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All Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Buildings built to house cultural, educational or civic-assembly institutions: the museum, the opera house, the cultural center, the exhibition building, the stadium, the pavilion and the amphitheater. Belongs here: any named building whose primary purpose is to house a museum, performance venue, exhibition, sporting event or similar public cultural institution. Does not belong here: a government building housing an administrative function rather than a cultural one, grouped under government and civic buildings, or a religious building, grouped under religious and sacred buildings even where it also serves a cultural role.

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Era of Emergence
530 BCE 1
Origin Region
Mesopotamia (Iraq) 1
All Cultural and Institutional Buildings
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Goodwood Plantation

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Grand Palais

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Grand Ring

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Guangzhou Opera House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Guggenheim Museum New York

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Hacienda Buena Vista

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Hacienda Lealtad

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Harlinsdale Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Hart-Cluett Mansion

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Harvard Exit Theatre

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Harvard House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Haus zur goldenen Waage

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Hermitage Museum

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Heydar Aliyev Center

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Highgate Ostrich Show Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Historic Locust Grove

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Horne Creek Living Historical Farm

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House of Laments

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House of the Savior, Naples

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Howell Living History Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Hunter Museum of American Art

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Huntley (plantation)

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IKEA Museum

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Imperial Furniture Collection

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Inverlochy House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Ironville Historic District

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Isaac Watson House

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James W. Marshall House

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Jean Cocteau House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Jerusalemhaus

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Jewish Museum Berlin

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Joaquin Miller House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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John Kane House

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John Rabe House

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John Tigard House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Juan Carlos Castagnino Municipal Museum of Art

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Kaimei School

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Karamanly House Museum

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Kent Plantation House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Kimbell Art Museum

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Kirti Mandir, Porbandar

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Klimt Villa

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Kona Coffee Living History Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Konigin-Luise-Schule

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Korea Furniture Museum

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Kunigal Stud Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Kunsthaus Graz

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

La Scala

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Lehár Villa

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Leigh-Pemberton House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Library of Congress

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Library of Trinity College Dublin

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Liebermann Villa

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

London Aquatics Centre

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Los Angeles Alligator Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Louvre Pyramid

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Lui Seng Chun

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Lusscroft Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Luther College Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Machado de Castro National Museum

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Madison Square Garden

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Maracana Stadium

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Marble High School

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Matanaka Farm

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Matsushiro Literary and Military School

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

MAXXI

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

McVickar House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Menil Collection

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Metropolitan Opera House

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Millennium Dome

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Milwaukee Art Museum

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Monument-National

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Musee d'Orsay

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Museo d'Arte Sacra della Marsica

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Museo del Prado

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Museu Nacional de Antropologia (Angola)

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Museum of Modern Art

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

National Centre for the Performing Arts

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

National Gallery Singapore

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

National Gallery, London

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

National Museum of China

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

National Museum of Qatar

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

Neue Nationalgalerie

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Neues Museum

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New Hampshire Farm Museum

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New York Public Library Main Branch

Cultural and Institutional Buildings

New York State Veterans' Home at Oxford

Cultural and Institutional Buildings
Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia, Museum, history section, era
    One of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The site dates from c. 530 BC, and contained artifacts from earlier Mesopotamian civilizations.
  • Wikipedia, Museum, history section, region
    One of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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