The World’s 100 Best Museums · 2026
The Best Museums in Africa
1 of the 100 museums in The World’s 100 Best Museums 2026 is in Africa. The highest placed is Bardo National Museum in Tunis, at number 57 in the world.
Bardo National Museum
The one African museum on this page is the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia's national museum, in a former palace of the Beys. It is visited for its Roman mosaics, which were brought from sites across the country and cover walls and floors. The two Egyptian museums are on the Middle East page.
Museums
Best by region
- The NordicsLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtHumlebæk, DenmarkN° 3
- EuropeMuseo del PradoMadrid, SpainN° 2
- AsiaBihar MuseumPatna, IndiaN° 9
- The Middle EastŞanlıurfa Archaeology MuseumŞanlıurfa, TurkeyN° 6
- North AmericaMuseo Nacional de AntropologíaMexico City, MexicoN° 1
- Latin AmericaInstituto Ricardo BrennandRecife, BrazilN° 18
- AfricaBardo National MuseumTunis, TunisiaN° 57
- OceaniaMONAHobart, AustraliaN° 44