The Louvre and Pyramid, Paris, France, Europe

View of Niteroi, Museo de Arte Contemporanea (Museum of Contemporary Art), by Oscar Niemeyer, Niteroi, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Museum of Modern Art, Museum Quarter, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Hammering Man sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York State, United States of America, North America

Art Museum and Public Library, Denver, Colorado, USA

Reflections in the Museum of Modern Art Building, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Plaza d'Espanya, fountains in front of the National Museum of Art, Barcelona, Catalunya (Catalonia) (Cataluna), Spain, Europe

View of the City of Turin from the Castle of Rivoli (Castello di Rivoli), a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy, housing the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Museum of Contemporary Art), Rivoli, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

View of the Castle of Rivoli (Castello di Rivoli), a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy, UNESCO World Heritage Site, housing the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Museum of Contemporary Art), Rivoli, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

View of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), founded in 1870, the largest art museum in the Americas, New York City, United States of America, North America

High angle view over Placa d'Espanya, fountains in front of the National Museum of Art, Barcelona, Catalonia (Cataluna) (Catalunya), Spain, Europe

Detail of facade of Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, South America

Tourists on the steps of Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue by Central Park, opened 1880, with 1902 facade by Richard Hunt, in New York, United States of America, North America

Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Artemidora, A.D. 90-100. From Meir. Mummy. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. The mask portrays a young woman lying flat as if upon her bier. Her hair is arranged in tiers of snail curls over her forehead. Alongside her face flows a black Egyptian-style wig, the long locks bound with narrow rings of gold in pharaonic fashion.

Yagim Mask at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Yagim Mask, 1920-25 Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Wood, paint. George Walkus (kwakwaka'wakw, ca 1875-1968). A furtive aggressive sea creature known as Yagim was part of the dramatic Tseyka performance cycle, which took place during the dark winter when life on the North West coast moves largely indoors

Detail of Terracotta funerary krater. Greek, Attic, Geometric, ca. 725 B.C. Atributed to the Trachones Workshop.

Aztec Cihuateotl. Mexico, Aztec. Late 15th-early 16th century. Stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. 82nd Street Manhattan New USA

Painting of Hell, Inferno by Herri met de Bles, Interior, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

USA, New York City, Metropolitan Museum

USA, New York City, Metropolitan Museum

USA, New York City, Metropolitan Museum

USA, New York City, Metropolitan Museum