International Museum Day

May 18 is International Museum Day. We celebrate with all of the knowledge-seeking, exhibit-viewing, exposition-loving devotees among us. According to the official IMD web site, more than 30,000 museums in about 100 countries will hold events to recognize the occasion.

What are the top museums in the world? According to the Huffington Post, they are:

·         The Louvre in Paris

·         Musee d’Orday, Paris

·         Museum of Modern Art, New York City

·         Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

·         Museo Del Prado, Madrd

·         The Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C.

·         Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo

·         Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

·         Museo Nacional De Antropologia, Mexico City

·         National Palace Museum, Taipei

Other lists include:

The State Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia; the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy; The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy; the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain; and the British Museum, London (shown right).

The World’s Top Science Centers, according to MuseumPlanner.org are:

  • Citi des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris
  • Science Museum, London
  • Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
  • National Science and Technology Museum, Taiwan
  • Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
  • Pacific Science Center, Seattle
  • Museum of Science, Boston
  • Science City, Kolkata
  • Ontario Science Center
  • Deutsches Museum, Munich
  • California Science Center Los Angeles

Scientific instruments you may find in a museum:

Hygrothermographs to monitor humidity in rooms containing precious art and historical collections

Conductivity Meters to measure solutions.

 

 

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