494870

Fax +33 5 63494888

The museum has the world's largest collection of works by Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as paintings by some of his leading contemporaries and a few Old Masters.

Chantilly

Musée Condé

Château de Chantilly

60500 Chantilly

Tel +33 3 44626262

Fax +33 3 44626261

http://www.chateaudechantilly.com

The museum is perhaps best known as the home of one of the greatest of all illuminated manuscripts, the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry by the Limbourg brothers. However, it also has many other treasures, including impressive collections of Old Master paintings and drawings. The French and Italian paintings are particularly noteworthy, Ingres, Poussin, Raphael, Rosa, and Watteau being among the artists best represented.

Dijon

Musée des Beaux-Arts

Palais des États

1 Rue Rameau

21000 Dijon

Tel +33 3 80745270

Fax +33 3 80745344

http://www.ville-dijon.fr

One of France's leading provincial collections. Its treasures include two celebrated works from the golden age of art in Burgundy, when Dijon was the capital of Duke Philip the Bold: Claus Sluter's tomb of Philip, and an altarpiece carved by Jacques de Baerze and painted by Melchior Broederlam.

Grenoble

Musée de Grenoble

5 Place de Lavalette

38000 Grenoble

Tel +33 4 76634444

Fax +33 4 46634410

http://www.museedegrenoble.fr

One of France's best collections of painting and sculpture outside Paris. Its pre-20th-century holdings are strongest in French art, although the Dutch, Flemish, and Italian schools are also well represented. The modern collection is international in scope, with some good examples of American art.

Lille

Musée des Beaux-Arts

Place de la République

59000 Lille

Tel +33 4 20067800

Fax +33 4 20067815

Outside Paris, the museum has the largest and most comprehensive collection of Old Master paintings in France. Lille is very near the border with Belgium and for a time was part of the Netherlands, so it is not surprising that it is particularly strong in Dutch and Flemish, as well as French, art. The museum also has an important collection of drawings, many of them bequeathed by the painter Jean-Baptiste Wicar, a native of Lille.

Marseilles

Musée des Beaux-Arts

Palais Longchamp

13004 Marseille

Tel +33 4 91145930

Fax +33 4 91145931

A large collection devoted mainly to French art of the 17th to the 19th century. The artists who are best represented include three who were natives of the city: Pierre Puget (a good representation of his paintings and drawings as well as the sculptures for which he is primarily known), Honoré Daumier, and Adolphe Monticelli.

Montpellier

Musée Fabre

39 Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle

34000 Montpellier

Tel +33 4 67148300

Fax +33 4 67660920

http://www.ville-montpellier.fr

The museum has a choice collection of Old Master and 19th-century paintings, particularly of the French, Dutch, and Italian schools, as well as some modern works. Many of the finest pictures were presented by the museum's founder, François-Xavier Fabre, and another important group came from Alfred Bruyas, Courbet's most important patron.

Paris

Centre Georges-Pompidou (incorporating the Musée National d'Art Moderne)

Place Georges Pompidou

75191 Paris

Tel +33 1 44781233

Fax +33 1 44781300

http://www.cnac-gp.fr

One of the world's major collections of modern art, housed in one of the most famous buildings of the 1970s.

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

11 Avenue du Président Wilson

75116 Paris

Tel +33 1 53674000

Fax +33 1 47233598

Paris's municipal collection of 20th-century art, not to be confused with the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Pompidou Centre. Although much less famous than the Pompidou Centre, the museum has a rich and varied collection, reflecting artistic developments in Paris from Fauvism onwards.

Musée d'Orsay

62 rue de Lille (entrance in the rue de Bellechasse)

75345 Paris

Tel +33 1 40494814

Fax +33 1 45486382

http://www.musee-orsay.fr

The national collection of art from c.1848 to c.1914. It is strongest in French art, from a period when Paris was art capital of the world, but also covers other countries.

Musée du Louvre

Rue de Rivoli

75058 Paris

Tel +33 1 40205050

Fax +33 1 40205442

http://www.louvre.fr

France's national museum, with vast holdings that include great riches in ancient sculpture and one of the world's supreme collections of Old Master paintings.

Musée du Petit Palais

Avenue Winston Churchill

75008 Paris

Tel +33 1 42651273

Fax +33 1 42652460

A large and varied collection owned by the city of Paris. It is particularly strong in 19th-century French art, and also has an extensive although uneven collection of Old Masters.

Musée National du Moyen Age (formerly Musée de Cluny)

Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny

6 Place Paul Painlevé

75005 Paris

Tel +33 1 43256200

http://www.musee-moyenage.fr

A major collection of medieval art, renowned above all for its tapestries, especially a celebrated set on the Lady and the Unicorn. The museum is housed in a late medieval building; adjoining it are the impressive remains of a Gallo-Roman baths, the Thermes de Lutèce (c. AD 200), in which antiquities of the period are exhibited.

Musée Picasso

Hôtel Salé

5 Rue de Thorigny

75003 Paris

Tel +33 1 42712521

Fax +33 1 48047546

A magnificent collection of Picasso's work, covering virtually every aspect of his huge output throughout his enormously long career. The museum also owns works by other artists (including eminent contemporaries) that were part of Picasso's private collection.

Musée Rodin

Hôtel Biron

77 Rue de Varenne

75007 Paris

Tel +33 1 44186110

Fax +33 1 45511752

http://www.musee-rodin.fr

A large collection of sculptures and drawings by Rodin, together with works that he owned by other artists. There is an outpost of the museum in the suburb of Meudon, south-west of the city, in the villa where Rodin lived in his final years.

Rouen

Musée des Beaux-Arts

Square Verdrel

76000 Rouen

Tel +33 2 35712840

Fax +33 2 35154323

One of France's largest provincial museums, with rich and diverse collections (including such unexpected attractions as Russian icons). The coverage of French painting is probably second in France only to that in the Louvre. Géricault, a native of the city, is outstandingly well represented.

Toulouse

Musée des Augustins

21 rue de Metz

31000 Toulouse

Tel +33 5 61222182

Fax +33 5 61223469

http://www.augustins.org

The museum is named after a medieval Augustinian monastery, parts of which are incorporated into the building, and appropriately it has an outstanding collection of medieval (particularly Romanesque) sculpture. The painting collection is devoted mainly to the French School and includes some impressive works by local artists, notably Nicolas Tournier, one of the most sensitive of Caravaggio's followers.

Versailles

Musée National du Château de Versailles

78000 Versailles

Tel +33 1 30847400

Fax +33 1 30847648

http://www.chateau-versailles.fr

The palace retains much of its original decorative painting by Charles Le Brun and his followers and has also accumulated a vast number of portraits and numerous history paintings, especially ones celebrating French military triumphs. Many of these pictures are more of historical than artistic interest, but among them are impressive works by Delacroix, Gros, and other illustrious figures.

Germany

Berlin

Gemäldegalerie

Kulturforum

10785 Berlin

Tel +49 30 2662101

Fax +49 30 2662103

http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/gg

One of the world's most celebrated collections of Old Master paintings. The representation of the Early Netherlandish School is incomparable, and there are also great riches in Dutch, Flemish, German, and Italian painting.

Schloss Charlottenburg

Spandauer Damm 20

10585 Charlottenburg

Tel +49 30 320911

Fax +49 30 32091200

The collection is renowned for its superb examples of 18th-century French painting, with Watteau to the fore. Nineteenth-century German painting is also well represented.

Brunswick

Herzog-Anton-Ulrich Museum

Museumstrasse 1

38100 Braunschweig

Tel +49 531 12250

Fax +49 531 12252408

http://www.museum-braunschweig.de

A major collection of Old Masters, particularly rich in 17th- and 18th-century paintings of the Dutch, Flemish, German, and Italian schools. The museum also houses prints and drawings, antiquities, and applied art.

Cologne

Museum Ludwig

Bischofsgartenstrasse 1

50667 Köln

Tel +49 221 26165

Fax +49 221 24114

http://www.museenkoeln.de

One of Europe's most important collections of international modern art, with most of the leading movements and artists represented.

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum

Martinstrasse 39

50667 Köln

Tel +49 221 21119

Fax +49 221 22629

http://www.museenkoeln.de

The museum is essentially a distinguished collection of Old Master paintings, but it also includes later paintings, as well as sculpture, drawings, and prints.

Dresden

Gemäldegalerie Alter Meister

Zwinger

Sophienstrasse

01067 Dresden

Tel +49 351 4914620

Fax +49 351 4914694

http://www.staatl-kunstsammlungen-dresden.de

A world-famous collection of Old Master paintings, particularly renowned for its Italian Renaissance masterpieces, among them Giorgione's Sleeping Venus and Raphael's Sistine Madonna.

Düsseldorf

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Grabbeplatz 5

40213 Düsseldorf

Tel +49 211 8381130

Fax +49 211 8381201

http://www.kunstsammlung.de

A high-quality collection of international modern art from Fauvism onwards. Paul Klee is particularly well represented.

Frankfurt

Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie

Dürerstrasse 2

60596 Frankfurt am Main

Tel +49 69 6050980

Fax +49 69 610163

http://www.staedelmuseum.de

The museum houses one of the most important collections of paintings in Germany, with outstanding works of all periods from the Renaissance to the 20th century and from most of the major European schools. The collection of 17th-century Dutch art is especially renowned, Rembrandt's Blinding of Samson being one of the highlights. There are also substantial holdings of drawings, prints, and sculpture.

Hamburg

Kunsthalle

Glockengiesserwall

20095 Hamburg

Tel +49 40 428542612

Fax +49 40 428542482

http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de

The museum has one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of paintings in Germany, from the Renaissance to the 20th century (it even has a good representation of British painting, which is unusual in Continental galleries). Drawings, prints, sculpture, coins, and medals are also represented.

Karlsruhe

Staatliche Kunsthalle

Hans-Thomastrasse 2–6

76133 Karlsruhe

Tel +49 721 9263355

Fax +49 721 9266788

http://www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de

The museum houses a large and varied collection of paintings that includes a superb representation of German art, from the Renaissance onwards. It is also strong in Dutch and French painting and has substantial holdings of prints and drawings.

Kassel

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen

Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

34131 Kassel

Tel +49 561 93777

Fax +49 561 9377666

http://www.museum-kassel.de

A major collection of Old Masters, particularly rich in Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th century. Prints, drawings, and applied art are also represented.

Munich

Alte Pinakothek

Barerstrasse 29

80799 München

Tel +49 89 23805216

Fax +49 89 23805221

http://www.pinakothek.de

One of the world's greatest collections of Old Masters. It has an unrivalled representation of German Renaissance painting (not least Dürer) and great strengths in Italian Renaissance art and Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th century (above all Rubens).

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

Prinzregentenstrasse 3

80538 München

Tel +49 89 2112401

Fax +49 89 21124201

http://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de

A large collection of fine and applied art, principally from Bavaria and southern Germany. It includes an outstanding representation of Gothic and Renaissance sculpture.

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus

Luisenstrasse 33

80333 München

Tel +49 89 23332000

Fax +49 89 23332003

The house of the 19th-century painter Franz von Lenbach contains many examples of his work and works he collected, but it is remarkable chiefly for a magnificent group of pictures by Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee, Macke, and Marc, presented in 1957 by Gabriele Münter, Kandinsky's lover.

Nuremberg

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Kartäusergasse 1

90402 Nürnberg

Tel +49 911 1331200

Fax +49 911 1331200

http://www.gnm.de

The museum has a vast collection of art and artefacts from the Stone Age onwards. It is chiefly remarkable for its outstanding collection of German Renaissance painting and sculpture, including several works by Dürer, who spent most of his life in the city.

Greece

Athens

National Archaeological Museum

Tossitsa 1

10682 Athens

Tel +30 210 8217724

Fax +30 210 8217724

http://www.culture.gr

Greece's pre-eminent museum, with one of the world's greatest collections of classical antiquities, including masterpieces of sculpture and vase -painting.

Hungary

Budapest

Szépművészeti Múzeum

(Museum of Fine Arts)

Dózsa György út. 41

1146 Budapest

Tel +36 1 3439759

Fax +36 1 3438298

The museum's collections include antiquities, sculpture, drawings, and prints, but it is best known for its extensive and wide-ranging holdings of Old Master paintings, with particular strengths in the Dutch, Italian, and Spanish schools. Hungarian paintings are shown mainly in the Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria; 3757533; http://www.mng.hu).

Ireland

Dublin

Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art

Charlemont House

Parnell Square

Dublin 1

Tel +353 1 8741903

Fax +353 1 8722182

http://www.hughlane.ie

A collection of late 19th-century and 20th-century art, strong in Irish painting and with a good representation of French works. Francis Bacon's London studio has been reconstructed in the gallery.

National Gallery of Ireland

Merrion Square West

Dublin 2

Tel +353 1 6615133

Fax +353 1 615372

http://www.nationalgallery.ie

Outside London, the gallery has the largest collection of Old Master and 19th-century paintings in the British Isles. Italian painting of the 16th and 17th centuries is one of the areas of greatest strength, and Irish artists are outstandingly well represented.

Italy

Bologna

Pinacoteca Nazionale

Via delle Belle Arti 56

40126 Bologna

Tel +39 051 243222

Fax +39 051 251368

http://www.pinacotecabologna.it

The collection concentrates on the great 17th-century painters who made Bologna such an important art centre (the Carracci, Guercino, Reni, for example), but it also has works from other schools and periods, including Raphael's celebrated St Cecilia, which was painted for the church of S. Giovanni in Monte, Bologna (for an anecdote concerning this picture, see the entry on Francesco Francia,).

Florence

Galleria dell'Accademia

Via Ricasoli 60

50122 Firenze

Tel +39 055 2388609

Fax +39 055 2388609

http://www.sbas.firenze.it

An excellent collection of Florentine paintings is understandably overshadowed by a group of sculptures by Michelangelo, including his celebrated David and four unfinished Slaves for the tomb of Julius II.

Galleria degli Uffizi

Piazzale degli Uffizi

50122 Firenze

Tel +39 055 2388651

Fax +39 055 2388699

http://www.uffizi.firenze.it

One of the most famous galleries in the world, chiefly renowned for its unrivalled representation of Florentine Renaissance painting. It also has paintings from other Italian and non-Italian schools, antique sculpture, major holdings of prints and drawings, and a remarkable collection of artists' self-portraits.

Museo di San Marco o dell'Angelico

Piazza San Marco 3

50121 Firenze

Tel +39 055 2388608

Fax +39 0550 2388704

http://www.sbas.firenze.it/sanmarco

In addition to the frescos by Fra Angelico for which the convent of S. Marco is famous, the museum has a superb collection of his panel paintings, including major altarpieces. There are also works by other Florentine painters, notably Fra Bartolommeo, who like Fra Angelico was a Dominican friar and spent part of his career at S. Marco.

Museo Nazionale del Bargello

Palazzo del Bargello

Via del Proconsolo 4

50122 Firenze

Tel +39 055 2388606

Fax +39 055 2388756

http://www.sbas.firenze.it

The world's best collection of Italian (particularly Florentine) Renaissance sculpture. Ghiberti, Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, Cellini, and other major figures are represented by important pieces. Among later works, Bernini's bust of his mistress Costanza Buonarelli is one of the highlights. The museum also has examples of applied art and a few Italian and Netherlandish paintings.

Palazzo Pitti (Galleria Palatina)

Piazza Pitti

50125 Firenze

Tel +39 055 2388611

Fax +39 055 2388613

Formerly the chief residence of the Medici family, the Pitti still retains the feeling of a great princely collection. Italian artists of the 16th and 17th centuries are best represented, but there are also good examples from other schools, notably by Rubens and van Dyck.

Milan

Pinacoteca Ambrosiana

Piazza Pio XI 2

20123 Milano

Tel +39 02 806921

Fax +39 02 80692210

http://www.ambrosiana.it

A small but high-quality collection of paintings and drawings. The paintings are mainly by Italian artists, but there is an outstanding representation of Jan Brueghel's work.

Pinacoteca di Brera

Via Brera 28

20121 Milano

Tel +39 02 722631

Fax +39 02 72001140

One of the major Italian picture collections, renowned particularly for its superb representation of Renaissance altarpieces, including Piero della Francesca's Madonna and Child with Federico da Montefeltro and Raphael's Marriage of the Virgin.

Naples

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Piazza Museo 19

80135 Napoli

Tel +39 081 440166

Fax +39 081 440013

One of the world's outstanding collections of classical antiquities. There is a vast amount of material from excavations at nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum (including an unrivalled representation of Roman painting), as well as statuary from the Farnese collection, notably the Farnese Bull and the Farnese Hercules.

Museo e Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte

Parco di Capodimonte

80136 Napoli

Tel +39 081 7499111

Fax +39 081 7499198

A major museum, famous particularly for porcelain and for one of the most magnificent picture collections in Italy. At its heart are works acquired in the 16th century by members of the Farnese family, including a wonderful group of Titians. There are also many pictures from the golden age of Neapolitan painting in the 17th century, when it was one the main centres of the Caravaggesque style.

Rome

Galleria Borghese

Villa Borghese

Via Pinciana

00197 Roma

Tel +39 06 8548577

http://www.galleriaborghese.it

The museum is based on the collection made by Cardinal Scipione Borghese in the early 17th century and is especially rich in works by Bernini and Caravaggio.

Galleria Doria Pamphili

Palazzo Doria Pamphili

Piazza del Collegio Romano

00186 Roma

Tel +39 06 6797323

Fax +39 06 6780939

http://www.doriapamphilj.it

A splendid aristocratic collection (still in private hands), predominantly of 17th-century paintings, set among antique sculptures, tapestries, and 18th-century furniture. The most famous work in the collection is Velázquez's incomparable portrait of Pope Innocent X (Giambattista Pamphili).

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna – Arte Contemporanea

Viale delle Belle Arti 131

00196 Roma

Tel +39 06 322981

Fax +39 06 3221579

Italy's leading collection of 19th- and 20th-century -art. It is devoted mainly to Italian painting and sculpture, with good representations of the work of the Macchiaioli and Futurists, for example, but artists of other nationalities are also included, among them Cézanne, Kandinsky, Klimt, and Pollock.

Galleria Nazionale Palazzo Barberini

Via Quattro Fontane 13

00184 Roma

Tel +39 06 4824184

The 17th-century Palazzo Barberini, with its celebrated ceiling painting by Pietro da Cortona, houses most of the national collection of Old Master paintings; the remainder is in the 18th-century Palazzo Corsini (Via della Lungara 10). Between them the galleries have a large collection of Italian paintings from the Renaissance to the 18th century (17th-century works are mainly in the Corsini Gallery) and examples from most of the other main European schools.

Musei Capitolini

Piazza del Campidoglio

00186 Roma

Tel +39 06 67102071

Fax +39 06 67103118

The Capitoline Museums are made up of three museums occupying two buildings (designed by Michelangelo) that face each other across the Piazza del Campidoglio. The Museo Capitolino and the Museo dei Conservatori house antiquities, including some of the most famous works of classical statuary, most notably the Marcus Aurelius equestrian statue, which formerly stood in the piazza. The third museum, the Pinacoteca Capitolina, is somewhat overshadowed by its neighbours, but it contains a good collection of pictures, mainly Italian works of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Musei Vaticani e Cappella Sistina

00120 Città Vaticana

Tel +39 06 69883333

Fax +39 06 69885061

A series of museums and decorated rooms in the Vatican that include some of the most celebrated works in the whole of European art, particularly Michelangelo's frescos in the Sistine Chapel.

Museo Nazionale Romano (Museo delle Terme)

Piazza del Cinquecento 69

00185 Roma

Tel +39 06 483617

Fax +39 06 4814125

A major collection of classical antiquities, consisting largely of material that has been excavated in and around Rome (including statues, sarcophagi, portrait busts, mosaics, and frescos). The museum appropriately occupies part of the ruins of the Baths (Terme) of Diocletian, built around AD 300.

Siena

Pinacoteca Nazionale

Palazzo Buonsignori

Via San Pietro 29

53100 Siena

Tel +39 0577 286143

Fax +39 0577 270508

The gallery is devoted mainly to Sienese painting and in this field is unrivalled, with key works by virtually every important local painter from the 13th century to the 17th century.

Turin

Galleria Sabauda

Via Accademia delle Scienze 6

10123 Torino

Tel +39 011 547440

Fax +39 011 549547

The gallery includes sculpture and applied art, but it is essentially a collection of Old Master paintings, one of the most varied in Italy, including examples from most of the major schools. Numerically the Italian School predominates, but there are also fine representations of the Early Netherlandish, Dutch, and Flemish schools.

Urbino

Galleria Nazionale delle Marche

Palazzo Ducale

61029 Urbino

Tel +39 0722 2760

Fax +39 0722 4427

A fairly small but memorable collection in the wonderful setting of Federico da Montefeltro's ducal palace, one of the loveliest of Renaissance buildings. The most famous picture in the collection is Piero della Francesca's Flagellation; other artists represented include Raphael, Titian, Uccello, and Joos van Wassenhove. In addition to paintings, there are superb examples of intarsia in Duke Federico's studiolo.

Venice

Gallerie dell'Accademia

Campo della Carità

30100 Venezia

Tel +39 041 5212709

Fax +39 041 5200410

The city's main picture gallery. It is devoted largely to Venetian art, but there are a few works from other Italian and non-Italian schools.

Raccolta Peggy Guggenheim

Palazzo Venier dei Leoni

Dorsoduro 701

30123 Venezia

Tel +39 041 2405411

Fax +39 041 5206885

http://www.guggenheim-venice.it

Choice collection of modern art assembled by the dealer Peggy Guggenheim, housed in her palace overlooking the Grand Canal. Max Ernst (to whom Guggenheim was briefly married) and Jackson Pollock are among the artists best represented.

Japan

Tokyo

National Museum of Western Art

7–7 Ueno-koen

Taito-ku

Tokyo 110–0007

Tel +81 3 38285131

Fax +81 3 38285135

http://www.nmwa.go.jp

Housed in a Le Corbusier building opened in 1959, the museum has at its core a collection consisting largely of 19th-century French painting and sculpture made by the shipping magnate Kojiro Matsukata. French art of the 19th and 20th centuries continues to be its main strength, but it has also built up an interesting collection of Old Masters, with works by Claude, Rubens, Tintoretto, and other eminent figures.

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

Stadhouderskade 42

1071 ZD Amsterdam

Tel +31 20 6747047

Fax +31 20 6747001

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl

The Dutch national art museum. In addition to a huge collection of Dutch paintings, in which virtually all the country's leading artists are well represented, it has works from other schools, notably Italian, as well as prints and drawings, sculpture, and applied art.

Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh

Paulus Potterstraat 7

1070 AJ Amsterdam

Tel +31 20 5705200

Fax +31 20 6735053

http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl

As well as housing the world's largest collection of van Gogh's work, the museum has examples by some of his leading contemporaries, including Gauguin.

Stedelijk Museum

Paulus Potterstraat 13

1071 CX Amsterdam

Tel +31 20 5732911

Fax +31 20 6752716

http://www.stedelijk.nl

A major collection of international art from about 1850 onwards. Dutch artists (notably Mondrian) are well represented, and there are other areas of great strength, including the world's largest collection of Malevich's paintings.

Haarlem

Frans Halsmuseum

Groot Heiligland 62

2001 DJ Haarlem

Tel +31 23 5115775

Fax +31 23 5115776

http://www.franshalsmuseum.com

The museum is dominated by a series of great group portraits by Frans Hals, but it also has fine works by other Dutch painters (especially ones who—like Hals—lived in Haarlem) and there are a few works by artists of other nationalities.

The Hague

Haags Gemeentemuseum

Stadhouderslaan 41

2501 CB Den Haag

Tel +31 70 338111

Fax +31 70 3381112

http://www.hhgm.denhaag.nl

A major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art, particularly rich in work by Dutch artists; it includes the world's largest representation of Mondrian's paintings.

Mauritshuis

Korte Vijverberg 8

2513 CM Den Haag

Tel +31 70 3023456

Fax +31 70 3653819

http://www.mauritshuis.nl

A collection (mainly of paintings) that is fairly small in size but very high in quality. It concentrates on 17th-century Dutch artists, but there are also examples from other periods and countries.

Otterlo

Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller

Houtkampweg 6

6730 AA Otterlo

Tel +31 31 8591241

Fax +31 31 8591515

http://www.kmm.nl

A major collection devoted mainly to international modern art from about 1870 onwards. The representation of van Gogh's work is second only to that in the museum dedicated to him in Amsterdam, and other artists who are present in strength include Gris, Mondrian, and Seurat. The sculpture park includes work by Hepworth, Moore, Rodin, and other eminent figures.

Rotterdam

Museum Boymans–van Beuningen

Museumpark 18–20

3015 CX Rotterdam

Tel +31 10 4419400

Fax +31 10 4360500

http://www.boijmans.nl

This museum can claim to have the most comprehensive collection of paintings in the Netherlands, for although the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is bigger and has more major works, its coverage does not generally extend beyond the 19th century, whereas modern art is well represented here, alongside Old Master paintings. The area of greatest strength is 17th-century Dutch art, but the French and Italian schools are also well covered. In addition to paintings, the museum has collections of drawings, prints, and sculpture.

Norway

Oslo

Nasjonalgalleriet (National Gallery)

Universitetsgaten 13

0164 Oslo

Tel +47 22200404

Fax +47 22361132

An impressive collection consisting mainly of Old Master and modern paintings. Apart from Scandinavian art, the greatest strength is in Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th century. The most famous painting in the gallery is Munch's The Scream. This is part of a large representation of his work, but he is even more abundantly represented in the city's Munch Museum.

Munch-Museet

Toyengt 53

0578 Oslo

Tel +47 23241400

Fax +47 23241401

http://www.munch.museum.no

Poland

Warsaw

Muzeum Narodowe (National Museum)

Al. Jerozolimskie 3

00–495 Warsawa

Tel +48 22 6211031

Fax +48 22 6228559

A large and varied collection of Old Masters, with a few more recent paintings. It is richest in 17th-century Dutch painting, but French, German, and Italian art are also well represented (there is a superb group of works by Bellotto, who spent much of his career in Warsaw), and there are also some interesting 19th-century Russian paintings.

Portugal

Lisbon

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

Av Berna 45

1067 Lisboa

Tel +351 217935131

Fax +351 217955249

http://www.gulbenkian.pt

A fairly small, high-quality collection of fine and applied art reflecting the taste of its founder, the oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian. Numerically French art dominates (in sculpture as well as painting), but there are also choice works by, for example, Cranach, Francesco Guardi, and Rembrandt.

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Rua das Janelas Verdes

1249 Lisboa

Tel +351 213912800

Fax +351 213973703

http://www.ipmuseus.pt

The museum has a varied collection of fine and applied art, including the most extensive collection of Old Master paintings in Portugal. There are good examples from most of the major European schools, but the star exhibit is the St Vincent polyptych by Nuño Gonçalves, Portugal's great 15th-century painter.

Russia

Moscow

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

12 Ulitsa Volkhonka

121019 Moscow

Tel +7 095 2037998

Fax +7 095 2028481

http://www.museum.ru/gmii

Next to the Hermitage, this has Russia's outstanding collection of European art. It is particularly strong in French painting from the 17th century to the early 20th century.

State Tretyakov Gallery

Lavrushinsky Perculok 10

117049 Moscow

Tel +7 095 2307788

Fax +7 095 9531051

http://www.tretyakov.ru

Superb collection of Russian art up to the 1917 Revolution. Post-1917 works are housed in the New Tretyakov Gallery in Gorky Park.

St Petersburg

State Hermitage Museum

34 Dvortsovaya Naberezhaya

St Petersburg 19000

Tel +7 812 1109625

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org

One of the greatest museums in the world, with collections that are breathtaking in terms of quality and quantity.

State Russian Museum

Inzhenernaya 2

St Petersburg

Tel +7 812 5954248

Fax +7 812 3144153

http://www.rusmuseum.ru

Huge and magnificent collection of Russian art. This museum and the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow between them house most of the famous masterpieces of Russian painting.

Spain

Barcelona

Fundació Joan Miró

Avenida de Miramar 71–75

Parc de Montjuïc

08038 Barcelona

Tel +34 93 3291908

Fax +34 93 3298609

http://www.bcn.fjmiro.es

A striking modern building housing a huge collection of Miró's work in various media (mostly donated by the artist himself to this, his native city), as well as examples by artists associated with him, notably his friend Alexander Calder.

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Palau Nacional

Parc de Montjuïc

08038 Barcelona

Tel +34 93 6220360

Fax +34 93 6220374

http://www.mnac.es

The museum is memorable chiefly for medieval painting and sculpture, above all for a superb collection of Romanesque frescos removed from churches in the region; no other museum in the world shows Romanesque wall painting to such good effect. Among later works there are examples by some of the most renowned figures in Spanish painting, including Goya, El Greco, and Zurbarán, as well as by foreign artists, mainly of the Italian School.

Bilbao

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

Abandoibarra 2

48001 Bilbao

Tel +34 94 4359080

Fax +34 94 4359010

http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es

Spectacular modern building displaying contemporary art.

Escorial

Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial

28200 San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Tel +34 91 8905902

A vast monastery-palace begun in 1563 for Philip II of Spain. It contains a wealth of art treasures, although many major paintings have been transferred to the Prado, Madrid.

Madrid

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Calle Santa Isabel 52

28012 Madrid

Tel +34 91 4675062

Fax +34 91 4673163

A collection of 20th-century art housed in an 18th-century building. The highlight is Picasso's Guernica.

Museo Nacional del Prado

Paseo del Prado

28014 Madrid

Tel +34 91 3302800

Fax +34 91 3302856

http://www.museoprado.mcu.es

Spain's national museum, famous for one of the world's greatest collections of Old Master paintings, including an unrivalled representation of the Spanish School. The museum also houses sculpture, drawings, prints, and applied art.

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Paseo del Prado 8

28014 Madrid

Tel +34 91 4203944

Fax +34 91 4202780

http://www.museothyssen.org

An outstanding collection of European and American paintings from the 14th to the 20th century. Most major schools are represented, the areas of greatest strength including Italian painting and modern German and American art.

Seville

Museo de Bellas Artes

Convento de la Merced

Plaza del Museo 9

41001 Sevilla

Tel +34 95 4221829

Fax +34 95 4224324

Next to the Prado in Madrid, this museum has Spain's best collection of Spanish painting of the 17th century, the golden age for the country's art. It is particularly rich in works by painters active in Seville, notably Murillo, although there is nothing by Velázquez, a native of the city. The collection also features sculpture, including works by Torrigiano, who died in Seville.

Valladolid

Museo Nacional de Escultura

Cadenas de San Gregorio 1

47011 Valladolid

Tel +34 983 250375

Fax +34 983 259300

Superb collection of sculpture, rich in the painted wooden statues of religious figures that were such a distinctive feature of Spanish art in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Sweden

Stockholm

Moderna Museet

Skeppsholmen

10327 Stockholm

Tel +46 8 51955200

Fax +46 8 51955210

http://www.modernamuseet.se

One of the world's leading collections of international modern art.

Nationalmuseum

Södra Blasieholmen

10324 Stockholm

Tel +46 8 51954300

Fax +46 8 51954450

http://www.nationalmuseum.se

A wide-ranging collection of European art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. In addition to an incomparable representation of Swedish painting, it has one of the best collections of 18th-century French art outside France. Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th century are also particularly well represented.

Switzerland

Basle

Öffentliche Kunstsammlung (Public Art Collection)

(also known as the Kunstmuseum)

St Albangraben 16

4010 Basel

Tel +41 61 2066262

Fax +41 61 2066252

http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch

The oldest, largest, and most distinguished collection in Switzerland (it has its origins in the first public art gallery in Europe, which opened in Basle in 1672). Its greatest strengths lie in Swiss and German painting (with an unrivalled representation of Hans Holbein the Younger) and in modern art, particularly Cubism. The sculpture collection, too, concentrates on the 20th century, although there are some Greek and Roman pieces.

Berne

Kunstmuseum

Hodlerstrasse 8–12

3000 Berne 7

Tel +41 31 3280944

Fax +41 31 3280905

http://www.kunstmuseumbern.ch

The museum is primarily a collection of paintings, but it also houses sculpture, prints, and drawings. Its main strengths are in Swiss painting and in 20th-century art. The artists who are best represented include Hodler (a native of Berne) and Klee (who grew up in the city).

Geneva

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

2 rue Charles Galland

1211 Geneva 3

Tel +41 22 4182600

Fax +41 22 4182601

http://www.mah.ville-ge.ch

The museum's collections range from prehistoric artefacts to contemporary art. The painting collection has examples from most of the major schools, and is particularly strong in work by Swiss and Swiss-based artists, including Hodler (who spent much of his career in Geneva), Liotard (a native of the city), and Witz, whose Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1444) depicts part of Lake Geneva and is one of the earliest known representations of a recognizable landscape.

Zurich

Kunsthaus

Heimplatz 1

8001 Zürich

Tel +41 61 2538484

Fax +41 61 2538433

http://www.kunsthaus.ch

The museum has some ancient and medieval works, but its collections consist mainly of paintings, drawings, and prints from the Renaissance onwards. Its main strengths are in Swiss art (Böcklin, Fuseli, Giacometti, and Hodler are among those well represented), in 19th-century French painting, and in 20th-century art in general.

UK

Barnard Castle

Bowes Museum

Barnard Castle

County Durham

DL12 8NP

Tel +44 1833 690606

Fax +44 1833 637163

http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk

One of the most remarkable provincial collections in Britain, renowned—amongst much else—for its representation of 18th-century French art.

Belfast

Ulster Museum

Botanic Gardens

Belfast BT9 5AB

Tel +44 28 90383000

Fax +44 28 90383003

http://www.ulstermuseum.org.uk

Northern Ireland's major museum, with highly varied collections embracing history, archaeology, and natural history, as well as fine and applied art. The painting collection is strongest in British and Irish art from the 18th century onwards (Sir John Lavery, born in Belfast, is among the artists who are particularly well represented), but there are also some good Continental Old Masters, particularly of the Dutch and Flemish schools, and some impressive modern American works.

Birmingham

Barber Institute of Fine Arts

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston Park Road

Birmingham B15 2TS

Tel +44 121 4147333

Fax +44 121 4143370

http://www.barber.org.uk

A fairly small but choice collection, primarily of paintings but also including sculpture, drawings, and prints. The paintings are mainly Old Masters, and the 17th century is particularly well represented, with fine examples by Claude, van Dyck, Hals, Murillo, Poussin, and Rubens, amongst others.

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Chamberlain Square

Birmingham B3 3DH

Tel +44 121 3032834

Fax +44 121 3031394

http://www.bmag.org.uk

One of the largest provincial museums in Britain, with diverse collections embracing antiquities and natural history as well as fine and applied art. British painting is particularly well represented, especially the Pre-Raphaelites (and above all Burne-Jones, who was a native of Birmingham). There are also examples from all the other major schools, as well as sculptures (notably by Epstein) and large holdings of drawings, prints, and watercolours (with many examples by David Cox, another native of Birmingham).

Cambridge

Fitzwilliam Museum

Trumpington Street

Cambridge CB2 1RB

Tel +44 1223 332900

Fax +44 1223 332923

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

A major collection of fine and applied art. The areas that are best represented include Dutch, Flemish, and Italian painting.

Cardiff

National Museum and Gallery Cardiff

Cathays Park

Cardiff CF10 3NP

Tel +44 29 20397951

Fax +44 29 20573321

http://www.nmgw.ac.uk

Although it was founded (in 1907, as the National Museum of Wales) with the aim of telling ‘the world about Wales and the Welsh about their fatherland’, its scope has broadened to the extent that in addition to its unrivalled Welsh material it now has a distinguished collection of foreign art; the 19th-century French paintings are particularly renowned.

Edinburgh

National Gallery of Scotland

The Mound

Edinburgh EH2 2EL

Tel +44 131 6246200

Fax +44 131 2200917

http://www.nationalgalleries.org

The gallery is fairly modest in size compared with some other national picture collections, but it is wide in scope and has outstanding works by some of the most illustrious figures in European art (in addition to a superb representation of Scottish painting). There are also sculptures and an important collection of drawings.

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

75 Belford Road

Edinburgh EH4 3DR

Tel +44 131 6246200

Fax +44 131 6237126

http://www.nationalgalleries.org

Next to Tate Modern, this is Britain's outstanding collection of modern art. Most of the major movements (and many of the major artists) of the 20th century are represented, and it is particularly strong as a centre for the study of Dada and Surrealism (it owns the library and archive and part of the collection of Sir Roland Penrose, one of the leading British Surrealists).

Glasgow

Burrell Collection

Pollok Country Park

2060 Pollokshaws Road

Glasgow G43 1AT

Tel +44 141 2872550

Fax +44 141 2872597

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/cls

A large and diverse collection, almost all of which was accumulated by the Scottish shipping magnate Sir William Burrell; it is particularly rich in medieval art (including stained glass) and in 19th-century French painting.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove

Glasgow G3 8AG

Tel +44 141 2872699

Fax +44 141 2872690

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/cls

A large museum with varied collections, including major holdings of armour and ceramics, for example. The picture collection ranks with that of the National Gallery in Edinburgh as the most important in Scotland. It is particularly rich in Dutch and French, as well as Scottish, painting. Closed for refurbishment until February 2006.

Liverpool

The Walker (formerly Walker Art Gallery)

William Brown Street

Liverpool L3 8EL

Tel +44 151 4784199

Fax +44 151 2981816

http://www.nmgm.org.uk

One of England's most distinguished provincial art collections. It has an outstanding representation of British art, particularly of Victorian painting (the most famous work in the gallery is probably Yeames's ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’), as well as examples from all the major European schools, including masterpieces by Simone Martini (Christ Reproved by His Parents), Ercole de' Roberti (Pietà), and Poussin (The Ashes of Phocion Collected by His Widow).

London

British Museum

Great Russell Street

London WC1B 3DG

Tel +44 20 73238000

Fax +44 20 73238480

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

An enormously rich and varied collection, with magnificent holdings in classical antiquities, medieval art, prints and drawings, and numerous other fields.

Courtauld Gallery

Somerset House

Strand

London WC2R 0RN

Tel +44 20 78482526

Fax +44 20 78482589

http://www.courtauld.ac.uk

The collection is principally famous for its superb representation of the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, but it has many other treasures, including a magnificent group of works by Rubens and two paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. In addition to paintings the collection includes sculpture, prints, drawings, and applied art.

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Gallery Road

London SE21 7AD

Tel +44 20 86935254

Fax +44 20 82998700

http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

A small but choice collection, mainly of British, Dutch, Flemish, French, and Italian paintings.

National Gallery

Trafalgar Square

London WC2N 5DN

Tel +44 20 77472885

Fax +44 20 77472423

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk

One of the world's greatest collections of paintings. It contains superb examples from all the major European schools, offering a more balanced view of the mainstream of Western painting from c.1300 to c.1900 than can be obtained in any other gallery.

National Maritime Museum

Romney Road

Greenwich

London SE10 9NF

Tel +44 20 88584422

Fax +44 20 83126632

http://www.nmm.ac.uk

The museum is concerned with all aspects of maritime history and has the world's most extensive collection of marine paintings; they are mainly by British and Dutch artists, including Willem van de Velde the Elder and Younger, who are outstandingly well represented. There are also numerous portraits of distinguished maritime figures, among them Reynolds's celebrated Commodore Keppel.

National Portrait Gallery

St Martin's Place

London WC2 0HE

Tel +44 20 73060055

Fax +44 20 73060056

http://www.npg.org.uk

Unrivalled collection of portraits (in painting and other media) of noteworthy men and women in British life from Tudor times onwards. Most of the leading British portraitists are represented, as well as numerous distinguished foreign artists.

Saatchi Gallery

County Hall

Southbank

London SE1 7PB

Tel +44 20 78232363

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk

Large collection of contemporary art formed by a leading patron.

Tate Britain

Millbank

London SW1P 4RG

Tel +44 20 78878000

Fax +44 20 78878007

http://www.tate.org.uk

The ‘National Gallery of British Art’. It has an unrivalled collection of British painting from the mid-16th century onwards and also covers sculpture from the 19th century onwards.

Tate Modern

Bankside

London SE1 9TG

Tel +44 20 78878008

Fax +44 20 78878007

http://www.tate.org.uk

Britain's leading collection of international modern art.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Cromwell Road

London SW7 2RL

Tel +44 20 79422000

Fax +44 20 79422266

http://www.vam.ac.uk

Although it was originally conceived as a museum of applied and decorative art, this vast treasure house has also acquired an extraordinary wealth of fine art—paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints.

Wallace Collection

Hertford House

Manchester Square

London W1U 3BN

Tel +44 20 75639500

Fax +44 20 72242155

http://www.the-wallace-collection.org.uk

A superb collection of fine and applied art, particularly rich in French paintings and furniture of the 18th century.

Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery

Mosley Street

Manchester M2 3JL

Tel +44 161 2365244

Fax +44 161 2367369

http://www.manchestergalleries.org

A major provincial collection, with holdings ranging from Egyptian and Greek antiquities to contemporary art. It is chiefly renowned for its impressive representation of 19th-century British paintings, including some of the most famous works of the Pre-Raphaelites, such as Ford Madox Brown's Work and Millais's Autumn Leaves. However, it has riches in many other areas, including paintings from all the major European schools. Sculpture is less well represented, but there are pieces by artists of the calibre of Algardi, Bourdelle, Dalou, and Thorvaldsen.

Oxford

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Beaumont Street

Oxford OX1 2PH

Tel +44 1865 278000

Fax +44 1865 278018

http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk

One of Britain's greatest museums, especially rich in classical antiquities, Italian Renaissance paintings, and Old Master drawings. It also has a good collection of British paintings, notably by the Pre-Raphaelites and members of the Camden Town Group.

USA

Baltimore

Walters Art Museum

600 North Charles Street

Baltimore MD 21201

Tel +1 410 5479000

Fax +1 410 7837969

http://www.thewalters.org

The museum is chiefly renowned for its outstanding collection of Italian Renaissance painting, and it is also strong in 19th-century French art, including sculptures by Barye.

Boston

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Fenway

Boston MA 02115

Tel +1 617 5661401

Fax +1 617 2328039

http://www.boston.com/gardner

A fairly small but high-quality collection of paintings and other works, reflecting the taste of its founder.

Museum of Fine Arts

465 Huntington Avenue

Boston MA 02115

Tel +1 617 2679300

Fax +1 617 2670280

http://www.mfa.org

Next to the Metropolitan Museum in New York, this is the most comprehensive collection of world art in the USA. It is rich in many fields, including 19th-century French painting: the collection of Millet's work is the largest in the world and the Impressionists are magnificently represented.

Cambridge

Fogg Art Museum

Harvard University

32 Quincy Street

Cambridge MA 02138

Tel +1 617 4959400

Fax +1 617 4959936

http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu

A large and diverse collection, with major holdings of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints. The collection of Italian painting is one of the largest and most varied in the USA, and the American and French schools are also particularly well represented. Harvard University administers two other museums: the Busch-Reisinger Museum, which is devoted mainly to art of the German-speaking countries, especially of the 20th century; and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, which covers ancient and non-European art.

Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

111 South Michigan Avenue

Chicago IL 60603

Tel +1 312 4433600

Fax +1 312 4430849

http://www.artic.edu

The collections are extensive and varied, including a good deal of oriental art and applied art. However, the Art Institute is principally famous for Western paintings—outside New York and Washington, it has arguably the finest collection in the USA. There are superb examples from every major school and its celebrated masterpieces include Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Grant Wood's American Gothic, and Hopper's Nighthawks.

Cleveland

Cleveland Museum of Art

11150 East Boulevard

Cleveland OH 44106

Tel +1 216 4217350

http://www.clevelandart.org

An important collection of Western and oriental art. All the major European schools of painting are represented and the museum is also rich in American art.

Detroit

Detroit Institute of Arts

5200 Woodward Avenue

Detroit MI 48202

Tel +1 313 8337900

Fax +1 313 2233140

http://www.dia.org

A large and wide-ranging collection that includes one of the most comprehensive and well-balanced representations of Western painting in the USA. Its most famous exhibits include one of the two versions of Ruisdael's Jewish Cemetery (the other is in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden) and Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, the picture that sparked off his libel trial with Ruskin. There are also murals by Diego Rivera, specially painted for the building.

Hartford

Wadsworth Atheneum

600 Main Street

Hartford CT 06103

Tel +1 860 2782670

Fax +1 860 5270803

http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org

The oldest continuously functioning public art museum in the USA (opened in 1844), it has wide-ranging collections, including classical antiquities, furniture, and porcelain. The extensive and varied painting collection is rich in 17th-century works of the Dutch, Flemish, French, Italian, and Spanish schools.

Los Angeles

Getty Center

1200 Getty Center Drive

Los Angeles CA 90049

Tel +1 310 4407300

Fax +1 310 4407718

http://www.getty.edu

A large complex housing various facilities for art research and education, including a museum with important collections of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and other objects.

Merion

Barnes Foundation

300 North Latch's Lane

Merion PA 19066

Tel +1 610 6670290

Fax +1 610 6644026

http://www.barnesfoundation.org

A famous collection, devoted mainly to late 19th-century and early 20th-century painting, in which certain artists are particularly well represented, notably Cézanne, Matisse, and Renoir.

New Haven

Yale Center for British Art

1080 Chapel Street

New Haven CT 06520–8280

Tel +1 203 4322800

Fax +1 203 4329628

http://www.yale.edu/ycba

Next to Tate Britain in London, this has the world's most comprehensive collection of British painting, and is particularly rich in the work of the leading masters of the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Yale University Art Gallery

1111 Chapel Street

New Haven CT 06520

Tel +1 203 4320600

Fax +1 203 4328150

http://www.yale.edu/artgallery

A large and diverse collection of fine and applied art. Its areas of greatest strength include American painting, Italian painting, and early 20th-century art (including the collection of the Société Anonyme, presented in 1941).

New York

Frick Collection

1 East 70th Street at Fifth Avenue

New York NY 10021

Tel +1 212 2880700

Fax +1 212 6284417

http://www.frick.org

A fairly small collection of extraordinarily high quality that retains the feel of a private home—albeit the home of a multi-millionaire with exquisite taste.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

New York NY 10028

Tel +1 212 8795500

Fax +1 212 5703879

http://www.metmuseum.org

One of the world's greatest museums, rich in virtually every field of fine and applied art, not least in Western painting, of which it has the most comprehensive collection in the USA.

Morgan Library

29 East 36th Street

New York NY 10016

Tel +1 212 6850610

Fax +1 212 4813484

http://www.morganlibrary.org

A celebrated collection primarily of books, illuminated manuscripts, and Old Master drawings. The library also has a few paintings, and its other material includes the archives of the Pierre Matisse Gallery.

Museum of Modern Art

11 West 53rd Street

New York NY 10019

Tel +1 212 7089400

Fax +1 212 7089889

http://www.moma.org

The world's largest and most comprehensive collection of international modern art from the late 19th century onwards.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

1071 Fifth Avenue

New York NY 10128

Tel +1 212 4233500

Fax +1 212 4233650

http://www.guggenheim.org

A major collection of late 19th-century and 20th-century art housed in a remarkable building by Frank Lloyd Wright. Its holdings include the world's largest collection of Kandinsky's work.

Whitney Museum of American Art

945 Madison Avenue

New York NY 10021

Tel +1 212 5703676

Fax +1 212 5701807

http://www.whitney.org

The museum has the world's largest collection of 20th-century American art and a good representation of earlier periods.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th Street

Philadelphia PA 19130

Tel +1 215 7638100

Fax +1 215 2364465

http://www.philamuseum.org

Although the museum has a large collection of Old Masters, it is perhaps best known for its 20th-century holdings; they include an unrivalled representation of Marcel Duchamp's work and a major collection of Brancusi's sculpture.

San Marino

Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino CA 91108

Tel +1 626 4052100

Fax +1 626 4495720

http://www.huntington.org

A remarkable institution, combining a research library, art gallery, and botanical garden—each of eminence in its own field. The art collection is mainly renowned for a wonderful group of full-length 18th-century British portraits, including Gainsborough's Blue Boy.

Washington

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Independence Avenue at Seventh Street

Washington DC 20560

Tel +1 202 6334674

Fax +1 202 7862682

http://www.si.edu.hirshhorn

A major collection of modern art from c.1880 onwards, founded by the Latvian-born industrialist Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It is particularly strong in sculpture (notably the work of Henry Moore), in American painting (de Kooning is especially well represented), and in European painting since the Second World War.

National Gallery of Art

Constitution Avenue

Washington DC 20565

Tel +1 202 7374215

Fax +1 202 8426176

http://www.nga.gov

Together with the Metropolitan Museum in New York, this ranks as the pre-eminent collection of Western painting in the USA. Its areas of greatest strength are perhaps French and Italian painting (one of the highlights is Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Ginevra de' Benci, the only undisputed Leonardo painting in the USA), but it has superb examples from every major school.

Phillips Collection

1600–1612 21st Street West

Washington DC 20009

Tel +1 202 3872151

Fax +1 202 3872436

A delightful collection, mainly of late 19th- and early 20th-century painting, in an intimate domestic setting. Among the artists who are best represented are Bonnard, Braque, and the pioneering American abstractionist Arthur Dove, a protégé of Duncan Phillips, the founder of the collection.

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