The Louvre
Museum Geography
Odd Museums
Museums on the Silver Screen
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This enigmatic Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, protected by bulletproof glass, is arguably the Louvre's most famous resident.

What is the Mona Lisa?

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You’ll find the sprawling Smithsonian Institution—comprising 21 museums and a zoo—headquartered in this capital city.

What is Washington, D.C.?

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Located in Cancun, Mexico, MUSA is an extraordinary museum where visitors must scuba dive or snorkel to view the statues because it is located here.

What is underwater?

200

Ben Stiller plays a night watchman who discovers the exhibits come to life after hours in this 2006 family comedy franchise.

What is Night at the Museum?

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In 1989, architect I.M. Pei courted controversy but created an icon by adding this geometric structure to the Louvre's main courtyard.

What is the Louvre Pyramid?

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The Uffizi Gallery, home to Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, is located in this historic Italian city.

What is Florence?

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Appropriately located in Boston, Massachusetts, the MOBA is a community museum dedicated entirely to "Art Too Bad to Be Ignored," short for this.

What is the Museum of Bad Art?


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In Black Panther, the villain Killmonger confronts a curator about stolen artifacts in a fictional British museum representing this continent.

What is Africa?

600

Before it became the world's largest art museum in 1793, the Louvre served this primary function for French royalty.

What is a royal palace (or fortress)?

600

The Hermitage Museum, featuring over 3 million items, is housed partly in the Winter Palace of this Russian city.

What is St. Petersburg?

600

New Delhi houses a unique international museum dedicated entirely to the history of this sanitation fixture, charting its evolution from 2500 BC to today.

What is the toilet?

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This 2006 conspiracy thriller film based on a Dan Brown novel opens with a mysterious murder inside the Grand Gallery of the Louvre.

What is The Da Vinci Code?

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