In honor of International Museum Day archdaily.com collected twenty fascinating museums well worth visiting again. In this round up you’ll find classics – such as Bernard Tschumi Architects‘ New Acropolis Museum and Zaha Hadid Architects‘ MAXXI Museum – as well as lesser-known gems – such as Waterford City Council Architects’ Medieval Museum, the Natural History Museum of Utah by Ennead, and the Muritzeum by Wingårdhs.
1. Natural History Museum of Utah/ Ennead Architects
2. Ordos Art & City Museum / MAD Architects
3.Danish National Maritime Museum
4. Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum / Kengo Kuma & Associates
5. Museum of Energy / Arquitecturia
6. Mimesis Museum / Alvaro Siza + Castanheira & Bastai Arquitectos Associados + Jun Sung Kim
7. Mercedes Benz Museum / UN Studio, photos by Michael Schnell
8. MAXXI Museum / Zaha Hadid Architects
9. Memory Museum / Estudio America. Image
10. Jean Cocteau Museum / Rudy Ricciotti
11. Muritzeum / Wingårdhs
12. ABC Museum, Illustration and Design Center / Aranguren & Gallegos Architects
13. New Acropolis Museum / Bernard Tschumi Architects
14. Medieval Museum in Waterford / Waterford City Council Architects
15. Oct Design Museum / Studio Pei-Zhu
16. Nestlé Chocolate Museum / Rojkind Arquitectos
17. Dingli Sculpture Art Museum / ATR Atelier
18. Museo Soumaya / FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
19. Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame / Trahan Architects
20. Design Museum Holon / Ron Arad Architects