Best Museums in Europe | Art, History & Cultural Collections

Mozart’s Birthplace

The yellow townhouse on Getreidegasse where Mozart was born in 1756, now a museum with his childhood violin, letters and family portraits.

Salzburg's modern and contemporary art museum in two buildings: a cliff-top cube on the Mönchsberg and the Hundertwasser-decorated Rupertinum.

Salzburg's largest museum, with natural history galleries, an aquarium, a reptile and amphibian zoo and a hands-on Science Center.

A working Franciscan friary on Stradun with a serene Romanesque-Gothic cloister, a museum, a library and one of Europe's oldest pharmacies.

The seaside villa of sculptor Ivan Meštrović, now a museum of his marble, bronze and wood masterpieces.

Discover Croatia's oldest museum and archaeological collections tracing Dalmatia from prehistory through Greek, Roman and medieval eras.

Picasso’s art meets a Renaissance palace and ancient archaeological remains in the heart of his birthplace, Málaga.

A waterfront museum beneath a colourful glass cube, presenting modern and contemporary art drawn from the Centre Pompidou collection.

A museum in Villalón Palace exploring Spanish painting, especially nineteenth-century Andalusian landscapes and scenes of everyday life.

Palma's modern and contemporary art museum, set in a 16th-century bastion with Miró, Picasso, Barceló and terrace views over the bay.

Slovenia's main art museum in Ljubljana, with works from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century in a neo-Renaissance building.

A playful, hands-on museum of optical illusions on Kongresni trg, with about 70 mind-bending exhibits, photo rooms and puzzles.

Slovenia's oldest museum, set in a neo-Renaissance palace in central Ljubljana and home to a Neanderthal flute and Roman treasures.

A 15th-century artillery tower on Toompea hill, linked to atmospheric underground bastion passages and a museum of Tallinn's defences.

Estonia's top maritime museum, set in giant 1916 seaplane hangars with a real submarine, a historic icebreaker and hands-on exhibits.