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The British Museum
Architect: Sir Robert Smirke; Architectural Significance: Greek Revival facade
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Architect: Frank Gehry; Architectural Significance: Deconstructivist design
The National Museum of Korea
Architect: Junglim Architecture; Architectural Significance: Modern design with traditional Korean motifs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Architect: Various, including Richard Morris Hunt; Architectural Significance: Beaux-Arts facade
The State Hermitage Museum
Architect: Bartolomeo Rastrelli; Architectural Significance: Baroque style, Winter Palace
The National Museum of Anthropology
Architect: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez; Architectural Significance: Integration with the natural environment, Water mirror surrounding the 'Umbrella' structure
The Whitney Museum of American Art
Architect: Renzo Piano; Architectural Significance: Asymmetric stacking of exhibition spaces
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Architect: Yoshio Taniguchi; Architectural Significance: Blend of modern and contemporary aesthetics
The Museum of Islamic Art
Architect: I.M. Pei; Architectural Significance: Fusion of modern architecture and ancient Islamic design
The Getty Center
Architect: Richard Meier; Architectural Significance: Modern design with extensive use of travertine and aluminum
MAXXI - National Museum of the 21st Century Arts
Architect: Zaha Hadid; Architectural Significance: Futuristic design using sinuous curves
Vatican Museums
Architect: Multiple architects; Architectural Significance: Sacred architecture including the Sistine Chapel
The Art Institute of Chicago
Architect: Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge; Architectural Significance: Beaux-Arts style
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright; Architectural Significance: Spiral ramp gallery design
Centre Pompidou
Architect: Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers; Architectural Significance: High-tech architecture, exposed infrastructure
Tate Modern
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron; Architectural Significance: Adaptive reuse of the Bankside Power Station
Rijksmuseum
Architect: Pierre Cuypers; Architectural Significance: Dutch Renaissance revival style
The National Gallery
Architect: William Wilkins; Architectural Significance: Neoclassical building in Trafalgar Square
The Louvre
Architect: I.M. Pei; Architectural Significance: Glass Pyramid Entrance
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Architect: Horace Trumbauer and Zantzinger, Borie and Medary; Architectural Significance: Neoclassical design, Iconic steps
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