See Fra Angelico Art in the San Marco Museum in Florence

Detail from Tabernacle of the Linaioli in the San Marco Museum in Florence

Many of the best early Renaissance paintings and altarpieces by Fra Angelico are exhibited in the San Marco Museum in Florence. The pilgrims’ hospice of the former convent of San Marco in Florence has the world’s largest collection of altarpieces and paintings by Fra Angelico (c. 1395-1455). Famous altarpieces on display include the Deposition from … Read more

Visit the Bargello Museum of Sculptures, Florence

Admiring Michelangelo's Bacchus with satyr in the Bargello Museum in Florence.

The Bargello Museum near the Uffizi has the best collection of Renaissance sculptures in Florence, including several by Michelangelo and two Davids by Donatello. The Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Firenze focuses on medieval and Renaissance art. It is particularly famous for sculptures, including some of the best works by Donatello (David, St George, Marzocco) … Read more

Visit the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo (Cathedral Museum) in Florence

Hall of Paradise in the Duomo Museum Florence

Visit the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo di Firenze (Museum of the Works of the Cathedral) in Florence to see the original art, sculptures, and treasury of the cathedral, baptistry, and campanile. The Museo dell’Opera del Duomo di Firenze (Florence Cathedral Museum) is home to many of the original artworks from the cathedral, campanile, and baptistry. … Read more

Visit the Medical Museion Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark

Dry Collection in the Medical Museion Museum in Copenhagen

The Medical Museion is the medical history museum of the University in Copenhagen with interesting exhibitions on medical instruments and diseased body parts. The Medical Museion, formerly the Medical History Museum, is a relatively small museum but it has a large and diverse medical collection. Exhibits include historical instruments and medical devices, diseased body parts … Read more

See Munch’s Scream in the National Gallery of Norway in Oslo

Munchs' The Scream (Detail)

The Scream and other Eduard Munch paintings are the highlights of a visit to the Nasjonalgalleriet (Norwegian National Gallery) art museum in Oslo, Norway The Nasjonalgalleriet (Norwegian National Gallery) in Oslo is most famous for its copy of Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream that is the undisputed highlight of the around 300 works that are … Read more