Jimenez, Sophia Rebekkah C.

April 21, 2021

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The 3 Best Museums in the World

Museums play a crucial role in preserving local culture. Hence, they attract people of
different cultural backgrounds to explore new cultures and topics through their carefully curated
collections and transcending exhibitions. Among the many museums throughout the world, a few
museums definitely stand out due to their uniqueness, content, and relevance to humanity. The
museums namely, The Louvre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Cairo Museum, are,
in my opinion, three of the best museums from the list.
The Louvre, located in Central Paris, is originally built as a fortress in the 12th Century.
It is one of the oldest and as well as the largest museum in the world. Aside from that, it is
regarded as the most popular museum in the world due to the quality of its collection,
contribution to society, and its leadership in the museum world. The museum's collections,
which range from antiquity to the first half of the 19th century, are among the most important in
the world. Second to The Louvre is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, New York.
This museum is home to over 2 million artifacts that are broad and deep, with holdings so large
in a number of areas that some might be considered museums into themselves. Lastly, the
Vatican Museum in Italy. The Vatican Museum, originally used as papal palaces, is now a series
of galleries, housing over 70,000 artifacts. This museum has a unique collection of portraits of
the past popes, thus making it a great place to learn more about the history of the papacy and the
city itself.
Museums are known for their beauty and aesthetic. But in reality, they are much more
than that. Museums hold the knowledge of cultural origins and the meaning of societies'
transformations. The play a huge role in educating and contributing to the consciousness of the
modern society. Museums are just as important to the future as the future is to museums. Not
only can our museums bring history to life, but they can also shine a light on both our present
and our future—a light which can be hard to find elsewhere.