The trusted guide to the world's museums
World Best Museums is a catalogue of 1,481 museums across 101 countries and 716 cities. It covers the institutions everyone knows — the Louvre, the Prado, the Met, the British Museum — and a long tail that guidebooks skip: a submarine hauled onto a beach in Visakhapatnam, a museum of self-playing organs in Utrecht, the world’s largest collection of carpentry tools in Kobe.
Every entry is written rather than scraped. Each one says what the museum actually holds, what is worth the detour and what is not, how long a visit takes, and whether tickets need booking ahead. Where a museum can be booked, current availability and prices are shown on the page.
Browse museums by country
Museums are filed by country and by city, so a country page gathers everything from its national collections down to single-room local museums. These are the 101 countries currently in the catalogue, largest first.
1,481 museums. 101 countries. One catalogue.
Browse the full catalogue by country, city, museum type or subject — or search for a museum by name. Every entry carries opening hours, admission, location and official links, alongside bookable tickets and guided tours.
Dalí Theatre-Museum
FigueresThe Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres showcases Salvador Dalí's extensive art collection.
Choco-Story: Chocolate Museum
PragueExplore the history and culture of chocolate in Prague's Old Town.
Toy and Pinocchio Museum
FlorenceMuseum in Florence dedicated to toys and Pinocchio.
Balloon Museum
ChicagoAn immersive art exhibition featuring inflatable installations.
Art in Paradise Pattaya
PattayaThailand's first and largest 3D interactive art museum offering immersive optical illusion exhibits.
Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
BerlinMuseum dedicated to German-Soviet relations and World War II history.
Juventus Museum
TurinA museum dedicated to the history and triumphs of Juventus FC.
Museum of Communism in Bucharest
BucharestExplore Romania's communist past through interactive exhibits and authentic artifacts in Bucharest's Old Town.
Browse museums by city
The cities below hold the densest museum quarters in the catalogue. Each city page maps every museum in it and breaks the list down by type, so an afternoon can be planned around what is actually within walking distance.
What is on every museum page
A museum entry starts with what the place is and why it exists — the collection, the building, the history that produced it. Then the practical half: what a visit involves, how much time to allow, which parts are worth the queue, and the things worth knowing before arriving, from timed tickets that sell out weeks ahead to sites where most of the visit is outdoors.
Where a museum treats a contested subject, the entry says so plainly instead of smoothing it over. Where a photograph could not be sourced under a licence that permits reuse, the entry carries a designed cover rather than someone else’s picture.
Each page also maps the museum, lists the other museums nearby, and — where one exists — shows live availability for tickets and guided tours.