The Art Institute of Chicago is the world's top museum, according to TripAdvisor users. The travel review site looked at the quantity and quality of museum reviews over a 12-month period to generate this ranked list of global museums. 
Ranked second on the list, Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City is home to one of the world's most important collections of Mayan artifacts. 
The massive State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, houses more than 3 million works of art. 
The No. 4-ranked Getty Center in Los Angeles is home to the J. Paul Getty Museum, which showcases European paintings, drawings, sculpture and more. 
Michelangelo's David sculpture is the most famous resident of Florence, Italy's Galleria dell'Accademia. 
An amazing collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces helped Paris' Musée d'Orsay earn the No. 6 spot on TripAdvisor's list. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City ranked seventh on the list. Its vast holdings range from ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian artifacts to modern art. 
The Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, showcases findings from the archaeological excavation of the ancient Greek site. 
Ranked ninth, the collection at the Prado Museum in Madrid includes about 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 4,800 prints and 8,200 drawings. 
The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem provides a living memorial to the Holocaust. 
No. 11 on the list, the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, was founded by historian and author Stephen Ambrose. 
The National Gallery in London is ranked No. 12 on the list. The museum houses more than 2,300 paintings created from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. 
Stockholm, Sweden's Vasa Museum is dedicated to the 17th-century Vasa ship. 
Washington's National Gallery of Art comes in at No. 14 on the list. The museum was established in 1937 and is home to a wide array of work. 
Founded in 1753, the British Museum in London ranks No. 15. The Rosetta Stone is among the museum's many notable holdings. 
The Hagia Sophia museum/church in Istanbul is an important monument in the history of art and architecture. The current building is the third built on the site. 
Instituto Ricardo Brennand in Recife, Brazil, ranks No. 17 on TripAdvisor's list. It's home to the collection of businessman Ricardo Brennand. 
Galleria Borghese in Rome houses Italian masterpieces collected by the Borghese family over several centuries. 
The Louvre ranked No. 19 among TripAdvisor reviewers. Home to Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," the Paris museum is among the world's most visited. 
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, recently reopened after a decadelong renovation. 
Ranked No. 21, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington is home to 60,000 artifacts from space helmets to jetliners. 
The Museum of Qin Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses in Xi¹an, China, houses an amazing army of ancient figures. 
No. 23, Inhotim, is a contemporary art museum in Brumadinho, Brazil. 
The Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa) in Wellington comes in at No. 24. 
The dazzling Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) in Bogota, Colombia, rounds out the top 25.
- TripAdvisor users rank world's top museums
- The Art Institute of Chicago ranks above the Louvre
- Museums in Mexico and Russia round out the top three spots on the global list
(CNN) -- Chicago's remarkable architecture is far from the only thing that earns the city rave reviews. The Windy City is also home to the world's top museum, according to TripAdvisor users.
Glowing reviews over a recent 12-month period have earned the Art Institute of Chicago the top ranking in TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice awards for museums.
The institute's vast collection of impressionist, post-impressionist and American paintings has evidently made a lasting impression on museum-goers. The pointillist masterpiece "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat and Grant Wood's "American Gothic," featuring a long-faced Midwestern couple, are among the most recognizable works in the museum's collection.
The global museum list, released Tuesday, ranks 25 of the world's best museums based on an algorithm that factors in the quality and quantity of reviews over a year-long period.
The results are sometimes surprising. The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, comes in at No. 19 on the global list, behind lesser-known museums such as Stockholm's Vasa Museum (No. 13) and the Instituto Ricardo Brennand in Recife, Brazil (No. 17).
"The list features some iconic spots such as the Met in New York City (No. 7), in addition to some museums that may not be household names," said TripAdvisor spokeswoman Julie Cassetina.
In addition to the worldwide list, TripAdvisor also compiled dedicated lists for the United States, Asia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, South America and the South Pacific. Click through the gallery above to see the world's top museums.
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Now is a good time to visit a U.S. museum. On September 27, Smithsonian magazine is hosting a museum day with participating institutions across the United States. Free admission, a Smithsonian Institution mainstay, will be extended to include participating museums. Register for tickets online.
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