Joan Ortega

Joan Ortega is a museum nerd in every sense of the word. She has visited dozens of museums in the United States and her dream came true in 2018. This was the year that she was able to travel to Paris and visit the Louvre Museum and the Musée d’Orsay, 2 museums that were on top of her bucket list. She loves to share her extensive knowledge and experience about museums on Art Facts.

It took over a decade before this popular museum in the second-largest city in Belgium was renovated, but it was finally reopened after 11 years. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) was established in 1810 and the collection of paintings owned by the Guild of Saint Luke in the city formed the base …

Just about every country in the world had a national gallery of fine art, and in Sweden, it’s located on a small peninsula in the heart of Stockholm. The Nationalmuseum is located at the tip of the Blasieholmen peninsula, a place that was an island until the 17th century. The museum has an extended history …

Did you know that the oldest continuously operating art museum in the United States is located in the capital city of Connecticut? The Wadsworth Atheneum is located in Hartford and was established in 1842. It first opened its doors to the public just two years later in 1844. The museum is commonly referred to as …

One of the greatest museums in Germany is located in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the second-largest city in the country. The Hamburger Kunsthalle has a history that goes back to the year 1850 when it was founded as an “art hall.” That’s what its name still refers to today. The main building …

When Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) returned to Antwerp from a long trip in Italy (1600-1609), he got married and bought a house in his home city. This townhouse didn’t suffice because his architectural taste had changed quite a bit during his nearly decade-long Italian adventure. He completely renovated the Flemish house to resemble a Renaissance …

Birmingham is a city in the North Central part of Alabama, a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Although it’s only the third-largest city in the state with a population just shy of 200,000 inhabitants, it’s home to one of the largest museums in this part of the country. The Birmingham Museum …

Parma is a city in the central part of northern Italy. It’s the second-most populous city in the Emilia-Romagna Region and it’s home to a museum that features numerous masterpieces. The Galleria Nazionale di Parma is a large museum in the heart of the city, just east of the Ducal Palace and huge Ducal Park. …

One of the greatest museums in the Netherlands is located in the second-most populous city in the country, Rotterdam. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was closed in 2019 but the Depot, an area that allows you to peek backstage where the paintings are held, was opened in 2021. It was established in 1849 from the collection …

An upper-class residential area in northern Los Angeles is home to an educational and research facility that features a large collection of items. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, commonly referred to as “The Huntington,” allows you to enjoy all sorts of plants and fascinating paintings. The complex in San Marino, California, was …

When you visit Berlin, there’s one particular museum you should visit if you want to see European paintings completed between the 13th and 18th centuries. The Gemäldegalerie is part of the Berlin State Museums and holds the main collection of paintings of this group of museums which consists of 17 different museums in 5 different …