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.

If you want to admire fine art in London then the National Gallery and Tate Britain are some of the most famous museums in the city to visit. One of the lesser-known museums in South London holds a significant collection of paintings by Old Masters and is worth a visit as well. The Dulwich Picture …

One of the most amazing art museums in the United States is located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. This area can be found just southwest of Downtown Houston and features 19 museums that collectively attract an astounding 9 million visitors every year. The MFAH was expanded several times throughout its history and features …

The British Museum is home to one of the most extensive collections of artifacts in the world from all periods in human history. The museum was established from the collection of Irish naturalist Sir Hans Sloane in the year 1753 and continuously grew over the centuries. The first exhibition was housed at the Montagu House …

The Courtauld Gallery is the name of an art museum that is housed at Somerset House in London. It’s situated on the Strand, a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster, Central London. This is not too far to the northeast from the National Gallery, one of the most popular museums in the city. It …

Tate is the name of the institution that manages 4 amazing art galleries in the United Kingdom. Two of the most popular ones are located in London and are referred to as Tate Britain and Tate Modern. The other 2 museums are called Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives in Cornwall. The institution operates as …

This museum is the 4th-wealthiest art museum in the United States. This translates into the fact that it holds an incredible collection of objects. The Cleveland Museum of Art or “CMA” is located in the University Circle neighborhood just east of the city center. The setting in the Wade Park District, just south of the …

In between the Regent’s Park and Hyde Park, two of London’s biggest parks, you can find a townhouse that was constructed by the Seymour family, the Marquesses of Hertford. This mansion is located on Manchester Square and is known as the Hertford House. Here you can admire the family’s extensive collection of fine art, along …

In the heart of Midtown Detroit, you can find one of the most impressive collections of paintings in the United States. The Detroit Institute of Arts was established in 1885 and is housed in a remarkable building. It features over 100 galleries and houses over 65,000 objects. The museum moved to a new building in …

The largest and most popular museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, holds an amazing collection of over 240,000 objects. The Philadelphia Museum of Art was founded in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in 1876. This was the first World Fair to be held in the United States and commemorated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the …

Most visitors to the Louvre Museum in Paris are going there to admire the amazing collection of paintings. The collection of paintings consists of over 7,500 works by over 1,400 artists who were born before 1900. This means it’s only a fraction of the museum’s collection of well over 600,000 items of which over 35,000 …