Largest Museum in the world is in - PakMcqs (2024)

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Which is the largest museum in the world? ›

The Louvre, Paris

By size, The Louvre, in Paris, France is the largest museum on Earth, with nearly 73,000 square metres of exhibition space. By reputation, it's also one of the best and holds works from antiquity to the 19th Century, including the world-famous Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa.

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)—New York, NY: The Met is famous worldwide for its very diverse and expansive collection—in fact, more than two million works are housed here, divided into nineteen different departments. It is the largest museum in the United States.

Founded in 1865 at a smaller location and opened in 1894 at its current location on The Mall in Lahore during the British colonial period, Lahore Museum is Pakistan's largest museum, as well as one of its most visited ones.

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Cairo has been a project in the works since the 1990s. With unforeseen circ*mstances and delays repeatedly postponing the museum's official opening, authorities are promising it will finally open its doors before the end of the year.

The American Museum of Natural History is the largest natural history museum in the world. Its collection totals over 30 million items. Only the most impressive fraction is on display inside the striking Romanesque Revival building, which was built for purpose in 1888.

Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S: 500 structures on 301 acres re-create the capital of England's oldest, largest, and richest colony on the eve of the American Revolution.

1. Capitoline Museum. The Capitoline Museum, or Musei Capitolini, is very probably the world's oldest museum. Located in Rome, just a stone's throw from the Colosseum, the museum houses a fantastic collection of classical art and archaeology.

What is the world's largest living museum? ›

Nestled in the vast expanses of North-West Saudi Arabia, AlUla is emerging as a thriving cultural and historical destination, guided by the vision of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU).

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collection spans 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.

Louvre Museum is the biggest museum in the world and one of Paris' most famous tourist attractions which covers an area of 782,910 sq. feet (72,735 sq. meters).

1. Skardu. At the top of the list of the coldest spots in Pakistan is Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan. Skardu is known as the 'Climbers Paradise'.

The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta before independence,) is a massive museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest and largest museum in Asia, by size of collection.

The Louvre Is the Largest Museum by Size.