Musee du Louvre, France

Located in Paris, the Musee du Louvre is one of the largest and oldest museums in the world. Covering an area of more than 60,000 square meters, it holds nearly 35,000 artifacts ranging from the prehistoric age to the 21st century. It attracted more than 8.8 million visitors in 2011, making it the most popular museum in the world. It boasts a lot of priceless and well-known treasures, including the "Seated Scribe," the "Mona Lisa," "Winged Victory of Samothrace" and "Venus de Milo."