There are museums you visit and museums you travel for. These seven belong to the second category.
1. Museo del Prado — Madrid
Velázquez and Goya under one roof. European painting at its highest.
2. MoMA — New York
The story of modern art, told by those who defined it.
3. Rijksmuseum — Amsterdam
Rembrandt and Vermeer, in the building designed to hold them.
4. MALBA — Buenos Aires
The best entry point to twentieth-century Latin American art.
5. Uffizi Gallery — Florence
The Italian Renaissance, room after room, without pause.
6. Tate Modern — London
Contemporary art inside a former power station. The container matches the content.
7. Museo Nacional de Antropología — Mexico City
Millennia of Mesoamerican history in one of the most complete collections in the world.