50 Most reviewed Historical place museums in the world

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Palace of Versailles

Castle

Immense, 18th-century palace with gilded apartments, chandeliered Hall of Mirrors & fountain show.

4.60 (138.8K reviews)

Empire State Building

Historical landmark

Iconic, art deco office tower from 1931 with exhibits & observatories on the 86th & 102nd floors.

4.70 (99.3K reviews)

Bengaluru Palace

Historical place museum

Modern royal palace modeled on Windsor Castle offering tours, outdoor concerts & an amusement park.

4.20 (86.8K reviews)

9/11 Memorial & Museum

Historical place museum

Plaza, pools & exhibits honoring victims of 1993 & 2001 WTC terrorist attacks. Free timed admission.

4.80 (66.2K reviews)

Rajwada Palace

Historical landmark

Imposing 1700s 7-storey palace from the Holkar dynasty, with a blend of Maratha & European styles.

4.40 (60.3K reviews)

Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve

Historical place museum

Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities.

4.80 (59.1K reviews)

Quinta da Regaleira

Castle

Early 20th century-built palace & gardens with underground passages, a chapel & museum, plus events.

4.80 (52K reviews)

Circus Maximus

Historical place

Green space & remains of a stone & marble arena that could seat 250,000 Romans for chariot races.

4.50 (51.3K reviews)

White Tower of Thessaloniki

Historical place

Landmark Ottoman fortress & former prison housing an interactive exhibition of the city's history.

4.70 (48.9K reviews)

Kolomenskoye

Park

Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events.

4.80 (48.7K reviews)

Sintra National Palace

Historical place museum

11th century Moorish palace with notable tile collection plus ornate courtyards & rooms.

4.50 (46.9K reviews)

Gandhi Ashram

Ashram

Site of Hindu spirituality with museum about life and work of former Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

4.60 (34.2K reviews)

Ramnagar Fort

Fortress

Sandstone fort & royal residence with a museum that has vintage cars, costumes, an armory & more.

4.10 (30.4K reviews)

Jaigarh Fort

Historical place museum

Built to protect the Amber Fort complex below, this 3-km-long fort offers a museum & views.

4.50 (27.8K reviews)

Sajjangarh Monsoon Palace

Castle

Hilltop white marble palace surrounded by a wildlife sanctuary & offering panoramic city views.

4.40 (26.4K reviews)

Old Sacramento Waterfront

Historical landmark

Founded in the 1960s, this 28-acre area has a visitor center, museums & a variety of history tours.

4.60 (25.5K reviews)

Rani Ki Vav

Historical landmark

Historic stepwell with elaborate carvings & pillars, originally built as a memorial to a king.

4.70 (20.2K reviews)

UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein

Historical place

Monumental buildings and a museum on the site of a coke and coal mine which began in 1849.

4.70 (20K reviews)

Bhaktapur Durbar Square

Tourist attraction

Time-tested city square with an 1427 CE palace, multiple temples, statues & intricate gates.

4.60 (18.9K reviews)

Museo Marítimo y del Presidio de Ushuaia

Museum

19th-century prison building housing maritime, Antarctic, jail & marine museums.

4.40 (17.9K reviews)

Wisata Kota Tua Jakarta

Tourist attraction

Historic district home to Dutch colonial buildings, museums & a buzzy plaza with street performers.

4.60 (17K reviews)

Ahsan Manzil Museum

Historical place museum

1800s palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka featuring an iconic pink facade, a dome & period furnishings.

4.40 (16.4K reviews)

The Partition Museum - Amritsar District, Punjab, India

Historical place museum

History museum chronicling 1947 partition of India & Pakistan through photos, documents & artifacts.

4.60 (15.9K reviews)

Keraton Kasepuhan

Historical landmark

Grand palace of the Sultan of Kasepuhan built in 1447 with areas open to the public & a museum.

4.50 (15.8K reviews)

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Historical place museum

Half-timbered shrine to the Bard, with memorabilia, period furnishings and changing exhibitions.

4.40 (15.3K reviews)

Ephesus Archaeological Museum

Archaeological museum

👍👍 One of the best ruins in the world. Not to be missed under any circumstances if you're on a cruise to the area. Massive site takes about a good hour to see it. Uneven stairs and rocks but if you are mobile it is not to be missed under any circumstances. This is the fifth time I have been there go ev...

4.70 (14.7K reviews)

Palais Longchamp

Park

Monument from the mid-1800s with a waterfall & reservoir built to bring water to the city.

4.50 (14.5K reviews)

Kronborg Slot

Castle

16th-century castle with banqueting hall & royal chambers, the model for Elsinore in Hamlet.

4.60 (14.1K reviews)

Winchester Mystery House

Historical place museum

Sprawling landmark with a staircase leading nowhere & other odd features designed to confuse ghosts.

4.50 (13.4K reviews)

Dover Castle

Castle

Military museum, medieval underground works, labyrinthine war-time tunnels, with views and tours.

4.70 (13.4K reviews)

Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, Madurai

Historical place museum

Grand palace with Indo-Saracenic architecture, tours & shows on the history of King Thirumalai.

4.20 (13.4K reviews)

Fort Rotterdam Makassar

Historical landmark

Built in the shape of a sea turtle, this 17th-century Dutch fort houses Indonesian history exhibits.

4.50 (12.6K reviews)

National Tile Museum

National museum

Museum of decorative azulejo tiles housed in a 16th-century monastery with a spectacular chapel.

4.60 (12.4K reviews)

Jaswant Thada

Historical place museum

Elaborately carved white marble funerary monument built in 1899 to honor Maharaja Jaswant Singh II.

4.40 (12.4K reviews)

Rajgad Fort

Fortress

Historical hilltop fortress & popular trekking site, with palace ruins, caves & water cisterns.

4.80 (12.4K reviews)

Churchill War Rooms

History museum

Secret underground headquarters where Prime Minister Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII.

4.60 (12.3K reviews)

National Civil Rights Museum

National museum

Historic site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination & exhibits on the racial equality movement.

4.80 (11.9K reviews)

Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden

Tourist attraction

Waterside, Gothic Benedictine nunnery with restored Victorian rooms and free garden tours.

4.60 (11.8K reviews)

Pine Garden

Heritage building

Housed in a 1943 former military site, this cultural center offers historical exhibits & events.

4.20 (11.8K reviews)

Naggar Castle

Historical place museum

Stone & wood castle from the 15th century, with ornate carvings, arched balconies & mountain views.

4.20 (11.8K reviews)

Rumeli Fortress

Castle

Hilltop 15th-century fortress with multiple towers, walking paths & water views.

4.60 (11.6K reviews)

Mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh

Historical place museum

👍👍 This Mausoleum it’s very interesting architecturally as it is very different from most of the other tombs around Hue and was the last one built. It was made with (at that time) new materials like cement and glass and inside the main building you can see the largest painting in all of Vietnam (accord...

4.40 (11.4K reviews)