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Visiting museums is a great way to learn about the local culture while travelling. However, sometimes, a motivation to travel for me is purely to see a particular museum. I’m often asked what are the best museums in Europe. Since it’s a tricky question, I’ve asked some of my fellow travel bloggers to help me compile the list of the 15 best European museums you must visit.
September marks the opening of numerous art exhibitions in European museums, making autumn and winter the ideal seasons for inspiring museum getaways. This year is no exception! From Florence to London, and featuring everything from Italian Renaissance art to cutting-edge contemporary works, European museums have something to offer everyone this season. To help with your planning, here is a guide to the best art exhibitions in European museums for autumn and winter 2025.
Art enthusiasts know Amsterdam museums as home to the Old Masters, such as Rembrandt or Vermeer, and home to most of Van Gogh’s artworks. However, the Netherlands was also a birthplace of crucial modern art styles, like de Stijl, and artists such as Piet Mondrian or Gerrit Rietveld. Amsterdam is still one of the European capitals of contemporary art. The place to go to Amsterdam to enjoy some of the top modern and contemporary art is the Stedelijk Museum.
The Van Gogh Museum is one of the best museums in Europe, and often the only reason people visit Amsterdam. But with more than two million visitors each year, it’s wise to prepare for your visit to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam well. Keep reading to learn about the Van Gogh Museum highlights and tips for visiting that fantastic museum.
This year starts with one of the best art shows in 2024, the Frans Hals Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. After its debut at the National Gallery in London, the exhibition travels to Amsterdam, where it will be on display until June 2024. During the last few years, Rijksmuseum organised a few exhibitions dedicated to Dutch Golden Age masters (All the Rembrandts in 2019 and Vermeer in 2023). It’s continuing its series of fantastic 17th-century masters exhibitions with one of its stars, Frans Hals.
The Wallace Collection is a charming museum located in a beautiful historic mansion. It’s home to a fantastic collection of fine and decorative arts created between the 15th and 19th centuries. I visited it during my last trip to the UK’s capital, and it quickly became one of my favourite museums in London. To encourage you to see it too, here is the Wallace Collection museum review, including its history, collection highlights and tips for visiting.
2024 is going to be another year of fantastic exhibitions in European museums. From Florence to London, they span from historical ones to retrospectives dedicated to contemporary artists. To help you decide which ones to visit, here is my selection of the best exhibitions in European museums in 2024.
Are you looking for the best museum Instagram accounts to follow? Some leading world museums have equally fantastic Instagram accounts you should follow for your daily dose of art. Watching their short videos, seeing artworks in detail or listening to experts talking about their artworks is the next best thing to visiting them in person. Since I’m following many of them, I curated a list of the best museum Instagram accounts you should follow.
Are you looking for the best exhibitions in European museums in Autumn 2023? It’s a time of the year when European museums are opening some of their best shows. With numerous exhibitions opening, September is the hottest month in the art world. From classical art to some of the best young contemporary artists, there is something for everyone in European museums this season. Keep reading to find out the 15 best exhibitions in European museums in Autumn 2023.
