Museums with Religious Art and Artifacts

Below is an illustrated index of the 88 Museums with Religious Art and Artifacts profiled on Sacred Destinations so far. For photo credits, please see corresponding articles.

Featured Museums with Religious Art and Artifacts

Egyptian Museum Cairo, Egypt This huge neoclassical building houses the largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world, including artifacts from the tomb of King Tut. Apamea Syria This ancient city features an exceptionally long Roman street and other classical ruins. In the Byzantine era, it was home to Evagrius the church historian, Theodoret the bishop, and Monophysitism. Prado Museum Madrid, Madrid, Spain Famed for its magnificent collection of Spanish and European paintings, the Prado also houses Classical sculpture, medieval religious treasures and 11th-century frescoes. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn Bonn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Reopened in 2003, this museum's collection includes a wondrous variety of religious treasures from the Rhineland, including Germanic, Roman, Christian (Late Antiquity to Renaissance) and Jewish art. Jewish Museum Berlin Berlin, Germany Opened in 2001, Berlin's Jüdisches Museum is housed in a striking modern building with bizarre angles and open voids evoking the Holocaust. It is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. Antakya Archaeological Museum Antioch, Turkey Built in 1938, this large museum displays Antioch's magnificent Roman mosaics as well as other important archaeological finds from Hittite to Byzantine times.

All Museums with Religious Art and Artifacts by Country Judenplatz Vienna, Austria Erasmus House Brussels, Belgium Jewish Shanghai Shanghai, China Coptic Museum Cairo, Egypt Egyptian Museum Cairo, Egypt Greco-Roman Museum Alexandria, Egypt Alexandria National Museum Alexandria, Egypt Wesley's New Room Bristol, England Jewish Museum London London, England Neasden Temple London, England Wesley's Chapel London, England Cluny Museum Paris, France Louvre Museum Paris, France Musée Rolin Autun, France Museum of Ancient Arles Arles, France Caen Memorial Caen, France John Calvin Museum Noyon, France New Synagogue Berlin, Germany Bode Museum Berlin, Germany Trier Cathedral Treasury Trier, Germany Bishop's Museum Trier, Germany Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier Trier, Germany Jewish Museum Berlin Berlin, Germany Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany Luther House and Museum Wittenberg, Germany Melanchthon House Wittenberg, Germany Schnütgen Museum (St. Cecilia) Cologne, Germany Cologne Cathedral Treasury Cologne, Germany Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn Bonn, Germany St. Anne's Church Augsburg, Germany Luther House Eisenach, Germany Luther's Birth House Eisleben, Germany Luther's Death House Eisleben, Germany Barfüsserkirche Erfurt, Germany Kleine Synagoge Erfurt, Germany Worms Synagogue Worms, Germany Roman-Germanic Museum Cologne, Germany Jüdisches Kulturmuseum Augsburg, Germany Acropolis Museum Athens, Greece Delphi Museum Delphi, Greece Naxos Archaeological Museum Naxos Island, Greece Jewish History Museum Thessaloniki, Greece Byzantine Museum Thessaloniki, Greece Jewish Museum Budapest, Hungary Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Israel Israel Museum Jerusalem, Israel Jesus Boat Museum Galilee, Israel Underwater Museum Caesarea, Israel Capitoline Hill and Museums Rome, Italy Great Synagogue Rome, Italy Vatican Museums Rome, Italy Paestum Archaeological Museum Paestum, Italy Museo Archeologico Palermo, Italy Regional Archaeological Museum Siracusa, Italy Museo Diocesano Spoleto, Italy Museo Archeologico Spoleto, Italy Jewish Ghetto and Museum Venice, Italy Museo dell'Opera del Duomo Pisa, Italy Milan Cathedral Treasury Milan, Italy Yasakuni Shrine Tokyo, Japan National Museum of Anthropology Mexico City, Mexico Museo Amparo Puebla, Mexico National Museum of Antiquities Leiden, Netherlands Bible Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands Urnes Stave Church Western Norway, Norway Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland National Archaeological Museum Madrid, Spain Prado Museum Madrid, Spain Historical Museum Lausanne, Switzerland Schweizerisches Landesmuseum Zurich, Switzerland Roman Museum Lausanne, Switzerland Apamea , Syria Damascus National Museum Damascus, Syria Ephesus Museum Ephesus, Turkey Istanbul Archaeological Museum Istanbul, Turkey Mosaic Museum Istanbul, Turkey Antakya Archaeological Museum Antioch, Turkey Pergamum Archaeological Museum Pergamum, Turkey Izmir Archaeological Museum Izmir, Turkey Konya Archaeological Museum Konya, Turkey Asian Art Museum San Francisco, USA Asian Art Museum Seattle, USA Museum of Jewish Heritage New York City, USA Temple Emanu-El New York City, USA Jewish Museum of Maryland Baltimore, USA Historic Voodoo Museum New Orleans, USA Museum at Eldridge Street Synagogue New York City, USA

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