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.

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 …

When you think about museums in New York City, then the first ones that come to mind are probably either the MET or the MoMA. That’s because these are two of the largest and most famous museums in the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the largest collections of paintings and other …

If you want to admire modern artworks then you can hardly find a better museum than the MoMA or “Museum of Modern Art” in New York City. It’s one of the largest of its kind in the world and an extremely influential one as well. It features a large number of modern artworks ranging from …

What are the odds of finding the Petit Palais (Small Palace) right across a massive structure called the “Grand Palais” (Big Palace) right? Both buildings in Paris were built for the same purpose in the early 20th century and both are still being used today. This alone is quite remarkable, but there’s a lot more …

Not all museums in the world are dedicated to fine art conceived by endless human creativity. Some focus solely on the darker side of human beings. There’s nothing glorious about a demented serial killer or an unscrupulous gangster. Even though their actions freak us out, they somehow intrigue us as well. That’s why crime museums …

One of the most popular art museums on the East Coast of the United States can be found in Boston, Massachusetts. The Museum of Fine Arts has a collection size of well over 8,000 paintings and over 450,000 works of art. This makes it one of the most extensive collections of any art museum in …

One of the most amazing buildings in Milan is home to the city’s most famous museum, the Pinacoteca di Brera. The Palazzo di Brera, which houses both the museum and the Brera Academy, was constructed on the site of a 12th-century monastery and former Jesuit college. This is just north of the historical heart of …

The J. Paul Getty Museum is often just referred to as “The Getty” and is one of the most famous art museums on the west coast of the United States. It’s housed in 2 different locations in Los Angeles known as the “Getty Villa” and the “Getty Center.” The Getty Villa is located in the …

The Prado Museum in Madrid is officially known as the “Museo Nacional del Prado” and is the national museum of Spain and the most popular museum in the country. It’s located right in the heart of the Spanish capital just west of the large El Retiro Park and pretty much at walking distance of the …

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is one of those museums that you could visit even if there wasn’t a world-class collection of fine art housed inside of it. The building in which this so-called “Museum of Fine Arts” is housed was one of the multiple immense projects built in the 19th century along the newly …