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Art Museums and Galleries

Museums whose main collection is painting, sculpture and other works of art, from the Uffizi and the Louvre to the modern art collections of New York, Paris, London and Bilbao. A building belongs here when the cited article calls it an art museum or a gallery. It excludes museums of history and antiquities, and halls built for performance. The group follows the kind of collection the cited article names. Each collects and shows works for the public, and the group follows the type of collection the cited article gives.

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Galerie d'Apollon (Wikipedia)
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It has been part of the Louvre Museum since the 1790s, was completed under the lead of Félix Duban in the mid-19th century, and has housed the museum's collection of the French Crown Jewels since 1887.
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Grand Louvre (Wikipedia)
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The Grand Louvre was a decade-long project initiated by French President François Mitterrand in 1981 which expanded and remodelled the Louvre, both the building and the museum, by moving the French Finance Ministry, which had been located in the Louvre's northern wing since 1871, to a different location.
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Neue Nationalgalerie (Wikipedia)
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The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) at the Kulturforum is an art museum in Berlin, Germany.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Wikipedia)
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Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Wikipedia)
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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain.
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Centre Pompidou (Wikipedia)
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It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information (BPI; Public Information Library), a vast public library, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne, the largest museum for modern art in Europe.
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Uffizi (Wikipedia)
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The Uffizi Gallery (UK: yoo-FIT-see, uu-FEET-see; Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi, pronounced [ɡalleˈriːa deʎʎ ufˈfittsi]) is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the
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Tate Modern (Wikipedia)
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Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art (created from or after 1900).
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Museum of Modern Art (Wikipedia)
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
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Getty Center (Wikipedia)
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The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, US, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust.
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Louvre (Wikipedia)
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The Louvre (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ) is a national art museum in Paris, France.
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Van Gogh Museum (Wikipedia)
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The Van Gogh Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑŋˈɣɔx mʏˌzeːjʏm]) is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the
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Rijksmuseum (Wikipedia)
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The Rijksmuseum (Dutch: [ˈrɛiksmyˌzeːjʏm] ) is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the
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Wikipedia: Musee d'Orsay
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The Musée d'Orsay (UK: MEW-zay dor-SAY, US: mew-ZAY -⁠, French: [myze dɔʁsɛ]; English: Orsay Museum) is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
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National Gallery (Wikipedia)
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The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (Wikipedia)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
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Prado Museum (Wikipedia)
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The Museo del Prado ( PRAH-doh; Spanish pronunciation: [muˈseo ðel ˈpɾaðo]), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.
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Hermitage Museum (Wikipedia)
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is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world
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