Without a doubt, the history of mankind is best experienced in the great museums of the world. Art and artifacts from all periods of history are available in cities across the globe, and travelers can journey abroad and visit exhibitions of humanity’s accomplishments and history in the world’s famous museums. While some of these museums require hours of plane travel, some may be in your own backyard!

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

• Bloedel Floral Conservatory — Vancouver, BC
• Casa Loma — Toronto, ON

United States

• The Art Institute of Chicago — Chicago, IL.
• Berkely Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive — Berkeley, CA
• Birmingham Museum of Art — Birmingham, AL
• Brooklyn Museum of Art — Brooklyn, NY
• Buffalo Bill Historical Center — Cody, WY
• Cleveland Museum of Art — Cleveland, OH
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco — San Francisco, CA
• High Museum of Art — Atlanta, GA
• Illinois State Museum — Five cities in Illinois
• Lawrence Hall of Science — Berkeley, CA
• Metropolitan Museum of Art — New York, NY
• Michael C. Carlos Museum — Atlanta, GA
• Milwaukee Art Museum — Milwaukee, WI
• Mingei International Museum — San Diego, CA
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts — Minneapolis, MN
• Museum of Modern Art — New York, NY
• Museo De Las Americas — Denver, CO
• Museum of Contemporary Art — Chicago, IL
• Museum of Paleontology — Berkeley, CA
• Mystic Seaport Museum — Mystic, CT
• National Gallery of Art — Washington, DC
• National Music Museum — Vermillion, SD
• Newseum — Arlington, VA
• Smithsonian Institution — Washington, DC
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• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Art and Archaeology — Philadelphia, PA
• Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History — New Haven, CT

SOUTH AMERICA

• Museo Nacional de Anthropolog í a — Mexico City, Mexico
• Museo Nacional de Colombia — Bogotá , Colombia
• Museo Nacional de Historia National — Santiago, Chile
• Museu Nacional de Brazil — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Apartheid Museum — Johannesburg, South Africa
• Egyptian Museum — Cairo, Egypt
• The Israel Museum — Jerusalem, Israel
• Pella Museum — Amman, Jordan

ASIA

• National Rail Museum — New Delhi, India
• Pakistan Air Force Museum — Faisal, Pakistan
• Shanghai Science and Technology Museum — Shanghai, China

AUSTRALIA

• National Museum of Australia — Canberra, Australia
• Logan Art Gallery — Logan, Queensland, Australia
• Auckland Museum — Auckland, New Zealand

EUROPE

• Chateau de Versailles — Paris, France
• The Louvre — Paris, France
• Mus é um National d'Historie Naturelle — Paris, France
• Chester Beatty Library — Dublin, Ireland
• The British Library — London, England
• The British Museum — London, England
• Horniman Museum and Gardens — London, England
• Imperial War Museum — Duxford, London, or Manchester, England
• Leicester City Museums — Leicester, England
• Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology — Cambridge, England
• National Galleries of Scotland — Edinburgh, Scotland
• The Vatican Museums — Vatican City