Museum with 20th-century European art collection, showcasing 8 of Monet's water lilies murals.

Musée de l'Orangerie

Giant stainless steel atom, particles connected by escalators, with exhibitions & views from 92m.

Atomium

Large, modern museum housing a permanent collection of plastic objects along with rotating exhibits.

Design Museum Brussels

Complex of museums with over 20,000 works tracing the history of painting, sculpture & drawing.

Royal Museums of Fine Arts

Dutch Renaissance palace & gardens, including a museum housing the crown jewels, with guided tours.

Rosenborg Castle

17th-century house with striking, contemporary interior, for displays tracing Danish Jewish history.

Danish Jewish Museum

Danish national gallery, with international collections, temporary exhibitions & kids' activities.

Statens Museum for Kunst

Waterside art museum & sculpture park with international works from 1945 to today & temporary shows.

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

16th-century castle with banqueting hall & royal chambers, the model for Elsinore in Hamlet.

Kronborg Castle

Exhibits on the history of Danish seafaring & trade in a unique, modern building underground.

M/S Maritime Museum

17th-century tower with an observatory, planetarium, event hall & spiral ramp instead of stairs.

The Round Tower

Fine art museum with antique Mediterranean sculptures, plus 19th-century French & Danish works.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

18th-century mansion with collections and exhibitions on Denmark's history, people and culture.

Museum of Copenhagen

Canalside museum built around the neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen's burial place.

Thorvaldsens Museum

Military history museum in Christian IV's arsenal from early 1600s, with large weaponry collection.

Danish War Museum

MACA Museum

18th-century rococo complex of palaces, with a museum & marches/displays by royal guards.

Amalienborg Palace

Contemporary structure with subterranean exhibitions on the Danish resistance movement during WWII.

Museum of Danish Resistance

Museum in 18th-century rococo building tracing history of Danish & international industrial design.

Designmuseum Denmark

Compact natural history museum featuring dinosaur & mineral exhibits, plus colorful murals.

Museum of Natural Histroy

Art gallery open since 1911 exhibiting a major collection of Danish paintings & sculpture.

Hirschsprung Collection

Medical museum in 18th-century royal academy with instruments & exhibits from up to 400 years ago.

Medical Museum

Royal Guard Museum

National Museum of Natural History’s plant collection, the biggest in Denmark, spread over 10 ha.

Botanical Garden

Museum featuring a collection of Islamic, European & Danish early modern paintings & decorative art.

The David Collection

National Museum of Denmark

Tours of the royal palace's lavish reception rooms & stables, plus 12th-century castle remains.

Christiansborg Palace - Royal Apartments

Christiansborg Palace - Royal Stables

Copenhagen Amber Museum

Christiansborg Palace - Royal Kitchen

Working culture museum with a 1915 apartment & industrial & labour conditions history exhibitions.

Workers Museum

19th-century amusement park with antique roller coaster & live entertainment program.

Tivoli Gardens

Christiansborg Palace - The Ruins

Baroque, 17th-century place of worship with a carillon & steps around the outside of the spire.

Church of our Savior

Displays of Norwegian paintings & sculptures, with a focus on the 19th century, plus a stylish cafe.

Nasjonalmuseet

Over 26,000 works of art produced by Munch, as well as his effects, private library & tools.

MUNCH Museum

This museum in Akershus Fortress showing Norway's military progression from Viking to present days.

Norwegian Armed Forces Museum

Exhibits highlighting Norwegian resistance to Nazi occupation of the country during WWII.

Norway Resistance Museum

Museum of the Nobel Peace Prize, Alfred Nobel & other laureates with temporary exhibitions & a shop.

Nobel Peace Center

Airy waterfront museum, designed by Renzo Piano, with an international contemporary art collection.

Astrup Fearnley Museum Of Modern Art

Large, contemporary works of sculptural art displayed in an open-air gallery with harbor views.

Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park

Exhibits on the famous playwright in the home where he spent the last 11 years of his life.

IBSEN Museum

Grand museum for Norwegian antiquities & coinage, plus Egyptian, Asian & African artifacts.

Historical Museum

Functionalist gallery run by artists, showing Norwegian & international contemporary art.

Kunstnernes Hus

The Salmon - Science Center

Striking, contemporary, harborside opera house & home to the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.

Oslo Opera House

19th-century polar exploration ship in museum with expedition exhibits & northern lights shows.

The Fram Museum

Museum detailing adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's life, with original reed boats & expedition artifacts.

Kon-Tiki Museum

Shipping museum for marine archeology & paintings, plus boats, a cafe & terrace with fjord views.

Norwegian Maritime Museum

Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities

Large open-air collection of Medieval buildings & indoor culture & lifestyle exhibits.

Norsk Folkemuseum

Park-based museum with exhibitions tracing the development of Oslo & a large art collection.

Oslo City Museum

Museum in former industrial setting housing many sculptures, woodcuts & drawings by Gustav Vigeland.

The Vigeland Museum

Sculpture park & museum displaying the works of Gustav Vigeland, plus temporary art exhibitions.

The Vigeland Park

The Queen Sonja Art Stable

Exhibitions & memorials commemorating the victims of the 2011 domestic terrorist attacks.

22 July Centre

Jewish Museum in Oslo

Artful exhibits on Norwegian immigration history & cultural tolerance in a former police station.

Intercultural Museum

A wooded park with more than 40 classic & contemporary sculptures, plus walkways & city views.

Ekebergparken

University museum with scientific, cultural & archaeological exhibits related to the Tromsø area.

The Polar Museum

Troll Museum

University museum with extensive exhibits on zoology, botany & geology, plus a botanical garden.

Naturhistorisk Museum

Big indoor-outdoor botanical garden with themed groupings of international species, ponds & a cafe.

University Botanical Garden

Center for the production of arts & collection of mainly modern European works in striking building.

Henie Onstad Kunstsenter

High-tech museum for the history of sport & expedition skiing, with a ski simulator & tower views.

Holmenkollen Ski Museum

Sigtuna Museum

Gamla Uppsala Museum

Gothic-style place of Lutheran worship, consecrated in 1435, with royal tombs & regular concerts.

Uppsala Cathedral Museum

Well-preserved 1600s royal residence, with a Chinese Pavilion pleasure palace, theater & gardens.

Drottningholm Palace

Ancient Greek & Roman antiquities, plus Egyptian mummies & Islamic artworks in a high-tech museum.

Medelhavsmuseet

Collection of international art, costumes & masks, plus revolving exhibitions & performances.

Dansmuseet

Prominent 20th-century & contemporary art collections on show in museum, plus photographic exhibits.

Moderna Museet

Museum celebrating Swedish architecture & design, with permanent & rotating exhibits.

ArkDes

Museum in a brick-built, former customs house with a contemporary photography exhibition program.

Fotografiska Museum Stockholm

Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum

Modern, glass-fronted contemporary art museum, with temporary group & solo exhibitions, plus a cafe.

Bonniers Konsthall

Artifacts & library from writer August Strindberg, displayed in the Blue Tower, his last residence.

Strindbergsmuseet Hem & Museum

Army museum exhibiting Swedish military uniforms & weapons from the 16th century to the present day.

Swedish Army Museum

Art & artifacts collected by Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl and displayed in her former home.

The Hallwyl Museum

The Performing Arts Museum

Lakeside castle housing ornate, 16th-century interiors, state portrait collection & lavish theater.

Gripsholm Castle

Museum for well-preserved, 17th-century warship, Vasa, that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.

Vasa Museum

Displays on native traditions & trends in home decor & fashion, plus festivals & events.

Nordic Museum

Museum displaying wooden, 9th-century Viking ships, plus artifacts recovered from burial tombs.

Viking Museum

Vrak – Museum of Wrecks

Collection of the pop group's memorabilia & interactive exhibits, including a studio & dance floor.

ABBA The Museum

Castlelike palace museum containing the collection of Prince Eugen & hosting temporary exhibits.

Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde

Maritime museum with exhibitions relating to merchant shipping, ships, shipbuilding & naval defense.

Maritime Museum

Police Museum

Rich collection of global statues, costumes, textiles & writings, with guided tours & a restaurant.

Etnografiska museet

Interactive science & technology museum with family-friendly exhibits, a library & archives.

Tekniska museet

Open-air Swedish history museum, with buildings, people in costume & a zoo with Nordic animals.

Skansen

18th-century naval building for exhibits on history & culture of alcohol in Sweden, plus bar/dining.

Spritmuseum

Avicii Experience

Brick Gothic cathedral known as the Great Church, with artifacts & an iconic statue of St. George.

Storkyrkan

Baroque-style royal palace with 3 museums & a vast library. Admission fee can include a guided tour.

The Royal Apartments

The Treasury

Models, artifacts & the remains of a 13th-century defensive wall from the former Tre Kronor castle.

Museum Three Crowns

Paradox Museum

K. A. Almgren Silk Mill & Museum

A grand setting for one of the world's greatest collections of art, from ancient to contemporary.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Set within Central Park, this small zoo features penguins, sea lions, monkeys & a petting zoo.

Central Park Zoo

Flight museum on an aircraft carrier whose exhibits include a Concorde, submarine & space shuttle.

The Intrepid

Works from van Gogh to Warhol & beyond plus a sculpture garden, 2 cafes & The Modern restaurant.

MoMA

Temporary home of The Frick Collection while the building on 70th Street is being renovated.

Frick Madison

Graphic design & advertising posters on display, ranging from Art Nouveau to political propaganda.

Poster House

West Side museum presenting New York City history via artwork, manuscripts, furniture and more.

NY Historical Society

NYU-affiliated program, offering talks, events & exhibits on ancient cultures, free admission.

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Museum of Reclaimed Urban space

Native American art & artifacts, some going back 12,000 years, displayed in a former customs house.

National Museum of American Indian

Circular fort from 1808-1811 & later an immigration center, now a small museum.

Castle Clinton

Museum devoted to Latino culture in the Americas, from the pre-Columbian era to modern times.

Borough	Museums	Avg Rating	Free/Paid	Avg Cost	Cost Eff	Inconvenience
Manhattan	142	1.20	92/50	$24.72	0.054	1.10
Island	9	1.33	9/0	$0.00	0.000	2.33
Bronx	13	0.77	6/7	$11.86	0.072	3.00
Brooklyn	28	1.00	18/10	$14.70	0.061	1.93
Staten Island	16	1.13	9/7	$9.43	0.152	5.00
Queens	21	0.90	17/4	$13.00	0.154	2.76
Bridge	9	0.89	9/0	$0.00	0.000	1.56

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