Museum - Swoness Arts & Culture World

In some countries like Nigeria and the rest, museums have played significant roles of different tribes, ethnic groups and entire society. So, we need to take a trip to museums to know the values and appreciate our cultural heritage, after all, emphasis has been made addressing the preservation of culture usually housed in the museum “hub of the country.”

However, efforts to portray our culture have gained new momentum throughout the world. Preserving culture is economical as well as historic British museum and other world museums have contributed a great lot to the economic development through tourism.

People must see museums of the world; the world's greatest collections of art and artifacts ever created. Some are so extraordinary, that they're worth a visit to the city just to spend hours or even days to admire them all. You haven't seen the world if you haven't stepped into these buildings. That's where your culture lies and who you are!!

The Museum preserves a vital aspect of our culture; the artifacts and historical monuments (shows a rich aspect of “Nigerian” Culture.) Visit one in your country today!

_{Esie Museum in Kwara State, Nigeria}

_{Esie unique stones in a museum in Kwara State Nigeria: Esie}_{is generally known as a home of 800 soapstone figures. The Origin of Soapstone figures is bewildering. Till date, it still remains a mystery. Esie Museum now National Museum is the first and oldest museum in Nigeria. They appear to represent a variety of people. Some are men while some are women. A particular one, adorned with the tall cap neck and wrist beads was said to be their king.}

_{British Museum in Bloomsbury, London England}

_{The British Museum is one among the largest museums in history devoted to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London, England}_{; the museum has millions of art from all over the world. Its galleries are devoted to Egypt, Greece, Roman civilization, Asia, Africa and medieval Europe, tracing human history and culture. Again, it documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.}

_{Louvre Museum in Paris, France}_{In this museum, there are literally thousands of of other treasures of human civilization, from Egypt, Asia and Ancient Greece and Rome.}

_{Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt}

_{In this Museum you find complete collection of Egyptian arts & culture; among the thousand of treasures, which include the popular Mummy Room, are the famous artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb}

_{Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA}_{Everything in this Museum comes from Islamic, Egyptian, Greek, and Indian art, to European paintings, as Americans don't have their own arts and they do. The museum needs to be updated with the American Arts or paintings.}

_{Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia}_{This museum is huge and has the world's largest collection of paintings. The museum looks pleasing and lovely also covering the history of the world from the Stone Age to present times. Looks like one of the oldest, largest and cutest Museum}

_{Vatican Museum in Rome, Vatican City}_{In this Museum, it's a series of exhibition spaces filled with priceless treasures that blow visitors away by their grandeur and beauty.}

_{Ghanaian National Museum in Accra, Ghana}

_{Objects of archaeology, ethnography as well as fine art are the contents of the National Museum building.}_{Exhibits at the small but impressive art gallery consist mainly of contemporary Ghanaian paintings executed in oils, pastels, acrylics, watercolors and collages. Apart from these there are sculpture pieces in different media. There are also objects from other African countries acquired through exchange. Examples are Senfu masks from Ivory Coast, Zulu wooden figures and bead-ware from Southern Africa. In addition there are also ancient Ife bronze heads from Nigeria and Bushongo carvings from the Congo.}

_{Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain}_{In this Museum, the treasure trove includes sculptures and drawings, but the strongest collection is, naturally, of Spanish masterpieces also called the splendours of Spain or the masters of Spain (but in arts/paintings) "Velazquez, El Greco, and Goya. So, those marvels of Spanish art, are mostly from Velázquez, El Greco, Goya and few others.}

_{Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece}

_{In this Museum, i}_{ts unrivaled collection includes a bronze Artemision Podeidon from the 5th century B.C. The musuem is admired for its uniqueness of human stones, also one of the most important museums and contains the richest collection of artifacts from Greek antiquity worldwide. It is situated in a majestic neoclassical building. The exhibits cover a large chronological and geographical span offering sample from many different periods and places of Greece.}

_{Uffizi Gallery Museum in Florence, Italy}_{Most of the memorable art works in this museum are of the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, (don't forget, Florence is a city in Central-Northern Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region) featuring the Birth of Venus is a masterpiece of grace and beauty like his other great work, Primavera, Botticelli's painting tells a story that historians and art experts continue to study using the intricate details, clues and cues contained within the image. This museum is also one of the oldest; a 16th century palace holding hundreds of masterpieces including marvelous Renaissance sculptures.}

_{Indian Museum in Calcutta, India}_{The Indian Museum also called the "Imperial Museum" is the ninth oldest museum in the world. It has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings.}