Where to See It
Museum and city guides for seeing the real thing in person.
Where to See ItThe Musée Marmottan Monet and Giverny: Where Impressionism Began, and Where It BloomedIn a quiet corner of Paris hangs the painting that gave a movement its name. Down the Seine, the garden Monet spent the rest of his life painting is still in flower.
Where to See ItThe Most Famous Paintings at the Musée d’Orsay, and How to See ThemForty years after a Paris railway station became the home of Impressionism, the paintings that make the Orsay unmissable.
Where to See ItThe Best Art Museums in Southern California (and What to See at Each)Six museums between San Diego and Pasadena, with the one painting worth the drive at every stop.
Where to See ItWhere to See Every Vermeer Painting in the WorldThere are only about 35 of them. Here is the map: city by city, museum by museum, and the one that is still missing.
Where to See ItWhere to Discover Art in AmsterdamA first-timer’s route through the city’s great museums — Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Gogh in an afternoon.
Where to See It10 Can’t-Miss Pieces When Visiting the Art Institute of ChicagoA focused route through one of America’s great collections — with the gallery numbers.
Where to See ItWhere Can You See “Girl with a Pearl Earring”? A Guide to the MauritshuisThe most famous face in Dutch art lives in a small palace in The Hague.
Where to See ItThe Met’s Can’t-Miss Masterpieces: A First-Timer’s GuideTwo million square feet, 5,000 years of art, and one afternoon. Start here.
Where to See ItWhere Can You See Van Gogh’s Paintings?From Amsterdam to Chicago to a New York cypress grove — a map of the master’s masterpieces.
Where to See ItCleveland Museum of Art: A First-Timer’s GuideOne of America’s great art museums — and one of the very few that’s completely free.
Where to See ItWhere to See Impressionist Art in the United StatesYou don’t have to fly to Paris. Some of the greatest Impressionist collections are in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia.
Where to See ItThe Barnes Foundation: The Strangest Great Art Collection in AmericaRenoirs stacked to the ceiling, hung beside door hinges and iron keys. There’s a method to it.
Where to See ItWhere Can You See Monet’s Water Lilies?He painted about 250 of them. Here’s how to stand in front of one.
Where to See ItThe 6 Best Art Museums to Visit in 2026From a Chicago icon to a jewel-box palace in The Hague — where to spend a great day with art this year.