Collections

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

The museum is home to four times as many lamps as there are people in town.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

It's the only museum of its kind in Ukraine.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.