Based on survey of the various lists out there on the best museums in the world, as well as our own views popularity and reputation, Art Revived has created this list of the best art museums in the world.

1. Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

The Musee de Louvre or the Louvre Museum is France’s largest national museum, the most visited museum in the world and a historical monument. It was used as a fortress and then a royal palace before being turned into a museum during the French Revolution. It houses nearly 35,000 works of art including the Venus di Milo and Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

2. Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome, Italy

The Vatican Museums displays works from the incredible collections amassed by the Roman Catholic Church over centuries. Its more than 4 million annual visitors flock to the Museums to see the Michelangelo’s Sistene Chapel as well as Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of St. Jerome and several works by Caravaggio including Entombment.

3. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

The “Met” is one of the world’s largest museums measuring almost a quarter mile long and contains over 2 million works of art. Besides housing widely varied collections ranging from antique weapons to Australian Aboriginal rock paintings, the cornerstones of its European paintings include works by Cezanne, Monet, Rembrandt and Van Gogh.

4. J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, California

The Getty Center features stunning garden and fountains in addition to Western and European works of art including paintings by Van Gogh, Monet and Cezanne.

5. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

The narrow courtyard between the Uffizi’s two wings creates the illusion of a road which has a view of Florence’s Arno River. These wings house Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus as well as works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian and Leonardo da Vinci.

6. Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France

Housed in a former railway station, the Musee d’Orsay largely features French artists whose work dates from 1848 to 1915. It is most well-known for its impressive impressionist and post-impressionist collection which includes Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” as well as works by Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir and Gauguin.