Art forms

Architecture

Buildings, urban space, exhibition design, and architectural archives.

Collected resources in Architecture. · 145 resources

Grenada · National

Grenada National Trust

The Grenada National Trust protects historic buildings and heritage sites, with information on museums, forts, tours, volunteer programs, education resources, and site details online. Useful for visitors.

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grenadanationaltrust.orgEnglish

Panama · National

Biomuseo

Biomuseo in Panama City, designed by Frank Gehry, presents the isthmus's natural history and ecology through exhibition galleries and architectural interpretation. Its site includes visitor information.

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biomuseopanama.orgSpanish / English

Panama · National

Panama Canal Museum

The Panama Canal Museum in Panama City uses photographs, maps, and objects to tell the canal's history, with exhibitions and education programs for visitors and researchers.

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museodelcanal.comSpanish / English

United States · Regional

Kimbell Art Museum

Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is known for European painting, ancient art, and its Louis Kahn building. The website offers collection search, exhibition listings, and visitor information.

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kimbellart.orgEnglish

Italy · Regional

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

The MANN in Naples holds finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum, Roman sculpture, and frescoes, and is central to classical art study Its epigraphic and numismatic collections are equally important.

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mann-napoli.itItalian / English

Italy · Regional

Musei Reali Torino

Musei Reali in Turin combines the royal palace, picture gallery, and archaeology collections of the Savoy dynasty Its ticket also covers the royal gardens and armory.

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museireali.cultura.gov.itItalian / English

Portugal · Regional

Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro

Coimbra's Machado de Castro National Museum, in the former episcopal palace, holds religious sculpture, painting, and archaeology above a Roman cryptoporticus; its Romanesque and Gothic sculpture is outstanding.

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museusemonumentos.ptPortuguese / English

Greece · Regional

Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Heraklion Archaeological Museum is Crete's principal archaeological museum, renowned for Minoan pottery, frescoes, goldwork, and stone sculpture; its collection spans thousands of years of island history.

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heraklionmuseum.grGreek / English

Sweden · Regional

Skissernas Museum

Skissernas Museum in Lund, run by Lund University, focuses on artists' sketches, public-art proposals, and architectural drawings, documenting the working process of 20th-century European artists.

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skissernasmuseum.seSwedish / English

Poland · Regional

National Museum in Wrocław

The National Museum in Wrocław, Lower Silesia, is strong in medieval religious art, Silesian painting, and Polish modern art, with several branches and a large decorative-arts collection.

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mnwr.plPolish / English

Czechia · Regional

Olomouc Museum of Art

The Olomouc Museum of Art in Moravia holds Central European Baroque painting, sculpture, and prints, and also manages the Archdiocesan Museum and its historic architecture.

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muo.czCzech / English

Hungary · Regional

Zsolnay Museum, Pécs

The Zsolnay Museum in Pécs, southern Hungary, preserves the ceramics factory's decorative porcelain and Art Nouveau design, connecting local industrial history with applied art and the family's manufactory history.

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jpm.huHungarian

Japan · National

National Museum of Western Art

In Ueno, Tokyo, this national museum holds the Matsukata collection of European painting and sculpture in a Le Corbusier-designed building, with exhibitions and collection search online.

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nmwa.go.jpJapanese / English / Chinese

Japan · Regional

Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

In Kyoto's Okazaki Park, the city art museum holds modern Kyoto-style painting, Western-style painting, and craft, with exhibition, collection-room, and architecture pages.

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kyotocity-kyocera.museumMultilingual

Japan · National

Kyushu National Museum

Next to Dazaifu Tenmangu, this national museum traces cultural exchange between Japan and Asia, with special exhibitions, collection highlights, and digital archives online.

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kyuhaku.jpMultilingual

India · National

Victoria Memorial Hall

Kolkata's Victoria Memorial Hall holds colonial-era painting, prints, and documents, and its white marble building is itself an exhibit, with gallery and ticket information online.

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victoriamemorial-cal.orgEnglish / Bengali / HI

India · Regional

Mehrangarh Museum

Inside Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort, this museum holds Rajput miniature painting, arms, textiles, and court objects, with gallery guides and conservation project notes online.

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mehrangarh.orgEnglish / HI

Indonesia · Regional

Museum Affandi

A private museum in Yogyakarta designed by Indonesian expressionist Affandi, showing his paintings and sketches alongside family collections in a distinctive curved building he built himself.

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affandi.orgIndonesian / English

Vietnam · Regional

Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture

Beside the Han River in Da Nang, this museum of Cham sculpture holds sandstone reliefs, lingas, and temple fragments from the Champa kingdom's scattered sites.

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chammuseum.danang.vnVietnamese / English / French

Vietnam · Regional

Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities

Inside Hue's imperial city, this museum displays Nguyen dynasty ceramics, metalwork, court dress, painting, and furniture, managed by the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in the Long An palace.

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hueworldheritage.org.vnVietnamese / English

Brazil · Regional

Museu Oscar Niemeyer

Museu Oscar Niemeyer in Curitiba is known for its eye-shaped building and holds Brazilian modern art, photography, design, and architectural drawings, with frequent temporary shows.

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museuoscarniemeyer.org.brPortuguese / English

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