Your guide for any museum visit.
Before you go, while you're there, and when you want to go deeper — the stories behind the works that matter.
Guides
Curated walking orders, must-see rooms, and the context that makes a collection click.
Paris
Musée d'Orsay
The world's finest impressionist collection, inside a railway station that was nearly demolished. Three hours is not enough.
New York
The Metropolitan Museum
5,000 years of art under one roof. The Egyptian Temple of Dendur alone is worth the suggested admission.
Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum
Rembrandt lived across the street. The Night Watch fills an entire room — not because it fits, but because it insists.
Paris
The Louvre
The largest art museum in the world. The Mona Lisa is smaller than you expect. Everything else is bigger.
London
Tate Modern
A former power station on the Thames. Free to enter. The Turbine Hall alone is worth the trip.
Florence
Uffizi Gallery
Botticelli's Birth of Venus. Leonardo's Annunciation. All under one Renaissance roof in Florence.
Madrid
Museo del Prado
Las Meninas. Goya's Black Paintings. The Garden of Earthly Delights. The greatest collection of Spanish painting in the world.
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The largest Monet collection outside France. Sargent murals painted directly on the walls. An Egyptian wing that stops people cold.
Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
A Venetian palace in Boston. The empty frames still hang where 13 stolen masterworks used to be — the greatest unsolved art heist in history.
More guides on the way — National Gallery London, Art Institute of Chicago, and more.
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Story first, then context. Sources when available.
- Human story and stakes first
- What to notice in the work
- Why it still matters now
Pick one artwork, artist, or movement. I will start with the human story, then context.
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What should I notice first? Why does it feel dramatic? What's the story behind it? How does it matter now?
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Choose a work
Impression, Sunrise
The Great Wave
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Las Meninas
See a sample answer
Story: Monet painted a harbor at sunrise, prioritizing atmosphere over detail.
What to notice: orange sun, cool haze, soft edges.
Why it matters: it helped shift painting toward modern perception and feeling.
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