What is the world's largest art gallery?

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Clarification of Question by katy999-ga on 02 Jun 2004 07:19 PDT

Of all the art galleries in the world, which is the largest?

According to Guinness World Records, the world's largest art gallery
is the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Visitors
would have to walk 15 miles to see the 322 galleries which house
nearly 3 million works of art.

Largest Art Gallery

?One has to walk 24 km (15 miles) to visit all of the 322 galleries of
the Winter Palace and the rest of the State Hermitage Museum in St.
Petersburg, Russia. The galleries house nearly 3 million works of
art.?

Guinness World Records 
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=50948

Trivia about art and architecture
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/b-triv.html

State Hermitage Museum

?The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along
the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg.
The leading role in this unique architectural ensemble is played by
the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars that was built
to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-62.?

(..)

?Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage
collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the
development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the
20th century.?
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

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Thanks.  And so quick!