Art museum facts for kids

The Louvre in Paris is a famous art museum.

An art museum or art gallery is a place where works of arts are shown for people to look at. These works of art are usually paintings, but they can also be sculptures, photographs or other visual art works. Most art museums are open for the public to visit, but there are also some which are private.

What distinguishes an art museum from other galleries is that it owns the works of art. A museum has staff called "curators", who are expert on art. Art museums are often used to help teach students about the history of art. There are about 700 uiversity art museums and galleries in the United States.

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  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, named for its central location on the Upper East Side of Manhattan

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  The art collection at the Palace of Versailles in France was periodically open for 'respectable' public viewing.

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  The Kunstmuseum Basel is the first public art museum in the world.

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  The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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  University of Tartu Art Museum is the oldest museum in Estonia.

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  Ateneum, an art museum in Helsinki, Finland

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  "The Leaning House" of the Tartu Art Museum in Tartu, Estonia

See also

In Spanish: Museo de arte para niños