The 10 best museums in the world

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Zelda Caldwell - published on 09/07/18

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris tops the list; some of the others may surprise you.

The travel website TripAdvisor has released a list of the world’s best museums based on travelers’ reviews.

Topping the list is the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, home to the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, including those of Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.

Taking second and third place are two New York museums, the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

View the slideshow below to see the top 10 museums of the world, according to the tourists who visit them.

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