museums:great buildings

i am finding myself visiting museums for the architecture and others for the exhibits
are museums attempting to bring visitors for their buildings alone?

here are some on my list to visit and some of my all time favorites

the nelson atkins museum of art bloch building, kansas city, mi

the pulitzer foundation for the arts, st louis, mo

akron art museum, akron,oh

lois and richard rosenthal center for contemporary art, cincinatti, oh

the new museum, bowery, ny

de young museum, san francisco, ca

leeum museum,samsung  seoul, korea by rem koolhas 3 buildings museum 2 by jean nouvel, museum 1 by mario botta

santra istanbul, turkey

interactive museum de la historia, lugo, spain

maxxi museo rome, italy

holocaust history museum, jerusalem, israel

national museum of australia, cranberra, australia

kalmar museum of art, kalmar, sweeden

vulcania museum, st-ours-les roches, france

canadian war museum, ottowa, canada

denver art museum, denver, colorado

magma art and congress hall, tenerife, spain

casa das mudas arts center, calheta, portugal

kolumba art museum, koln, germany

i could look at the many angles of this museum so many great spots architect is peter zumthor he is brilliant

langen foundation, neuss, germany

red location museum, port elizabeth, south africa

museum of granite, hauzenberg, germany

klee center, bern, switzerland

museum reitberg, zurich, switzerland

new acropolis museum, athens, greece

and my all time favorite that i never tire of seeing and my breath is taken away every time

pei's traingle in front of the louvre, paris

and i also love the department of the islam arts at the louvre by rudy ricciotti one of my favorite architects along with peter zumthor

and some of his other museums

he is a genius

if you have any to share please do