For those travelers looking to get an immersive cultural experience in a new local during a vacation, there is no better stop then visiting a museum. Rich with artifacts, documents and detailed exhibits, museums provide a lens into the path and include items that are true marvels. Across the world there are numerous locations with one-of-a-kind exhibits, but these top museums around the world are a step above the rest. Listed in no particular order, make sure to take a pit stop while galivanting on your next vacation.

The Louvre (France)
The Louvre is the world’s largest art museum encompassing over 780,000 square feet and is a historic monument in Paris. On the Right Bank of the Seine, The Louvre holds over 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century. Through the beautiful Tuileries Garden and the Porte De Lions Entrance, the collections in the museum are so vast and diverse in eight thematic departments. Housed in the Palais du Louvre (Louvre Palace), the former seat of French royalty, The Louvre is a behemoth and is the world?s most visited museum.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
Featuring more than 5,000 years of art from across the world in its location on Fifth Avenue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City?s Museum Mile on the Upper East Side. Known as ?The Met?, it is the largest art museum in the United States whose permanent collection contains over two million works. From works of art from classical antiquity...