The Travel Map

Great Museums From Beijing to Mexico City

A good museum is interesting, but a great museum can elevate thoughts, open new worlds and change entire perspectives. While iconic museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, or the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, are well-known throughout the world, a new crop of museums have sprung up in the last 10 years that are set to rival the grand masters. —Paula Froelich